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South Indian state Andhra Pradesh launches third-child incentives amid ageing population

The state's current total fertility rate is 1.4, down from three in 1993.

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Southeast Asia · straitstimes.com

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China pledges more balanced trade and further opening of the economy after record surplus

Chinese Premier Li Qiang pledged on Sunday to further open the country’s economy to foreign firms and pursue more balanced trade with its global partners, after a year marked by trade friction and tariff wars with the United States and European Union in particular. China will import more high-quality foreign goods and work with all parties to promote optimised and balanced trade development and expand the global trad...

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TEPCO nuclear plant in central Japan resumes generation, part replaced

Resumption of commercial operation has been postponed until April. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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South Indian state Andhra Pradesh launches third-child incentives amid ageing population

The state's current total fertility rate is 1.4, down from three in 1993.

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Southeast Asia

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China pledges more balanced trade and further opening of the economy after record surplus

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The Straits Times Asia • 1m ago

TEPCO nuclear plant in central Japan resumes generation, part replaced

Resumption of commercial operation has been postponed until April.

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Stranded juvenile whale found dead along Sabah beach

The whale was first stranded on March 19 and had been successfully herded back to deeper waters then.

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