Sat 15 February 2025: Scientists have confirmed that a set of skeletal fossils discovered in southern China belonged to duck-billed dinosaurs from over 70 million years ago, expanding the region’s fossil record of these large, toothy creatures that likely migrated from North America. The bones were found in May 2009 by a Chinese amateur fossil […]
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Fri 14 February 2025: China’s marriage rate has hit a 44-year low, with only 6.1 million couples tying the knot in 2024 – a 20.5% decline from the previous year. Meanwhile, divorces increased by 1.1%. This sharp decline in marriages is expected to lead to a decrease in the birth rate in 2025, according to […]
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Wed 12 February 2025: The explanation is rather simple: the state has not been creating good jobs for years. It has been in the news lately that Gujarati migrants make up a huge portion of those who have been deported by the Trump administration to India. In fact, it is understood that Gujaratis are overrepresented […]
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Wed 12 February 2025: Pakistan has been ranked as the most vulnerable country to climate change in 2022, followed by Central American country Belize and Italy, the latest data showed. According to data in the Climate Risk Index (CRI) for 2025 report released by European think-tank Germanwatch on Wednesday, Pakistan’s ranking has been mainly due […]
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Wed 12 February 2025: A mischievous monkey sparked a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka over the weekend, after it wandered into a key grid substation in Panadura, a city west of the capital. According to Energy Minister, the curious creature’s intrusion caused a power system imbalance, plunging the entire country into darkness. “A monkey […]
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Tue 11 February 2025: About 40% of dog farms in South Korea have shut down since the country passed a law banning dog meat consumption last year, according to the Agriculture Ministry on Monday. It is expected that 60% of dog farms in South Korea will close by the end of 2025, Seoul-based Yonhap News […]
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Tue 11 February 2025: China on Monday warned US President Donald Trump that trade protectionism “leads nowhere,” urging him to avoid escalating tensions into a trade war, according to state media reports. “There are no winners in trade wars or tariff wars,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told reporters in Beijing. Beijing’s comments came in […]
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Mon 10 February 2025: China hopes the Dalai Lama can “return to the right path” and is open to discussions about the Nobel Peace laureate’s future as long as certain conditions are met, the foreign ministry said on Monday. The exiled leader of Tibetan Buddhism, who turns 90 this year, fled Tibet in 1959 for […]
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Mon 10 February 2025: Bangladesh has launched a major security operation after protesters were attacked by gangs allegedly connected to the ousted regime of ex-PM Sheikh Hasina. A government statement on Sunday said the operation began after gangs “linked to the fallen autocratic regime attacked a group of students, leaving them severely injured”. Jahangir Alam […]
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Sun 09 February 2025: The Uttar Pradesh government launched a bulldozer action on Sunday, February 9, against a mosque in the Kata area of Kushinagar district. The demolition followed allegations by Hindutva workers that the mosque had been built on encroached government land. The action came after the expiration of a high court stay order […]
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