Official data showed that China’s population shrank in 2022 for the first time in more than six decades, as the world’s most populous nation faces a looming demographic crisis. The drop, the worst since China’s Great Famine of 1961.
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Kim Jong Un will meet Vladimir Putin
Kim Jong Un will travel to Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, amid warnings from the United States that the two leaders could strike an arms deal.
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Plane crash in Amazon rainforest kills 14 people
Fourteen people died in a plane crash during bad weather in the Brazilian Amazon on Saturday. The small propeller plane was nearing the end of its 400km (248 mile) trip between Manaus, the capital of Amazonas state, and the remote jungle town of Barcelos when it went down.
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Iran appears to be modifying the attack drones that it’s providing to Russia
Iran appears to be modifying the attack drones that it’s providing to Russia so that the explosive warheads can inflict maximum damage on infrastructure targets inside Ukraine. An unexploded warhead from an Iranian Shahed-131 drone found in the Southern Ukrainian region of Odesa in October 2022 was examined last month by the UK-based investigative organization Conflict Armament Research, along with the Ukrainian military.
