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Visualizing The Stunning Global Fertility Divide A widening gap is emerging in global birth rates. This chart, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows population-weighted total fertility rates (TFR) across major world regions, based on data from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 Revision, and how they compare to the 2.1 replacement level. While Africa remains far above this threshold, most of the world, including Asia, Europe, and the Americas, has already fallen below it. This split highlights where future population growth is likely to be concentrated. Africa Stands Apart Africa’s fertility rate of 4.0 children...

An Israeli defense official explained that Tehran had learned lessons during the war in June, and the Iranian military was not close to collapse.  “The Iranians learned lessons from Operation Kalavy,” a senior Israeli military official told the Israeli outlet Walla on Tuesday. “They are still functioning militarily at a level that is between moderate […]

Iran on Tuesday confirmed that Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was killed by an overnight Israeli strike, the most significant Iranian leader to be assassinated since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the opening strikes of the war. “After a lifetime of striving for the elevation of Iran […]