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Jan 10, 2025

Iranian population aging fast, bucking government efforts

Driven by rising life expectancy and dramatically declining birth rates, Iran’s demographic makeup has shifted over the years.

Pakistan

AFP Web Desk
Jan 09, 2025

Eight kidnaped miners rescued in Lakki Marwat, eight still missing

The Pakistani Taliban said in a statement it had kidnapped the workers to press the government “for certain demands”.

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AFP
Jan 09, 2025

Montenegro mass shooting death toll rises to 13

A 45-year-old man opened fire at a tavern in the southern town of Cetinje on January 1. Twelve people were pronounced dead at the scene, including two children. Four others were wounded.

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AFP
Jan 09, 2025

Myanmar junta air strike kills 40: ethnic armed group, rescue worker

The Arakan Army (AA) is engaged in a fierce fight with the military for control of Rakhine, where it has seized swathes of territory in the past year, all but cutting off the capital Sittwe.

World

AFP
Jan 09, 2025

Nation mourns former US President Jimmy Carter at state funeral

The service caps a week of mourning that has seen Americans quietly filing past the flag-draped coffin in the US Capitol to pay their respects to Carter, who died on December 29 at the age of 100 in his home state of Georgia.

World

AFP
Jan 09, 2025

Trade war worries loom over CES

“We are worried about Trump’s government policy, but we think it might not last long,” said Mekia Yang of startup Jitlife, which makes its “smart” suitcases in Guangdong Province.

World

AFP
Jan 09, 2025

Panama Canal CEO says Trump’s plans would ‘lead to chaos’

US President-elect Trump has taken to speaking out against the deal, refusing on Tuesday to rule out using military action to take it.

World

AFP
Jan 08, 2025

Kate Middleton turns 43 hoping for better year

Kate is expected to step up her royal engagements in 2025 after announcing in September that she had completed chemotherapy for an unspecified cancer.

Business

AFP
Jan 08, 2025

Germans turn to balcony solar panels to save money

Europe’s largest economy wants 80 percent of gross power consumption to come from renewables by 2030, up from 59 percent in 2024.

World

AFP
Jan 08, 2025

OpenAI chief Sam Altman denies sister’s sexual abuse accusations

“…Annie has made deeply hurtful and entirely untrue claims about our family, especially Sam,” the boss of the California startup said in a letter co-signed by his mother and two brothers, and published on social platform X.