China’s one-child policy, which lasted from 1980 to 2015, significantly shaped the nation’s demographics. While it effectively curbed population growth—preventing an estimated 400 million ...

The country’s population fell for a third straight year as deaths outpaced births.

After nearly four decades of its one-child policy, designed to curb population growth and reform the country’s economy, China has fully removed all childrearing limits in recent years.

The European Parliament has condemned Turkish legal action against mayors from opposition parties, and called for municipal officials who have been detained in recent weeks to be released, acquitted ...