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Why do women have longer life expectancy than men?

The survival advantage of women is seen in every country, in every year, for which reliable records exist

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a meeting with French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party leader Marine Le Pen at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 6, 2019. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Pool/File Photo

Why do France's regional elections matter? Look ahead

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits at the plenum at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem May 30, 2019. Photo :Reuters

Explainer: Israel is set for a change of government. Who? When? Why?

A person holds a girl as a boy drives a toy car at a shopping mall in Shanghai, China June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

The cost of having a child in China

File photo: Tens of thousands in a crowd at the Forbidden City in China. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Why China is struggling to boost its birthrate?

AstraZeneca logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration photo taken March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

How worried should we be about blood clots linked to AstraZeneca, J&J vaccines?

Opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich, who is accused of participating in an unsanctioned protest at the Kuropaty preserve, arrives for a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus April 10, 2017. Picture taken April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer

Roman Protasevich: Journalist for whom Belarus grounded a commercial flight

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What is 'black fungus' that is hitting India's Covid-19 patients?

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/Tom Brenner

Citizen Trump faces mounting legal woes

People waiting to get help outside of Coronavirus help desk in India. Photo: UNB/AP

Explainer: What we know about the Indian variant as coronavirus sweeps South Asia

A woman walks past a board in a testing center for the CureVac vaccine during a study by the German biotech firm CureVac as part of a testing for a new vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Brussels, Belgium March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver talks could still take months

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Facebook to hold forth on Trump: Here’s how social media handles world leaders

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee speaks at a programme at Kharagpur in West Midnapore district on December 9/ HT Photo-PTI

How Mamata can remain CM of West Bengal even if she fails to win Nandigram