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Japan just recorded its fewest annual births since it started keeping records

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An empty swingset

The number of newborns in Japan is decreasing faster than projected, with the number of annual births falling to a record low last year, according to government data released Wednesday.

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fxer
13 hours ago
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> Canada recorded its lowest-ever fertility rate…It joined the ranks of "lowest-low" fertility countries, including South Korea, Spain, Italy and Japan.

Too bad you don’t have an Elon up there to increase your numbers of single mothers, err fatherless children, uhh I mean birth rate.
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dreadhead
19 hours ago
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Vancouver Island, Canada
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Shooting leaves 1 dead, 11 hurt on a North Carolina street during a house party

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In this image taken from WSOC video, various police vehicles gather outside a community after a mass shooting, Sunday, June 1, 2025, in Hickory, a city in Catawba County, N.C.

Authorities said at least 80 shots were fired in the shooting that began at about 12:45 a.m. People reported running, ducking for cover and scrambling to their cars for safety.

(Image credit: WSOC)

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"No Way To Prevent This," Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
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Should childhood vaccinations be mandatory? Almost 70% of Canadians think so, according to a new poll

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A toddler with red splotches on his skin has a soother in its mouth.

Measles cases are surging across Canada, so it might not come as a surprise that nearly 70 per cent of Canadians surveyed recently by the Angus Reid Institute agreed that childhood vaccinations should be mandatory.

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dreadhead
6 days ago
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Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in U.K.

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Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate talk to the media outside their residence on March 23, 2025 in Bucharest, Romania.

British prosecutors have approved 21 charges against self styled misogynist influencers, brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, including rape, assault, and human trafficking.

(Image credit: Andrei Pungovschi)

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dreadhead
7 days ago
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Trump administration cancels plans to develop a bird flu vaccine

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The H5N1 bird flu virus has been raising fears across the country and has spread into dairy cattle.

The Department of Health and Human Services is ending a $766 million contract with the vaccine company Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine for flu strains with pandemic potential, including bird flu.

(Image credit: thianchai sitthikongsak)

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dreadhead
7 days ago
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lol
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Canada should still trust U.S., Trump's former secretary of state tells defence convention

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A man gestures while standing at a podium.

Former U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo delivered a reassuring, fence-mending message on Wednesday, saying Canadians ought to trust the United States and shouldn't feel as though their sovereignty is under threat.

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dreadhead
7 days ago
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Are you sure about that?
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agwego
7 days ago
He wants to sell us the Brooklyn Bridge
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