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Putin asks employees to have sex during work breaks to boost Russia’s declining birth rates. But this isn’t the first time a leader has addressed the fertility crisis weirdly.
Countries worldwide are grappling with falling fertility rates, leading to a resurgence of pronatal…
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More than half of child-free Americans under 50 who don't think they'll ever have kids say they just don't want them
Fifty-seven percent of Americans under 50 and without kids said they just don't want to have any, a…
John Towfighi
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India’s population will peak at 1.7 billion around 2060, only to start tumbling down after that: UN report
The UN report paints a picture of a changing world order with India's rise as the world's most popu…
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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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Asia's governments think people not having sex or dating may be tanking their birth rates. That's not the full picture.
One expert told BI that there is "very little, if hard any evidence at all" to show that pro-natali…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Plummeting fertility rates are making Asian countries worry about running out of soldiers
Declining fertility rates in South Korea, Japan, and China are making the countries think hard abou…
Joshua Zitser
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Urea import dependency in India to fall to 10-15% from 30% in near term: Crisil
India's urea industry, contributing to a significant portion of chemical fertiliser demand, has tak…
ANI
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Muslims up, Hindus down: What’s the larger picture behind India’s religious population trends?
According to a brand new report submitted by the EAC-PM, the nation’s population share of Hindus fe…
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Nearly all countries will struggle to maintain population levels by 2100, thanks to crashing birth rates: IHME
Over three-quarters of countries are expected to struggle to maintain their population sizes by 205…
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Understanding Elon’s 12: Has Musk switched allegiances from climate to the fertility crisis for good?
We might be a few months too late but we congratulate Tesla CEO Elon Musk on the birth of his 12th …
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Not only does electing “criminal” politicians often lead to an increase in crime in India, it can also be terrible for the economy: study
India's political landscape is marred by the election of politicians with criminal records, leading…
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China's city dwellers will soon have more pets than toddlers, and there's 1 way investors can cash in on the trend, Goldman Sachs says
China will have more than 70 million urban pets and less than 40 million children under the age of …
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan,Aditi Bhar…
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China's birth rate has fallen so much that many hospitals are simply giving up on delivering babies
China has been stepping up measures to encourage marriage and parenthood.
Huileng Tan
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Fertility expert Leslie Schrock explains why embryonic personhood will never work in practice
Conservatives are in a tizzy over discarded embryos in IVF. But just like our natural human biology…
Blake Dodge
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I'm a tech founder who's had to flee Lebanon. The conflict has spiraled at a terrifying rate, but the tech community is still pressing ahead.
Following Israel's ground invasion of Lebanon, the founder of a small tech company in Lebanon share…
Charissa Cheong
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India might just be the cheapest option for queer couples looking to have a baby via IVF!
More and more same-sex couples are turning to treatment options like in vitro fertilisation (IVF) o…
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Meet the last 20-something millennials: They're twice as wealthy as their geriatric peers were and are carving creative paths to homeownership
Millennials are saying goodbye to their 20s with twice as much wealth as their Great Recession-blig…
Hillary Hoffower
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China has a birth-rate problem. It's also the 2nd-least affordable country in the world to raise a child, says a Beijing think tank.
China is one of the most unaffordable places in the world to raise a child, ranking higher than the…
Matthew Loh
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Japanese govt to launch official dating app to help citizens find love and save the country; do these platforms even work?
Japan's marriage rate has fallen to an all-time low, with the country’s Health Ministry reporting a…
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The world faces a low-fertility future that will 'completely reconfigure' the global economy
Elon Musk has voiced concern about what he regards as impending "population collapse."