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Global fertility rate to keep plummeting, major study warns

Samoa, Somalia, Tonga, Niger, Chad and Tajikistan are expected to have fertility rates exceeding the replacement level of 2.1 births

A study finds that expanding organic cropland can lead to increased pesticide use in nearby non-organic fields, offsetting benefits

Young people’s views were nearly flipped among older Americans, with 53 per cent of those aged 65 and above supporting Israel’s response

Ottawa is to reduce the number of temporary residents to five per cent of the population over the next three years, down from 6.2 percent

An assessment of the 25 largest listed oil and gas companies found none had met their climate goals. BP, with a “D” score, ranked highest

Less than one quarter of the 62 million tonnes of e-waste produced in 2022 was recycled; heavy metals and toxic chemicals leak from it

Around 200,000 condoms for men and 20,000 for women will be made available at the athletes’ village during the Olympic Games

A class-action lawsuit argues customers have to spend tens of thousands on ancillary Hermes products to have the chance to buy the Birkin handbag

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La Presse faced accusations of antisemitism on Wednesday over its depiction of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a vampire

“The situation on the ground makes it so that we can’t” export any kind of military equipment, said a Canadian official