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China: Population sinks for fourth year in a row

Financial incentives for future parents have failed to have the desired effect. At the current rate, China's population could drop as low as 800 million by the year 2100, according to the United Natio...

3dDeutsche Welleworld_newsImpact

China registers lowest number of births since records began

Population falls for fourth year in a row as policymakers struggle with demographic crisis...

3dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

China ‘dead or alive’ app allows solo users check in daily, alerts contacts if they miss it

A Chinese phone application called “dead or alive” that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the country’s young people. The Sileme app, or...

Jan 13South China Morning PostTechnology

China’s big people shortage just got bigger, and the risks are growing too

Adek Berry/Getty Images China's population declined for the fourth year in a row, reaching 1.405 billion. Falling birth rates and an aging population threaten China's economy and the global economy. G...

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One thing that might get workers to embrace AI? The 4-day workweek.

Working fewer days might help create buy-in among workers for adopting AI, authors of a book on the four-day workweek suggest. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Adopting a four-day workweek could boost employ...

Jan 14Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

Hong Kong parents of special needs children fear abuse claims under new law

Hong Kong mother Amy Chan* often feels overwhelmed caring for her nine-year-old son, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The 39-year-old said her son, diagnosed with the condition...

1dSouth China Morning PostsocietyImpact

Armed Robbers Steal $100,000 of Pokémon Card Merchandise, Hold Customers at Gunpoint

A Pokémon card store in Manhatten has become the latest target for thieves looking to steal merchandise featuring the lucrative pocket monsters — and this time, customers were held at gunpoint. Speaki...

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Marc Benioff says a documentary about Character.AI's effects on children was 'the worst thing I've ever seen in my life'

Marc Benioff said that Section 230 needs to be reformed and tech companies should be held responsible for online harm. Halil Sagirkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images Marc Benioff said that AI-related suicid...

Jan 15Business InsiderTechnologyImpact

Hackers target Iran state TV's satellite transmission to broadcast exiled crown prince

Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,”...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Hong Kong builder linked to 5 workplace deaths wins appeal over licence renewal

A Hong Kong court has ordered the buildings authorities to reconsider the licence renewal application of a construction company linked to five workplace deaths across three accidents, ruling that offi...

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Iran crackdown: 'Can a government willing to kill its own people be trusted to reform?'

William Hilderbrandt welcomes Dr. Ahu Kucuksefahani, Scholar in International Relations, social movements and digital activism. She offers a sobering analysis of Iran's deepening crisis amidst unprece...

2dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Hong Kong: Life sentence looms for media tycoon Jimmy Lai

With the last stage of Jimmy Lai's national security trial drawing to a close, Hong Kong's High Court is set to decide on the sentence for the pro-democracy tycoon. Will Lai get life in prison?...

6dDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

How 'Heated Rivalry' fans took over the internet

Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie play hockey rivals who fall in love on HBO's "Heated Rivalry". Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max " Heated Rivalry" is a breakout hit on HBO Max about a gay hock...

Jan 15Business InsiderEntertainmentImpact

When my friends moved to the suburbs, I decided to raise my kids in Chicago. Being an urban mom was the best choice.

The author raised her kids in Chicago. Unaihuiziphotography/Getty Images I knew many people who moved away from Chicago to raise their kids, but I stayed. In Chicago, my kids had access to parks, muse...

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AI Is Poised to Take Over Language, Law and Religion, Historian Yuval Noah Harari Warns

At Davos, the historian said AI is evolving into an autonomous agent that could eventually force governments to decide whether machines deserve legal recognition....

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WATCH: LA rising: Rebuilding from the wildfires

Four families share their experience two months after their lives were impacted by the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles....

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Protesters disrupt Minneapolis church service where ICE field director is pastor

"Any violation of federal law will be prosecuted," Attorney General Bondi posted in an online response....

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WATCH: Tensions remain high in Minneapolis amid protests

Tensions remain high in Minneapolis as protesters continued to clash with law enforcement overnight going into Friday....

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Iran: Activists report more than 2,500 dead after brutal crackdown

Activists report that more than 2,400 people have been killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests, according to updated figures from the Human Rights Activist News Agency, which says most of th...

Jan 14France 24world_newsImpact

Focusing on future AI doom lets companies dodge responsibility today, professor says

Tobias Osborne, a Leibniz Universität Hannover physics professor, says AI apocalypse fears distract regulators and let companies evade accountability for real harms happening today. Yuichiro Chino/Get...

Jan 15Business InsiderTechnologyImpact
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