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Chinese population, the world’s most populous country, fell in 2022 for the first time in six decades, an official body said on Tuesday. In total, 9.56 million births were registered last year, and did not compensate for the 10.41 million deaths, announced the National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) in a …

A group of scientists discovered a new species of lizard in a nature reserve in Cusco, in southeastern Peru, the national agency in charge of protected natural areas said on Monday. “Otishi National Park reveals a new species of lizard to science,” the institution said in a statement. This lizard …

An explosion at a chemical plant in northeast China has left at least two people dead, 34 injured and 12 missing, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday. “The fire is currently under control, the last flames having stabilized”, according to CCTV. Videos and photos released by television show a thick …

A 41-year-old woman has cut off her husband’s penis and stabbed him to death in their flat in the Altos de San Lorenzo area of Argentina. “The deceased was found with the knife embedded in his eye, wounds all over his body, including his chest and his genitals mutilated,” according …

Far-right Brazilian former president Jair Bolsonaro left Brazil for Florida two days before Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration on January 1 and stayed at the home of a former Brazilian MMA fighter. He was admitted to hospital last Sunday for an intestinal “adhesion” and was released on Tuesday evening. …

Democratic lawmakers in the US called on Thursday for President Joe Biden to revoke the visa of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is in Florida, refusing to allow the United States to serve as a refuge for the former leader. “We must not allow Mr. Bolsonaro or any other …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held talks with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto during which they discussed food security and the Grain from Ukraine initiative – a humanitarian program to bring Ukrainian grain to countries with severe shortages food. In a tweet, Mr Zelensky said they also spoke about the …

“A small number” of confidential documents dating from Joe Biden’s vice-presidency days were found in his private residence in Wilmington, the White House said Thursday. Following the discovery of a dozen such documents in a former office of the US president, his lawyers reviewed all his files and found “a …

At 73 years old Bernard Arnault has taken the lead in the new ranking of the 10 richest men in the world as the French billionaire and his family dethrone Elon Musk. While he has been at the top of the list of the world’s richest men for the past …

The United States and Japan on Wednesday flaunted their “strategic alignment” on defense that extends into space amid growing concerns over China and tensions over Taiwan and North Korea. “We agree that China poses the most important strategic challenge to the two countries,” said the head of the American diplomacy, …