Day: August 19, 2023
China’s Fertility Rate Drops To Record Low
According to the National Business Daily, China’s fertility rate in 2022 dropped to a record low of 1.09 from 1.15 in 2021. Reuters reports: The state-backed Daily said the figure from China’s Population and Development Research Center put it as having…
Igor Sechin: Formidable ‘head of Putin’s clan’ could take Russia’s top job
Once believed to be a mythical figure in Russia, Igor Sechin has quickly emerged as one of the country’s most powerful and formidable men – and could take the reins from Vladimir Putin.
Putin’s loved holiday destination known as ‘Spanish Santorini’ where he had spa treatments
Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly travelled regularly to this beloved holiday destination, home to an Orthodox church and a SPA clinic he is believed to have often visited.
Thousands flee raging wildfire in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The city of Yellowknife has been mostly evacuated.
Rupert Murdoch is urging Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin to go for GOP nomination, report says
Two in-person meetings were reportedly held between Rupert Murdoch and Glenn Youngkin to discuss 2024 elections
Kenya and the EU become economic partners
This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the Southern African Economic Partnership Agreement. There’s a California travelogue, the “Listeners Corner”, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question, too,…
Russian court dissolves Sakharov Center, a prominent human rights group
The organization, named after Nobel Peace laureate and Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, ran a museum and cultural space in Moscow.
China sends dozens of warplanes near Taiwan after vice-president’s US stopover
Chinese state media says military exercises involving planes and vessels were intended as a ‘stern warning’ against colluding with ‘foreign elements’China launched military drills around Taiwan on Saturday as a “stern warning” after voicing anger over …
I stared into the eyes of America’s worst serial killer who strangled 93 women – I’ll never forget his chilling threat
AN author who sat down with America’s most prolific serial killer for hundreds of hours has revealed his chilling cannibalistic threat.
During a horrifying three-decade reign of terror, Samuel Little criss-crossed America searching for prey.
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