In contrast to India’s well-established bilateral security engagements with Central Asian states, China has been less active ...

About 17 million people are at risk of gastrointestinal problems due to excessive sulfate levels in groundwater. This alarming finding emerged from the first high-resolution global groundwater sulfate ...

WHO’s Southeast Asia regional director Saima Wazed stated that the area recorded 2.4 million new cancer cases and 1.5 m ...

A recent study by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has revealed a startling public health threat: ...

Horseshoe crabs are often referred to as the "living fossils" of our planet—the four known species, including three in Asia ...

The population stood at 1.408 billion by the end of the year, Beijing's National Bureau of Statistics said, down from 1.410 billion in 2023. The decline was less sharp than the previous year ...

BEIJING – China’s population fell for a third consecutive year in 2024, with the number of deaths outpacing a slight increase in births, and experts cautioning that the downturn will worsen in ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Singapore: China’s population shrank for a third year in a row in 2024, even as the country saw an increase in births, the decline ...

By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from Hong Kong To get its citizens to have more children and stop its population from shrinking, China has tried it all, even declaring having babies ...

China’s population fell for the third consecutive ... country and is traditionally linked to a slight baby boom across Asia. However, experts indicate that the overall trend is declining.

China’s population has fallen for the third straight ... but especially in East Asia, where Japan, South Korea and other nations have seen their birth rates plummet. China three years ago ...