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Trump accused of backpedaling on gun control

PresidentDonaldTrumpstoodaccusedMondayofcavingintotheUSgunlobbyonemonthaftertheFloridaschoolshooting,astheWhiteHousepushedaheadwithplanstoarmteachersbutbackpeda

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UK porn check critics fear data breach

TheOpenRightsGroupsaysitfearsadatabreachis"inevitable"asthedeadlineapproachesforacontroversialchangeinthewaypeopleintheUKaccessonlinepornography.Detailsofanagev

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12, 18, 25? How young is too young to play with guns?

IntheUS,itisagainstthelawforan18-year-oldtobuyalcohol–butnotmilitary-stylerifles.However,thiscouldsoonchangeafterUSPresidentDonaldTrumpcalledfortoughagerestrict

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Seven ways ... to lower your heart age

Howyoucanloweryourriskofheartattackorstroke,atanyageWorkoutyourheartageYoumaylookandfeelyoung,butisyourheartlettingyoudown?Heartageisaconceptthatcapturesyourris

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Early periods, menopause linked to heart disease: study

Womenwhostartedmenstruatingattheageof11oryounger,orenteredmenopausebefore47,faceahigherriskofheartdiseaseandstroke,accordingtoastudypublishedTuesday.Miscarriage

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Facebook ads that let employers target younger workers focus of U.S. law

SeveralU.S.employersengagedinagediscriminationbyplacingrecruitmentadsonFacebooktargetingyoungerworkers,accordingtoalawsuitfiledonWednesdaybyacommunicationsindus

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Chinese movie 'Old Beast' reminds people why age is just a number

Adirectorialdebutisliningupawardnominationswhilealsoshiningaspotlightonasegmentofsocietyoftenignoredonthebigscreen.Adarkhorseinthisyear’sinternationalmoviescene

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Chinese movie 'Old Beast' reminds us why age is just a number

Adirectorialdebutisliningupawardnominationswhilealsoshiningaspotlightonasegmentofsocietyoftenignoredonthebigscreen.Adarkhorseinthisyear’sinternationalmoviescene

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'Old Beast' reminds us why age is just a number in China

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Millions of Brits will have to work an extra year to get their pension

TheBritishgovernmenthasannouncedplanstoraisethestatepensionageto68sevenyearsearlierthanexpected.Thecountry'spensionagewillbehikedto68overtwoyearsstartingin2037,

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The biological clock ticks for men too, researchers find

Formenwhoarereluctanttostartafamily,itisanage-olddefence:thereisnoneedtorushintofatherhood.Andahostofcelebritydadsseemtohelpprovethepoint,from56-year-oldGeorgeC

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Elderly panda dies in SW China

The oldest female giant panda in a breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province has died at the age of 34, the base announced Thursday.

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Study: rice first domesticated in China around 10,000 years ago

Rice,oneoftheworld'smajorstaplefoodssustainingmorethanhalfoftheglobalpopulation,wasfirstdomesticatedinChinaabout10,000yearsago,anewstudysuggestedonMonday."Sucha

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Think 70 is old? Not in Japan

Not long ago seen as the “twilight years”, 65 to 75 is the new “semi-elderly”, according to ageing experts in Japan.

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Indian "oldest man ever" says yoga, celibacy key to age

Looking remarkably unlined for his claimed 120 years, an Indian monk who says he is the oldest man to have ever lived puts his longevity down to no sex or spices, and daily yoga.

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China's working age population to fall 23 pct by 2050

China's working age population would fall more than 23 percent to around 700 million by the year 2050, according to data released Friday by a human resource official.

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Australians intend to work longer than ever before: survey

​More Australians than ever before are considering working until the "retirement age"