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Japan’s annual births fall to record low as population emergency deepens

Tokyo, Japan AP — The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to another record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday. The health ministry said 686,061 babies were born in Japan in 2024, a drop of 5.7% on the previous year and …

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Egypt Independent June 5, 2025

Why Trump isn’t leading an emergency effort to ease the India-Pakistan crisis

CNN — The violent crisis between India and Pakistan is exactly the kind of international emergency that would once have prompted a full-on US diplomatic drive to cool tempers and head off a wider war. But this latest fighting over and beyond Kashmir, the disputed Muslim-majority region, may become a test of the Trump administration’s …

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Egypt Independent May 8, 2025

Emergency responders find 11 more bodies in Gaza’s Rafah

Emergency responders find 11 more bodies in Gaza’s Rafah The Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that 11 more bodies have been

Middle East Eye March 31, 2025

State of emergency declared in Trinidad and Tobago amid exceptionally deadly year

CNN — Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency after a spate of killings over the weekend added to what was already an exceptionally deadly year for the Caribbean nation. Under emergency powers announced Monday by the office of the Prime Minister Keith Rowley, the police will be able to search people and …

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Egypt Independent January 1, 2025

UK threatened with emergency ban of arms exports to Israel after ICC warrants

UK threatened with emergency ban of arms exports to Israel after ICC warrants Rights groups warn British government that it

Middle East Eye November 27, 2024

Vaccines urged as mpox cases surge in global emergency

People eligible for mpox vaccinations are being urged to get them as cases surge across Australia, swelling from a handful

Australian Associated Press September 28, 2024

Egypt extends free transit visa and expands emergency visa options

The Egyptian government has announced several new immigration policies aimed at boosting tourism. Travelers will continue to enjoy a 96-hour free transit visa at all Egyptian airports until the end of April 2025. This policy, previously limited to EgyptAir flights, has now been expanded to include other Egyptian airlines. During the summer season, foreigners arriving …

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Egypt Independent August 16, 2024

Belgorod correspondent of ‘Rossiyskaya Gazeta’ spent almost three years collecting ‘an emergency suitcase’

Refugees, internally displaced persons, evacuees… Since 2014, these words for me, a Belgorod resident by birth and character, have been

Weekly Blitz August 14, 2024

Gaza population at risk of famine as it continues to face emergency levels of hunger, report finds

CNN — Almost the entire population of Gaza is at risk of famine within the next three months as the war between Israel and Hamas continues, according to a report released Tuesday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). “A high risk of famine persists across the whole of the Gaza Strip as long as conflict continues …

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Egypt Independent June 25, 2024