People carry their toddlers by a toy store in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

    China’s population falls as births drop 17%

    BANGKOK (AP) — How do you persuade a population to have more babies after generations of limiting families to just one? A decade after ending China’s longtime one-child policy, the country’s authorities are pushing a range of ideas and policies to try to encourage more births — tactics that range from cash subsidies to taxing…

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      Canada-China trade deal framed as a win for B.C.’s economy

      Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trade mission to China is being framed as a win for British Columbia’s economy. Carney announced a new deal with Beijing on electric vehicles and canola at the end of a high-profile trip on Friday. “The inroads Canada has made this week are…

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      Robert Jenrick MP pictured at The Royal Oak pub in Car Colston, Nottinghamshire

      Robert Jenrick joins Reform UK, Nottinghamshire now without a single Conservative MP

      Robert Jenrick had already been sacked by Kemi Badenoch after she saw evidence that he was plotting a defection Robert Jenrick MP pictured at The Royal Oak pub in Car Colston, Nottinghamshire(Image: Joseph Raynor/Nottingham Post) Robert Jenrick has officially confirmed that he is joining Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in a move that leaves Nottinghamshire without…

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      ‘We are coming for you!’

      Reform UK is poised to go to court to try to force the Government to stop dozens of councils postponing elections this May, GB News can disclose. Reports say that more than 20 Labour councils covering four million people are expected to have elections cancelled this year after telling ministers that they do not have…

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        How Canada-China ties got to where they are today

        BEIJING (AP) — Canada, under Pierre Trudeau in the early 1970s, was among the first Western nations to recognize the communist government in China, nearly a decade ahead of the United States. A half-century later, relations soured under Trudeau’s son, Justin. His successor, Prime Minister Mark Carney, is in Beijing this week in an attempt…

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