Posts Tagged ‘Population’
DHS Claims 8% of Nicaragua’s Population, 7% of Cuba Entered U.S. Without Authorization During Biden Administration
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem The Department of Homeland Security said in a social media post that during the Biden administration “8% of the entire population of Nicaragua illegally entered the US,” along with “7% of Cuba, 6% of Haiti, and 5% of Honduras,” figures it cited as evidence of large-scale undocumented migration during…
Read MoreClimate Change, Population Growth Threats As Malaria Fight Stalls
The fight against malaria has stalled after two decades of progress, with climate change and population growth among factors threatening a resurgence of the potentially fatal disease, campaigners said Tuesday. Insufficient funding for increasingly costly prevention programmes risked efforts against the mosquito-borne illness at a cost of hundreds of thousands of lives and billions of…
Read MoreUzbek Workers Fill Gap As Bulgarian Population Shrinks
Nilfar Nazarova used to work as an accountant in her native Uzbekistan but for the past four summers she has been cleaning hotel rooms in the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Albena. “The first year, there were very few Uzbeks. Today, around 100 of us come every season, attracted by the stable and regular salaries,”…
Read MoreJapanese Population Sees Record Drop In 2024
The population of Japanese nationals fell by a record amount — more than 900,000 people — in 2024, official data showed, as the country battles to reverse its perennially low birth rates. While many developed countries are struggling with low birth rates, the problem is particularly acute in Japan where the population has been declining…
Read MoreIndia’s Lion Population Rises By A Third
India’s Asiatic lion population has increased by over a third to 891, according to a five-yearly census released on Wednesday, boosting efforts to conserve the vulnerable species. The Asiatic lion — which historically once roamed from the Middle East to India — is now reduced to an isolated population in a wildlife sanctuary in India’s…
Read MoreNepal Community Efforts Revive Red Panda Population
Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his barn, not realising it was an endangered red panda. Red pandas may share a similar name to giant pandas — due to their bamboo diet — but the copper-hued mammals with raccoon-like features…
Read MoreChina Says Population Fell For Third Year In A Row In 2024
China said Friday its population fell for the third year running in 2024, extending a downward streak after more than six decades of growth as the country faces a rapidly ageing population and persistently low birth rates. Once the world’s most populous country, China was overtaken by India in 2023, with Beijing seeking to boost…
Read MorePerennial’s hospitals target wealthy boomers in China as population ages
THE task of providing elderly care for the growing number of Chinese baby boomers may be a headache for Beijing, but a Singaporean hospital operator sees it as an evergreen opportunity. With more than 400 million Chinese set to enter their 60s over the coming decade, Singapore-based Perennial Holdings is betting on sound returns for…
Read MoreJapan Govt Approves Record Budget For Ageing Population, Defence
Japan’s government on Friday approved a record budget for the next fiscal year, ramping up spending on social welfare, as the population ages, and defence to tackle regional threats. The 115.5 trillion yen ($730 billion) budget for the year from April 2025, greenlighted by the Cabinet, includes 8.7 trillion yen in defence spending. It also…
Read MoreIsrael Aims To ‘Double Population’ In Annexed Golan: PM
The Israeli government approved on Sunday a plan to increase the population of the annexed Golan Heights, while insisting it had no intention of confronting Syria after seizing a UN-monitored buffer zone. As Islamist-led rebel forces swept Syrian president Bashar al-Assad out of power last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered troops to…
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