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The world’s population has reached 8 billion people
NEW YORK (Realist English). On November 15, the world's population grew to 8 billion people. According to optimistic forecasts, by...
Over 75 years, the population of Israel has increased tenfold
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Over the past 75 years, the population of Israel has grown tenfold, the Jerusalem Post reports....
The people are the source of sovereignty. When the people are waning, the sovereignty is waning with them
VLADIVOSTOK (Realist English). All national projects, without exception, should be viewed through the prism of demographic benefits. This was stated...
India will surpass China in population in 2023
NEW YORK (Realist English). India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country during 2023, according to...
Every fourth singles in Japan not willing to marry
TOKYO (Realist English). In Japan, one in four singles in their 30s who have never been married in Japan said...
Record population decline recorded in Japan
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan's population had its largest drop on record, falling by 644,000 to just over 125.5 million in...
The era of loneliness has come to the West
NEW YORK (Realist English). Mass urbanization, increased life expectancy, the communication revolution and the women's rights movement contributed to the...
The cost of raising children in China higher than in USA, Germany and France
BEIJING (Realist English). The average cost of raising a child until the age of 18 was 485,000 yuan ($76,556) in...
EU warns military infrastructure unfit for war with Russia, proposes €17bn overhaul
BRUSSELS (Realist English). Europe’s roads, railways, and bridges are not capable of supporting the rapid movement of troops and heavy...
Experts dismiss EU’s $750bn energy pledge to US as unrealistic and politically driven
WASHINGTON / BRUSSELS (Realist English). The European Union’s commitment to purchase $750 billion worth of American energy over the next...
Job anxiety drives Chinese students to choose practical majors over elite universities
HUNAN (Realist English). After falling short on China’s notoriously difficult national college entrance exam in June, Lu Jie secured a...
Sudan’s RSF-led alliance forms rival government, deepening divisions amid civil war
KHARTOUM (Realist English). A Sudanese coalition led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has announced the formation of a rival...
More than protection: Inside the hidden power of Russia’s FSO
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Federal Protective Service of Russia (FSO) is surrounded by even more legends than the Federal Security...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
Not Mossad’s strength — but Iran’s weakness
TBILISI (Realist English). The recent targeted assassinations of senior IRGC commanders and high-ranking Iranian officers are not simply the triumph...
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