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A Saudi government official had only 3 career options when he graduated but says his 16-year-old daughter has many more
His Excellency Fahd bin Abdulmohsan Al-Rasheed, the advisor and general secretariat of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers,…
Europe’s population crisis could shave 4% off its GDP by 2040, Morgan Stanley warns, and the options to solve it aren’t good
Europe’s demographic challenges are becoming a ticking time bomb for the region’s economy, with Morgan Stanley delivering a grim prediction…
Greece spends €1 billion a year on pro-child policies as dwindling birth rates create new headaches for the country
A demographic crisis is gripping much of Europe, and Greece is among the countries facing the brunt of it. It…
Chinese grumble about Beijing’s decision to hike the retirement age: ‘I’ll just have to bear the three extra years of work’
Chinese employees on Friday began processing the news that they would have to work at least three extra years after…
Christina Westman dreamed of working with Parkinson’s disease and stroke patients as a music therapist when she started studying at…
U.S. economic growth will eclipse China’s by 2031, and the transformation Beijing needs for a revival may take ‘several decades, if not longer,’ top demographer says
China’s rapidly aging population will be an obstacle to its economic growth, which will be surpassed by the U.S. in…
Private-equity-backed firm buys up crematoriums and funeral homes to cash in on Europe’s aging population. ‘It’s an infrastructure play’
Europe’s shrinking population has long raised concerns about its economic prospects. Governments are seriously worried about it. Elon Musk has raised…
California said its population grew last year for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020 amid decreased mortality…