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China’s retirees relishing a return to work

Data from the seventh national census, the number of people who were 60 or older in China in 2020 stood at 264.02 million, of which 147.39 million were in the 60-69 age bracket.

  • Published: April 21, 202312:51 pm
  • Author Yang Feiyue
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Plastic card shortage to hit 5.2 million Filippino motorists

The temporary driver’s license will contain a unique QR code, which will allow law enforcers to authenticate and validate it.

  • Published: April 21, 202312:45 pm
  • Author Jane Bautista
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Record 10% of new nurses in Japan quit within 1 year

The increase was apparently caused by anxieties among nurses and turmoil at hospitals amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Published: April 21, 202312:20 pm
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Thai Covid-19 cases expected to spike due to Songkran celebrations

The virus is also becoming a seasonal concern, officials at the Department of Disease Control said.

  • Published: April 21, 202310:35 am
  • Author The Nation
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Price pressures in Malaysia to moderate further

However, inflation is still considerably higher on a year-on-year basis when compared to the same corresponding month in 2022.

  • Published: April 21, 20239:45 am
  • Author Keith Hiew
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New overtime restrictions loom over Japan’s logistics industry

However, concern has grown over whether logistics networks for home delivery, among others, can be maintained under the new regulations.

  • Published: April 21, 20239:43 am
  • Author Hirotaka Sano
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Give up narrow interests to make world a better place: India PM

He also said that current times require that every person and country should worry about global world interests too, while looking after their own welfare, so that the world…

  • Published: April 21, 20239:36 am
  • Author The Statesman
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UN Population Fund urges focus on reproductive rights

The UN's sexual and reproductive health agency also said that while the population was now the largest ever seen, “the global average fertility rate is the lowest in living…

  • Published: April 21, 20239:34 am
  • Author Robin Millard
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Initiatives in place to tackle ageing issues when S’pore hits ‘super-aged’ status

Health Minister Ong Ye Kung ageing is the biggest social transformation in Singapore for this generation.

  • Published: April 21, 20239:33 am
  • Author Joyce Teo
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Getting more sleep among aims of Japanese government’s health plan

Behind the sleep goal are the results of recent studies in which lack of sleep has connections to mental and physical disorders.

  • Published: April 21, 20239:32 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun

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