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In Kerala, an aging trend bucks India’s booming population

Washington Post In the past 60 years, the percentage of people age 60 and over in India’s Kerala state has shot up from 5.1% to 16.5% — the highest proportion in any state https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/india-population-aging-kerala/f4f424b2-d8ea-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Taiwan’s issues are Canada’s issues: Visiting lawmaker

Taipei, April 12 (CNA) Canadian lawmaker John McKay told President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) Wednesday that “Taiwan’s issues are Canada’s issues and Canada’s issues are Taiwan’s issues,” during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Taipei. https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202304120005

Kwame Brathwaite, 85, Photographer With a Lens on Black Pride, Is Dead

New York Times Part of the ‘Black is beautiful’ movement during the civil rights era, he trained his camera on athletes, musicians and models as well as everyday people. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/arts/kwame-brathwaite-dead.html

Top senator Matviyenko says Russia favors deepening space cooperation with all countries

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to Matviyyenko “space remains one of few platforms where Russia’s cooperation with other countries” https://tass.com/science/1602905

Bruce Haigh, Australian envoy who aided apartheid-era escape, dies at 77

Washington Post Mr. Haigh’s role in helping a journalist flee South Africa was recounted in the film “Cry Freedom.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/04/12/bruce-haigh-australia-apartheid-dies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Residents flee as cyclone approaches northwest Australia

Washington Post Miners, cattle ranchers, tourists and Indigenous locals are evacuating from Australia’s remote northwest coast as an intensifying tropical cyclone approaches https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/australia-cyclone-ilsa-pilbara/138e2bb6-d8eb-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Oryol air trials to be associated with Russian Orbital Station’s deployment — Roscosmos

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Roscosmos is developing a federal project on the creation of a space complex ROS,” Yury Borisov said https://tass.com/science/1602903

Two ex-members of Hong Kong pro-democracy union group apply to hold public rally on Labour Day

Hong Kong Free Press Two former members of the defunct Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU) – once the city’s largest pro-democracy union coalition – have applied for police approval to organise a public demonstration on Labour Day. Labour Day protest on May 1, 2019. File photo: Jennifer Creery/HKFP. Former HKCTU chairperson Joe Wong…

Fearing China’s rise, Japan coughs up US$2.9 billion for long-range missiles

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Mass production of the land-to-ship guided missiles and hypersonic gliding missiles will begin this year, Japan’s Defence Ministry said. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3216755/fearing-chinas-rise-japan-coughs-us29-billion-long-range-missiles?utm_source=rss_feed

Your Wednesday Briefing

New York Times Foreign responses to the military documents leak. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/briefing/documents-leak-macron-china.html