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Taiwan's falling birth rate approaches record low (www.newsweek.com)
 

Taiwan's population declined for the 23rd straight month in November, with almost twice as many deaths as births—putting it on track to match the previously reported record low.

Metropolitan police chief accuses Trump of talking 'nonsense' about London crime in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] throws_lemy@reddthat.com 7 points 4 days ago

I mean, the orange man was just trying to help the met police. He offered to send troops to deal with the crime.

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Metropolitan police chief accuses Trump of talking 'nonsense' about London crime (news.sky.com)
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Cut off by their banks and even iced out by Alexa, sanctioned ICC staffers remain resolute (www.independent.co.uk)
 

Nine staff members, including six judges and the ICC's chief prosecutor, have been sanctioned by U.S. President Donald Trump for pursuing investigations into officials from the U.S. and Israel, which aren't among The Hague court's 125 member states.

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Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan (www.nbcnews.com)
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Free climbers discover remnants of ancient sea turtle stampede in Italy (phys.org)
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Yasser abu Shabab, leader of Israel-backed militia, killed in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
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Canadian air passenger traffic to U.S. down for 9th consecutive month (globalnews.ca)
 

For the ninth consecutive month, fewer passengers at Canadian airports are heading to the United States amid the trade war.

New data from Statistics Canada shows total Canadian air passenger traffic in October was up by 4.5 per cent to five million travellers from the same time last year, but the number of people on U.S.-bound trips is down 8.9 per cent to 1.2 million travellers.

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U.S. military detains civilian, raising Okinawa police concerns (www.asahi.com)
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Couple from Kazakhstan allegedly used hidden camera and earpieces to win $1.18m from Sydney’s Crown casino (www.theguardian.com)
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Thieves are starting to steal RAM now that it's as expensive as gold — a memory kit disappears in the snail mail at four in the morning with a bogus signature (www.tomshardware.com)
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Germany’s far-right AfD sets up youth wing, drawing thousands of demonstrators (www.france24.com)
 

Thousands of demonstrators gathered Saturday in the central German city of Giessen for the launch of far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s new youth organisation. The meeting was delayed as some AfD supporters clashed with police.

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Infosys co-founder once again calls for longer than 70-hour weeks - and no, he's not joking (www.techradar.com)
 

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has once again called for longer working weeks has returned, this time with an emphasis on schedules like the 996-pattern used in parts of China.

Murthy's comments revive a debate which began in 2024, when he argued that Indian employees should work 70 hours a week.

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