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Top 5: China’s population is shrinking; UK to ask for American tanks to Ukraine; Vietnam’s President resigns; EU want to ban forever chemicals;”This song sucks” Nick Cave responds to Chat GPT-written song

China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low – 6.77 births per 1,000 people.

The population in 2022 – 1.4118 billion – fell by 850,000 from 2021.

UK to persuade US of sending tanks to Ukraine

[SOURCE] James Cleverly aims to persuade US and Canada to send tanks to Ukraine on trip to North America

The foreign secretary has said the UK and its North American allies “stand united against Putin’s illegal war” ahead of his trip to the US where he will hold talks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Amid scandal, Vietnam’s President resigns

Vietnam President Phuc resigns amid ministers’ corruption scandal

Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s resignation has been anticipated since the dismissal of two deputy prime ministers in January.

EU calls for ban on “forever chemicals”

[SOURCE] – EU countries call for ‘forever chemicals’ ban as US detects wildly high levels in fish...

Eating one freshwater fish caught in a river or lake in the US is the equivalent of drinking a month’s worth of water contaminated with toxic ‘forever chemicals’ called PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), new research said on 17 January.

“This song sucks” Nick Cave outcry agains AI-written song

‘This song sucks’: Nick Cave responds to ChatGPT song written in style of Nick Cave

Singer-songwriter dissects lyrics produced by popular chatbot, saying it is ‘a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human’