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China posts slowest population growth in decades

11-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies BEIJING: China’s population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed on Tuesday. The growth of 5.4% since the last census in 2010 reflects fears of a looming demographic crisis amid an ageing society and slowing birthrates, with a …

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Five injured in NZ supermarket stabbing

10-05-2021 Bureau Report + Agencies DUNEDIN/ WELLINGTON: At least five people have been injured, three of whom are now in critical condition, after a stabbing attack at a New Zealand supermarket. The stabbing took place at a Countdown supermarket in central Dunedin on South Island in the afternoon. One person …

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Dozens killed in Afghanistan bus bombing

10-05-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Dozens more people were killed and injured in the bombing of a bus in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province, officials said on Monday. The blast took place late on Sunday night, said Zabul’s provincial governor’s spokesman Gul Islam Sial, adding 25 people …

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