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China's retail sales plunged last month, official data showed on Thursday, as Covid restrictions and a property market crisis hammered the world's second-largest economy. The figures highlight the work ahead for the government as it moves…

China's factory output and retail sales remained weak in May, official data showed Wednesday, with tepid demand and lingering Covid restrictions putting a damper on growth in the world's second-largest economy. The government is persisting…

The government's subsidies on food, fertilisers and petroleum are estimated to decline by 39 per cent to Rs 4,33,108 crore this fiscal and fall further by 27 per cent to nearly Rs 3.18 lakh crore in 2022-23. IMAGE: Women collect rations…

Fishing communities in southwestern New Brunswick are trying to figure out how to use a decade of alarming  reports from scientists to get ready for the future.  While change in the oceans is constant, bells went off in August 2012, when…

China's birth rate plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed Monday, as analysts warn that faster-than-expected aging could deepen economic growth concerns. Beijing has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as it…

BEIJING: China's national legislature on Friday formally endorsed the three-child policy mooted by the ruling Communist Party, in a major policy shift aimed to prevent a steep decline in birth rates in the world's most populous country. The…