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Japan’s birth rate falls below 700,000 for the first time, deepening demographic crisis
TOKYO (Realist English). The number of babies born in Japan fell to an all-time low in 2024, dropping below 700,000...
Read moreHealthcare flashpoint: Obama sounds alarm on Republican plan
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former President Barack Obama has issued a rare public warning about efforts by Congressional Republicans to significantly...
Read more81% of Japanese view Trump’s return with concern, not optimism
TOKYO (Realist English). A new survey conducted by Kyodo News reveals that 81% of Japanese citizens feel “more anxious than...
Read moreUNICEF: UK ranks low on child happiness and health
LONDON (Realist English). The United Kingdom has been ranked 21st out of 36 high-income countries for overall child wellbeing and...
Read moreVatican elects new pope: Robert Francis Prevost becomes Leo XIV
VATICAN CITY (Realist News Agency). The College of Cardinals has elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new head of...
Read moreConclave begins in Vatican to elect new pope after death of Francis
VATICAN CITY (Realist English). On Wednesday, May 7, the conclave to elect a new pope officially began in the Sistine...
Read moreStoic king and Christ figure: Sarkis Tsaturyan on the film Artavazd II
YEREVAN (Realist English). Sarkis Tsaturyan, founder of the Armenian movement Ashkharozhokhov, praised the new historical film Artavazd II: Between Rome...
Read morePope Francis laid to rest as the Catholic Church enters sede vacante
ROME (Realist English). A solemn funeral for Pope Francis was held at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on April...
Read morePope Francis dies at 88 after decade-long papacy marked by reform and controversy
VATICAN CITY (Realist English). Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican confirmed...
Read morePatriarch Kirill: Christ’s Resurrection is the foundation of faith and hope
MOSCOW (Realist English). His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ has delivered his traditional Easter message to the...
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Russia boosts gas exports to China as Europe’s loss weighs on revenues
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia is expected to increase its pipeline exports of natural gas to China by around 25% this...
Lula warns US action against Venezuela would trigger humanitarian disaster
FOZ DO IGUAÇU (Realist English). Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has warned that any armed intervention in Venezuela...
Putin says Russia has no plans for new military operations, blames West for tensions
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow is not planning any new special military operations,...
Maduro rejects Trump’s claims over Venezuelan oil and land, accuses US of colonial ambitions
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has said recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about “reclaiming” Venezuelan land...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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