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Epidurals to be offered in all major Chinese hospitals by 2025
China to mandate epidurals in hospitals to boost birth rate

HONG KONG: In a bid to tackle its declining birth rate, China will soon require all major hospitals to offer epidural anesthesia during...

Coal vs. water: India’s energy push fuels local shortages
India's coal power boom runs dry as water crisis deepens

CHANDRAPUR/SOLAPUR (India): As India doubles down on coal to fuel its growing energy needs, an invisible crisis is surfacing: the country...

Human traffickers exploit new deadly route from Africa to Europe
Human traffickers are using longer, more dangerous migration routes

DERA BAJWA, Pakistan: Amir Ali, a 21-year-old man from Pakistan, dreamed of going to Europe for a better life. He was promised a visa...

Beijing approves rare earth shipments to top three US automakers
China clears rare earth exports for US carmaker suppliers

BEIJING/WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a rare move aimed at easing mounting supply chain pressure, China has issued temporary export licenses...

ispace lander crashes on moon; Japan faces new lunar setback
Japan's ispace moon lander crashes again in second failed attempt

TOKYO, Japan: Japan's hopes for a foothold in commercial lunar exploration suffered a second blow this week after Tokyo-based startup...

Japan’s 2024 birth rate drops below 700,000 for first time
Japan's births hit record low, deepening demographic emergency

TOKYO, Japan: Japan's demographic challenges intensified in 2024, with the number of births falling to another all-time low—underscoring...

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WBD splits up: HBO Max and CNN to operate as separate firms
Warner Bros Discovery to split streaming, cable operations

BURBANK, California: Warner Bros Discovery is officially breaking itself in two. In a move that signals a major pivot for the media...

Wall Street steadies Wednesday, indices end modestly lower or unchanged
Dow Jones finishes flat as markets digest tentative U.S.-China trade deal

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks closed modestly lower Wednesday despite a tentative trade agreement between the United States and...

Reimagining Protein: Innovations That Could Prevent the Next Pandemic
Factory Farms and the Growing Threat of Zoonotic Pandemics

Throughout human history, zoonotic diseases, illnesses that jump from animals to humans, have shaped civilizations, triggered pandemics,...

Clean energy faces hurdles as US solar forecast dips by 2030
US solar growth to slow as policy momentum shifts to fossil fuels

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A boom in U.S. solar energy installations may be running out of steam as shifting federal priorities, new tariffs,...

Oil prices flat amid trade talks and rising OPEC+ output
Oil holds steady as US-China talks, demand signals in focus

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Oil prices remained steady on June 9 as investors looked ahead to the outcome of the U.S.-China trade talks...

Coal vs. water: India’s energy push fuels local shortages
India's coal power boom runs dry as water crisis deepens

CHANDRAPUR/SOLAPUR (India): As India doubles down on coal to fuel its growing energy needs, an invisible crisis is surfacing: the country...

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Ghost World [Blu-Ray]