BEIJING: Chinese birth control policies could cut between 2.6 to 4.5 million births of the Uyghur and other ethnic minorities in southern Xinjiang within 20 years, up to a third of the region’s projected minority population, according to a new analysis by a German researcher.
MULTAN, Pakistan: Two express trains collided in southern Pakistan early Monday and at least 25 passengers were killed, police and rescue officials said.
The Millat Express derailed and the Sir Syed Express train hit it soon afterward, said Usman Abdullah, a police officer in Ghotki district in Sindh province, where the collision occurred.
He said villagers, rescuers, and police were transporting the dead and injured passengers to nearby hospitals.
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the derailment and the subsequent collision.
Train accidents are common in Pakistan, where successive governments have paid little attention to improving the poorly maintained signal system and aging tracks.
DUBAI: Emirates REIT has pulled a plan to exchange a $400 million sukuk for new paper, after failing to attract enough votes to push it through. Equitativa, the manager of the real estate investment trust said in a statement that 57 percent of investors had voted in favor of its proposal, which fell short of the 75 percent needed. The UAE’s largest shariah-compliant real