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CPC leadership holds meeting to hear reports on aging population

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting on Monday to hear reports on major policy measures taken to actively address

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Indonesia approves Sinovac vaccine for elderly population: report

Indonesia has approved China's Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine for its elderly population, reported Reuters citing the country's food and drugs authority (BPOM).According to Reuters, the BPOM gran

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Brazil debates strategies for immunization plan

03:23 As Brazil begins vaccinating its population against the coronavirus pandemic there is also heated discussions rising over strategies and limits for a major immunization plan.Chec

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Cisco is being sued for alleged caste discrimination

02:57 In the U.S.state of California, a historic discrimination case is happening against the U.S. companyCisco.It centers over allegations that managers outed and discriminated agains

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Chinese mainland population exceeds 1.4 billion

The total population in Chinese mainland exceeded 1.4 billion at the end of 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Friday.

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Modi’s India – Just talk or substance?

OneofthemostawaitedspeechesattheWorldEconomicForuminDavoswasthatofNarendraModi,whoisthefirstIndianprimeministertoattendthehigh-profileforuminmorethantwodecades.

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ILO report: Half the world's population faces lack of social security

TheInternationalLaborOrganization(ILO)releasedonWednesdayareportshowingoverhalftheworld'spopulationstilllivewithoutsocialsecurityandsignificanteffortsareneededt

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Vietnam targets life expectancy of 75 years by 2030

Vietnam'scommunistauthoritiesaretargetingariseinlifeexpectancyto75yearsby2030fromthecurrent73.4years.ThisforecastiscontainedinaresolutionissuedbytheCommunistPar

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China's elderly population to hit 400 mln by 2035

China'selderlypopulationhasbeenincreasingrapidlyandisestimatedtohitaround400millionbytheendof2035,accordingtoexperts.SinceChinabecamean"agingsociety"in2000,thee

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Can China become rich before growing too old?

“It’smuchbettertostayinthisnursinghomethanbeingatmyownhomealone,”85-year-oldBeijingcitizenLiuXiuqintoldCGTNonWednesday,notingitisdifficultforfamiliestoofferall-

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Iceland becomes smallest country to qualify for the World Cup

IcelandbecamethesmallestnationevertoprogresstoaWorldCup,afterbeatingKosovo2-0towintheirqualifyinggroupforRussia2018onMonday.TheEuro2016quarter-finalists,whoknoc

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Six Brazilians are as rich as half of country's population: study

ThesixrichestmeninBrazilhaveasmuchmoneyasthepoorerhalfoftheBrazilianpopulationhas,showedastudyreleasedbyBritishNGOOxfamonMonday.ThestudyshowsthatthefortuneofCar

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Ageing populations will drag on growth in Asia: IMF chief

ThechiefoftheInternationalMonetaryFundwarnedThursdaythatageingpopulationsinkeyAsianeconomieswilldragontheirgrowth,urgingpolicymakerstostepuptheirresponsetoshift

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'Out of control': saltwater crocodile attacks terrorise Solomon Islands

AgrowingnumberofcrocodileattacksisforcingpoliceintheSolomonIslandstoshoottheanimalsandtoconsiderliftinga30-yearbanonexportingtheirvaluableskinsinordertocontrolt

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Sociology professor on how China’s new two-child policy to help economy

TherearehighhopesthatthehistoricshiftfromChina’sone-childpolicytoallowingcouplestohavetwochildrencouldhelpeasetheproblemofanagingpopulation.Thecountry’scurrentl

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Can China’s two-child policy save its aging population?

At1.37billionitmighthavetheworld'slargestnumberofpeople,butthereareconcernsthatChinaisn’thavingenoughbabiestoredressthebalanceofarapidly-agingpopulation.In1989,

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Cannibalism may stop the spread of disease: study

Cannibalismisbelievedtobeanewwaytostopthespreadofdisease,anditmaybeanunderstudiedfactorindiseasecontrol,accordingtotheLouisianaStateUniversity(LSU)recently.Bret