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China's retirement crisis is here, and Beijing will be forced to keep raising the retirement age, demographer says
People 60 years and older are expected to make up nearly half of China's population by 2050, accord…
Jennifer Sor
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After 'one-child policy', China emphasises on a 'pro-birth agenda' to tackle shrinking population
Amid China's ongoing demographic crisis, the new 'pro-birth agenda' set up by the Communist Party d…
ANI
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Russia, which is in a demographic crisis, wants people to stop using dating apps in Kursk and other regions
Ukraine launched a surprise invasion into Russia's Kursk region on August 6.
Huileng Tan
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How a reality TV show became the pivotal demographic in the 2024 election
The popular reality TV show has become the pivotal demographic — and its fans will decide the next …
Juliana Kaplan,Andy Kiersz
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Russia's economy faces a demographic disaster and risks seeing its population reduced by half by the end of this century, think tank says
"Putin's government has not evinced visible concern that Russia's population might be cut in half b…
Jennifer Sor
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Russia faces a crisis regardless if Putin ends or continues the war in Ukraine, economist says
Continuing the war means the economy faces stagnation, while ending it would shut off the massive d…
Jennifer Sor
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A Russian politician says the country needs a 'special demographic operation' to boost its birth rate, which has crashed to a 25-year-low
"We must organize ourselves and conduct another special operation," said Nina Ostanina, the head of…
Huileng Tan
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China is in the middle of its own retirement crisis as many older people cannot afford to stop working
China is expecting 300 million people to reach retirement age in the next 10 years, close to the si…
Jennifer Sor
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China's birth rate has hit a record low. That could shake the world economy.
The most populous country in the world could actually run out of workers soon. That means a lot mor…
Harry Robertson
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Facebook wants to bring back young adults on its platform but they say there’s nothing much it can do to win them
Will Mark Zuckerberg be successful in his quest to bring back young users on Facebook?
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Here's how long it would take to build enough homes to fix the housing crisis
Realtor.com's Hannah Jones spoke to Business Insider about the housing crisis, ways to solve this, …
Madison Hoff
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3 reasons why inflation will still cool down - even through it's surged for longer than expected
Inflation has been stubbornly high in 2021, dashing expectations that the surge would be temporary.…
Ben Winck
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Far-right Rep. Paul Gosar says lack of white recruits is 'a crisis of spirit' for the US Army
Republican Rep. Paul Gosar complained about a decline in white enlistment in the US Army, blaming "…
Alia Shoaib
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These are the last children left on this South Korean island, a symptom of the country's demographic crisis
Lyoo Chan-hee is one of the last children left living on Nokdo island, symptomatic of the country's…
Cheryl Teh
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Elon Musk laments the declining birth rate: 'If there aren't enough people for Earth, then there definitely won't be enough for Mars'
The SpaceX founder and CEO has said the company will land humans on Mars in five to 10 years.
Huileng Tan
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We could soon be facing the biggest financial crisis in history as Republicans threaten to stop paying America's bills
Republicans are using the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip, and their actions could torpedo the ec…
Ayelet Sheffey,Juliana Kaplan
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The housing crisis and the labor shortage are linked: People can't take jobs if there aren't affordable homes nearby
Part of easing the labor shortage is having affordable homes and jobs in the same location. The eco…
Ben Winck,Madison Hoff
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Millennials are creating housing communes with friends because it's too expensive to buy a home as a single person
Homes today are expensive. So is being single. It's left some millennials combining their savings w…