The demand for living space varies depending on the region. The vacancy rate in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia is higher than in the city states of Berlin and Hamburg. The birth rate has been falling for years and there were fewer babies born in Germany last year than at any time since the Second World War.

Some 971,020 people in Australia were born in India, narrowly surpassing the 970,950 born in England. The England-born population slipped from just over 1 million in 2013. The third-largest cohort comprises those born in China, at 732,000, followed by 638,000 from New Zealand.

Prof Joseph Sekhampu is the chief director of the NWU Business School. He is concerned about the rise of mass anxiety in South Africa. He points out that the economic and political situation in the country is under constant strain. He argues that people's confidence in the political system is eroding.

2026 Main Residency Match was the largest in the program’s 74-year history. With 48,050 active applicants, 41,482 residency training positions were filled. There was a surge of posts on X and other social media platforms calling for new restrictions on international medical graduates (IMGs) in the match.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing De’ai Postpartum Care Center in Fort Bend County, Texas, for allegedly helping Chinese citizens to obtain U.S. citizenship for their children. Paxton claims that since 2008, the company has operated a full-service luxury birth tourism business. He is seeking an injunction to shut down the company and its operations.

According to the Public Religion Research Institute, 43 percent of women under the age of 30 have no religious affiliation. According to a recent Gallup poll, 42 percent of young men consider religion important to their lives, while only 29 percent do. The proportion of young Republican men attending church at least monthly has risen from 40 percent in 2019 to 52 percent in 2025.