Last Look: The Covid baby bust
Fareed takes a look at the alarming worldwide decline in birth rates, and the potentially devastating consequences of a rapidly aging population.
Fareed takes a look at the alarming worldwide decline in birth rates, and the potentially devastating consequences of a rapidly aging population.
State-owned Correos Espana this week issued a set of four stamps in different skin-colored tones. The darker the stamp, the lower the price. The lightest color costs 1.60 euros. The darkest one costs 0.70 euros. The postal service calls them “Equality Stamps'' and introduced them on the anniversary of George Floyd being killed by a police officer in Minneapolis.
With the pandemic tidal wave finally receding in the United States, the damage left behind is finally emerging, and the financial toll on families laid bare. CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports.
A robotic spacecraft docked with China's new space station on Sunday carrying fuel and supplies for its future crew. China's space agency said the Tianzhou-2 spacecraft reached the Tianhe station eight hours after blasting off from Hainan, an island in the South China Sea.
Authorities in Las Vegas are asking for the public's help to identify a boy found dead on a trail near the city, after a woman mistakenly identified him as her son. KVVU's Lauren Martinez reports.
Cypriots voted Sunday to elect a new parliament, with opinion polls suggesting that the country's two main parties will hemorrhage support as disenchanted voters seek out alternatives among a number of smaller parties. The election won't affect the running of the government on the divided Mediterranean island nation, as executive power rests in the hands of the president, who is elected separately.
Demonstrators gathered outside a Nashville hat store after it announced the sale of yellow Star of David badges, similar to the ones Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust, which read "NOT VACCINATED."
Hundreds of health workers held a protest in the Belgian capital Brussels on Saturday to demand more money and staff following a year of intense pressure dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The demonstrators are worried their demands for the sector will be forgotten as death rates and hospital admissions fall due to mass vaccinations.
The first United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) regional office has opened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Secretary General, Zurab Pololikashvili, was joined by Saudi Minister of Tourism, Ahmed Al-Khateeb, and Princess Haifa Al-Saud, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Saudi Arabia, to inaugurate the hub that will co-ordinate initiatives across 13 countries in the Middle East.
The "Salvator Mundi" — the world's most expensive painting — is also the subject of a $1B battle between a Russian oligarch and a Swiss art dealer, which is set to heat up again.
Saudi Arabia is requiring all pilgrims for the scaled-back, annual Hajj in July to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In Tanzania, where vaccinations have still not begun, Muslims hoping to go to Mecca are urging authorities to start jabbing. Charles Kombe reports from Dar es Salaam.
Manchester City fans piled onto the pitch at Sedgley Rugby Club in the north of the city to watch their side lose the Champions League Final against Chelsea on Saturday night. The fans watched on a big screen set up in the stands as their side failed to break down Chelsea who took, and kept, the lead through Kai Havertz.