Singapore is offering cash bonuses, tax breaks and longer parental leave to encourage couples to have children, but many are still choosing not to.

The respected Our World in Data estimates global population at just 5mn 12,000 years ago, 230mn in the year zero, 1bn in 1800, 3bn in 1960 and 8bn today. As for the future, the UN forecasts a global ...

Ovarian cancer is still one of the deadliest gynecological cancers affecting women around the world, especially in East Asian countries, where the numbers keep rising year after year. A new nationwide ...

South Korea plans to cut more than 3,700 teaching posts in elementary and secondary schools, even as its birth rate edges up for the first time in years, prompting warnings it could repeat Japan's ...

The year is 2750. The streets of Seoul are immaculate. Trains glide through underground tunnels with mathematical precision.

Türkiye’s population is aging at an accelerating pace, with official projections showing that the share of people aged 65 and over is expected to ...

Khaberni - The United Kingdom has witnessed an unprecedented decline in fertility rates in recent years, reflecting broader demographic shifts affecting most high-income countries.

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George Orwell was on to it almost 80 years ago — the problem of below-replacement level birth rates. In a short book written ...

Despite apologizing for his "inappropriate" suggestion, a district-level official has been expelled from his party.

About 290,000 extra children a year have been born in the U.S. since the Covid pandemic fueled more work-from-home ...

George Orwell was on to it almost 80 years ago — the problem of below-replacement level birth rates. In a short book written ...