China’s families are now supporting more old people than kids – BBC

  1. China's families are now supporting more old people than kids  BBC
  2. China aims to stabilise number of new births with policy support  Reuters
  3. As births decline across China, 1 in 8 are born in Guangdong. What’s the secret?  South China Morning Post
  4. Nine provincial-level regions in China post birth rates above 7‰ in 2025, Guangdong tops newborns: report  Global Times
  5. China’s Population Falls by 3.39 Million, Largest Drop Since 2022  Caixin Global
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Thousands rally outside Portugal’s parliament over housing crisis, police operations – Reuters

  1. Thousands rally outside Portugal's parliament over housing crisis, police operations  Reuters
  2. Thousands of Portuguese gather outside Parliament as housing protests swell  AP News
  3. Portuguese police clear Lisbon housing protest camp, arrest 25  Al Jazeera
  4. Portugal: Lisbon housing crisis sparks protest outside parliament  Yahoo
  5. CORRECTION Portugal Housing Protest  dailyrecordnews.com
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Grand jury declines to indict ex-White House staffer who testified about January 6

Cassidy Hutchinson had implicated Donald Trump in US Capitol attack during testimony before House committee

The justice department on Tuesday failed to secure a grand jury indictment against a former White House staffer who provided dramatic but disputed testimony against Donald Trump before a House committee investigating the 6 January 2021 US Capitol insurrection, according to two people familiar with the matter.

A grand jury in Washington rejected prosecutors’ request to return an indictment charging Cassidy Hutchinson, said the people, who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the case. It’s the latest setback in the justice department’s efforts to charge perceived adversaries of the Republican president.

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