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Census

Trump directs Commerce Department to create new US Census

Mr Trump said the population count should be “based on modern day facts and figures” and results of the 2024 presidential election.
Mr Trump said the population count should be “based on modern day facts and figures” and results of the 2024 presidential election.

Catholicism shrinks in Brazil as evangelical faith surges

FILE PHOTO: Hooded Catholic faithful walk in the Torch Procession, known as Fogareu, during the Holy Week in Goias, State of Goias, Brazil April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Hooded Catholic faithful walk in the Torch Procession, known as Fogareu, during the Holy Week in Goias, State of Goias, Brazil April 16, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Canada’s Filipino community hit hard by truck-ramming that killed 11 during cultural festival

People visit a memorial site two days after a vehicle was driven into a crowd at a Filipino community Lapu Lapu Day block party, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 28, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder
People visit a memorial site two days after a vehicle was driven into a crowd at a Filipino community Lapu Lapu Day block party, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 28, 2025. REUTERS/David Ryder

Calls mount to redraw electoral boundaries across India to ensure fair representation

India’s prosperity, demography and political priorities vary across its 28 states and union territories.
India’s prosperity, demography and political priorities vary across its 28 states and union territories.

US imports from Canada, Mexico in 2024 as tariff threat looms

FILE PHOTO: Commercial trucks head towards the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Pacific Highway Port of Entry from south Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, November 26, 2024.  REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Commercial trucks head towards the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Pacific Highway Port of Entry from south Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, November 26, 2024.  REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo

Myanmar says 2024 census shows population of 51.3 million slightly smaller than 10 years ago

FILE PHOTO: Two boys take photos of the Sule Pagoda during sunset hours in Yangon, Myanmar, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File photo
FILE PHOTO: Two boys take photos of the Sule Pagoda during sunset hours in Yangon, Myanmar, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File photo

Iraq's population reaches 45.4 million in first census in over 30 years

A member of an Iraqi Planning Ministry team carries out the national population census, during a two-day curfew imposed for it to take place, in Baghdad, Iraq November 20, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad/File Photo
A member of an Iraqi Planning Ministry team carries out the national population census, during a two-day curfew imposed for it to take place, in Baghdad, Iraq November 20, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad/File Photo

Iraq to hold first nationwide census since 1987

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows the city of Baghdad, Iraq May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows the city of Baghdad, Iraq May 3, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo

India to conduct national census soon after years of delay

Commuters walk on a platform after disembarking from a suburban train at a railway station in Mumbai, India, January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni/ File Photo
Commuters walk on a platform after disembarking from a suburban train at a railway station in Mumbai, India, January 21, 2023. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni/ File Photo

Australia’s census to include sexual orientation, gender questions for first time

FILE PHOTO: Participants celebrate the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade under coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety guidelines at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia, March 6, 2021.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Participants celebrate the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade under coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safety guidelines at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia, March 6, 2021.  REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo

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