Seoul, June 24 (IANS) The number of babies born in South Korea shot up 18 per cent in April from a year earlier, reaching the highest level in seven years, government data showed on Wednesday. A total of 24,521 babies were born in April, up from 20,787 a year earlier, according to data from South Korea’s Ministry of Data and Statistics. It marked the highest figure for any April since 26,104 babies were recorded in 2019.Over the January-April period, the total number of births came to 99,534, al…
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Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) Three Republican senators are urging the Trump administration to shut down visa and parole programs they say allow Chinese nationals to exploit US citizenship laws through birth tourism and surrogacy.Sens. Rick Scott, Jim Banks, and Markwayne Mullin sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum calling the programs a national security risk. They argue the policies allow nationals from Communist China to gain fast-track acces…