The Daily Populous

The majority of African nations' leaders have chosen not to attend the upcoming Russia-Africa summit, with 38 out of 55 countries opting not to send their heads of state, The Moscow Times reported on July 25.

The summit, intended to showcase Russia's diplomatic push to increase influence on the continent, is taking place amidst a significant boycott: only 17 out of 55 African countries will be represented by their leaders at the event scheduled for July 27-28.

Despite the significant no-show, Putin plans to hold personal meetings with each of the African leaders who do attend the summit. »

A Twitter user who goes by the name Sapun claimed that a movie theatre in India played Oppenheimer with Barbie subtitles.

A third wrote, ''This means that the same theatre, in another show, played Oppenheimer subtitles in a Barbie show.''.

show barbie with Oppenheimer subtitles and Oppenheimer with barbie subtitles and create new movie-going experiences.''. »

Every one of Japan’s 47 prefectures posted a population drop in 2022, while the total number of Japanese people fell by nearly 800,000.

But national policies have so far failed to dent population decline, though concerted efforts by a sprinkling of small towns have had some effect.

Although Japan’s population started to fall before that of other countries – peaking in 2008 – declines in fertility rates have been more precipitous elsewhere, particularly in east Asia. »

An executive whose ocean transportation company operates a ship waiting to load grain at Reni said he was waiting to hear whether Monday’s attack would affect insurance premiums, which were already high.

Given Russia’s withdrawal from the deal that guaranteed safe passage for commercial vessels through the Black Sea, insurance premiums are likely to be prohibitively expensive for shipowners, analysts said.

In recent days, Russia has launched a series of aerial assaults on Odesa, a Black Sea port in Ukraine. »