To boost birth rate: China imposes tax on condoms
The 13% VAT on contraceptives marks the first such levy in three decades as Beijing pursues aggressive pro-natalist policies amid demographic collapse.
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Trump orders total naval blockade against Venezuela's sanctioned oil vessels
The US president's Truth Social announcement also labeled the Maduro government as a foreign terrorist organization.
Why was MIT nuclear scientist Nuno Loureiro shot dead?
Police launch a homicide investigation after MIT fusion scientist is fatally shot in Brookline. Authorities rule out a link to the Brown University attack. Social media rife with speculation over Iran, Israel.
Trump: People denying Oct. 7 just like they denied Holocaust
At White House Hanukkah event, president condemns rising antisemitism and shifting congressional support for Israel.
Statue of Liberty replica topples in Brazil windstorm
79-foot statue collapsed in Guaiba after winds exceeded 56 mph; no injuries reported.
FBI thwarts LA bomb plot by pro-Palestinian extremists
Director of the FBI Kash Patel announced that a major terrorist plot planned for New Year’s Eve celebrations in the largest city on the US West Coast had been foiled. The suspects allegedly planned to plant bombs at multiple locations across the city.
Sydney Jews light 2nd Hanukkah candle at Bondi Beach massacre site
Community gathers at scene of deadly shooting that killed 15, wounded 38. Prime minister orders flags to half-mast as two wounded victims die overnight.
ISIS flag found in terrorists' vehicle after Sydney Hanukkah attack
Australian intelligence examined the surviving attacker six years ago over suspected links to an ISIS cell in Sydney, local media reported. Fifteen people were killed and 38 wounded in the massacre at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach, among them a Holocaust survivor who shielded his wife with his body
Local Muslim identified as hero who disarmed Sydney attacker
Ahmed suffered two gunshot wounds and has been hospitalized. "He is a hero 100%," his nephew said.
Explosives at Bondi Beach as police raid suspect home
"An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian, and every Australian tonight will be like me, devastated on this attack on our way of life,” Albanese says after 11 murdered at Bondi Beach Hanukkah lighting event. One perpetrator named as Naveed Akram.