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Global fertility rate to keep plummeting, major study warns

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)March 29, 2024

Ronalyn Concepcion holds her newborn Jhaiden Rhailey who was born on January 1, 2024, New Year’s Day, at 12:02 a.m. at the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Sta. Cruz, Manila. By 2050, the population of three quarters of all countries will be shrinking, according to the study by the US-based Institute For Health Metrics […]

Vietnam names acting president after legislature votes to remove Thuong

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)March 28, 2024

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan, one of only a few women in senior positions in Vietnamese politics, steps in as president for the second time in just over a year. Nhac Nguyen/ AFP HANOI — Vietnam’s legislature on Thursday appointed Vice-President Vo Thi Anh Xuan as acting head of state, after President Vo Van Thuong […]

WHO calls for ‘immediate action’ over cholera vaccine shortage

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)March 27, 2024

The World Health Organization logo is seen near WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/ Denis Balibouse/ File photo GENEVA, Switzerland – Immediate action is needed to stem a spike in cholera cases amid worldwide shortages of vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Millions of people are at risk of […]

Vietnam legislature approved resignation of president — state media

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)March 27, 2024

Thuong, 53, became the second president to resign in just over a year in Vietnam, where leadership changes have recently been all linked to the wide-ranging HANOI — Vietnam’s legislature on Thursday approved the resignation of President Vo Van Thuong, state media reported, the latest top official to step down amid an intensified anti-graft crackdown […]

Pope Francis expels disgraced former bishop, says Belgian church

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)March 26, 2024

Pope Francis speaks during the weekly general audience in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican, November 22, 2023. REUTERS/ Guglielmo Mangiapane/file photo BRUSSELS, Belgium – Pope Francis has expelled from the priesthood a disgraced former Belgian bishop who admitted more than a decade ago to sexually abusing two nephews, the Belgian church said on Thursday. Roger […]

King Charles doing ‘very well,” Camilla tells Belfast crowds

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)March 25, 2024

Queen Camilla speaks to a schoolgirl who gave her a card during a visit to Belfast, Northern Ireland on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Reuters video LONDON — Britain’s Queen Camilla said her husband King Charles who is being treated for cancer was doing “very well,” as she greeted crowds on a visit to Northern Ireland on […]

EU leaders discuss using profits from Russian assets to arm Ukraine

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)March 25, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attend a European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium March 21, 2024. REUTERS/ Yves Herman BRUSSELS — European Union leaders arrived at a summit […]

Princess of Wales and King Charles: one in two people develop cancer during their lives – the diseases and treatments explained

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)March 24, 2024

A news ticker shows the news on the health of Britain’s Catherine, Princess of Wales, after she said she was undergoing preventive chemotherapy, since tests following her major abdominal surgery in January revealed that cancer had been present, outside the Fox News studios in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., March 22, 2024. […]

UK Labour party leader urges people to leave Kate, Princess of Wales, alone

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)March 24, 2024

A commuter picks up a copy of the Evening Standard featuring a picture of Catherine, Princess of Wales, on the front page at a subway station in London, March 12, 2024. REUTERS/ Hollie Adams/ File photo LONDON — British opposition Labour party leader Keir Starmer urged people on Thursday to leave Kate, the Princess of Wales, alone […]

Confirmed dead in vessel capsize off Japan rises to 9, S.Korea says

Planet Philippines (Full Attribution Below)March 23, 2024

Published March 21, 2024 6:47pm Keoyoung Sun, a South Korean-flagged chemical tanker, is capsized off the coast of Yamaguchi prefecture in western Japan, March 20, 2024. Kyodo via REUTERS SEOUL — The number of people confirmed killed when a South Korean-flagged vessel capsized off Japan has risen to nine, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on […]

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