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Is traditional marriage doomed for millennials and Gen Z?

We delve into the declining marriage rates, focusing on East and Southeast Asia, and analyse the contributing factors to this trend. As marriage and birth rates decline across many countries, we explore how millennials and Gen Z are redefining long-term commitment. Younger generations in several nations are increasingly embracing alternative and non-traditional marriage trends, prompting Read More

Bangladesh minister on government’s response to deadly anti-quota protests

Bangladesh Information Minister Mohammad Arafat talks to Al Jazeera about deadly anti-quota protests and unrest. Bangladesh has recently seen some of its worst violence in decades – violence sparked by student protests against a government-job quota system that demonstrators say favoured supporters of the ruling Awami League party. The Country’s Supreme Court has now scrapped Read More

Texas sues Biden administration over program giving birth control to teens without parents’ knowledge

Texas officials are challenging a recent order from President Biden’s administration that would allow schools to distribute birth control to teenagers without parental consent. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that his office is suing the Biden administration over their 2021 change to Title X guidelines banning parental consent requirements for birth control services. Read More

Moderate House Dems push for crackdown on noncitizens voting in US elections

A pair of moderate House Democrats are co-leading a bipartisan push to crack down on noncitizens voting in U.S. elections. Reps. Jared Golden, D-Maine, and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., joined legislation being spearheaded by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., less than six months ahead of the November presidential election. The pair of Read More

Whitmer on GOP charges replacing Biden was ‘undemocratic’: ‘Give me a break’

DURHAM, N.H. – Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says it is hard to “seriously” take Republican criticism of Vice President Kamala Harris’ replacement of President Biden as the Democrats’ 2024 presidential nominee. “It is hard to take the Republican criticism seriously because one day it’s ‘Joe Biden shouldn’t be running.’ The next day it’s ‘well he Read More

Doocy grills White House on claims that Harris was never ‘border czar’

Fox News’ Peter Doocy grilled White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre over recent claims that Vice President Kamala Harris never served as “border czar” Thursday. “Border czar” is an informal title widely granted to Harris in 2021 when President Biden appointed her to handle the “root causes” of illegal immigration. Doocy pressed Jean-Pierre on why Read More