- Friday, 5 September 2025
CNN
South Korea records world's lowest fertility rate again
South Korea has broken its own record for the world's lowest fertility rate, according to official figures released, as the country struggles to reverse its years-long trend of declining births.
Japan wants young people to drink more alcohol
The Japanese government has been hit in the pocket by an unusual problem -- its young people aren't drinking enough. Since the pandemic began, bars and other premises selling alcohol have been hit hard by Covid-19 restrictions, causing sales -- and liquor tax revenues -- to plummet in the world's third-largest economy.
Underwater snow reveals new clues about Jupiter's moon Europa
Jupiter's icy moon Europa is an ocean world encased beneath a thick crust of ice -- a place where snow floats upward.
Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 6 more years in prison
A court in military-run Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six more years in prison after convicting her on four extra counts of corruption, state media reported on Tuesday.
Google's 9,000-mile cable could transform life for millions
Equiano is the latest subsea internet cable financed by Google. Starting in Portugal and eventually ending in South Africa, with branches to Nigeria, Togo, the islands of St Helena, and Namibia, the 15,000-kilometer (9,320-mile) cable is designed to deliver high-speed broadband along the west coast of Africa.
Flash floods kill 550 in Pakistan in heaviest rains in decades
Flash floods caused by abnormally heavy monsoon rains killed at least 549 people in Pakistan over the past month, with remote communities in the impoverished southwestern province of Balochistan among the hardest hit, a government agency said.
K2 welcomes a record-breaking number of climbers
The world's second highest mountain, K2 in Pakistan, has welcomed a record-breaking number of climbers this year amid a post-pandemic surge of summit fever.
Nepal has nearly tripled its wild tiger population since 2009
Wild tigers in Nepal have clawed their way back from the brink of extinction. There are now almost three times as many wild tigers in the country as there were in 2009, according to the Nepalese government.
Asia on high alert for monkeypox as cases reported from India to Japan
Countries across Asia are on high alert for monkeypox, screening travellers and scrambling teams of medics, as they report their first cases of the virus, now identified as a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Alarmingly high temperatures in US
"From the southern Plains into the East, it will feel extremely oppressive, especially in the major metro areas of Washington D.C. to New York City and Boston," the National Weather Service warned.
Nepali Sherpa breaks his own climbing record
A 47-year-old Nepali Sherpa has set a climbing record by scaling all the world's 14 peaks that are higher than 8,000 meters (26,247 ft) for a second time, his agency said on Thursday.
Qatar Airways named world's best airlines for 2022
Nabbing the top spot for the second year in the row is Qatar Airways, with AirlineRatings.com stating this carrier's commitment to flying over the past couple of years was the deciding factor. Qatar Airways also won the Excellence in Long Haul - Middle East/Africa award.
'I take responsibility' for Abe's assassination, Nara police chief says
The police chief of the prefecture where Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated said he "take[s] responsibility" for the security failure that resulted in his killing.
Online abortion pill interest soars after the demise of Roe v. Wade
Traffic to telehealth abortion platforms has skyrocketed in the last several days and weeks, up 456% when the draft opinion was leaked in May compared to the previous month and an additional 20% month over month in June when the final Supreme Court verdict was announced, according to Similarweb data.
After earthquake, Afghanistan braces for cholera, disease outbreaks
Thousands affected by a deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan are in need of clean water and food and are at risk of disease, an Afghan health ministry official said on Sunday, days after a United Nations agency warned of a cholera outbreak in the region.
