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For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population. In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged to its lowest recorded level. In 2005, Putin said the demographic woes needed to be resolved by maintaining “social and economic stability.” In 2019, he said the problem still “haunted” the country. Russia faces a shrinking and aging population. AP As recently as Thursday, he told a Kremlin demographic conference that increasing births was “crucial” for Russia. Putin has launched initiatives to encourage people to have more children — from…

The No. 2-ranked Indiana Hoosiers are steamrolling everybody, and their quarterback, Fernando Mendoza, is an integral reason for that sweeping success.Mendoza is having a spectacular debut season in Bloomington. Through Indiana’s first seven games, the redshirt junior has totaled 1,755 passing yards, 21 passing touchdowns, two interceptions and a 191.0 passer rating (first in the nation among qualified passers), while completing 73.5% of his passes (third in the nation). His touchdown total and passer rating are first in the Big Ten. Mendoza has also rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns.On Week 9’s edition of “Big Noon Kickoff,” Mendoza told…

Lots of red flags in the UK these days. An English teacher’s assistant was fired for hanging over 150 British flags around his hometown — and blackballed from other jobs after twisted former colleagues labeled him a bigot for his love of king and country and speaking out against migrant grooming gangs. Single dad-of-one Shaun Remmer, of Thirsk, was reported to the officials of Wellburn Hall School in September for “racism” for hanging the Union Jack as well as the flags of Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Ulster, he told Yorkshire Live. “They basically said they do not want me back…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has raised a fraction of his typical money haul over the last quarter, leaving him open to attacks from leftist insurgents in his own party, The Post has learned. Federal Election Commission filings show the five-term senator’s receipts slowed to a relative trickle for the last three months — raising questions about the 74-year-old’s future in a party in the throes of a far left youth movement. The Brooklyn Democrat brought in just $133,000 during the three months ending Sept. 30 – while facing a potential primary challenge from “Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Bronx and…

A wild video shows a Russian drone hunting down panicked Ukrainian farmers in the Donetsk region – as unsettling music blares in the background. The footage, captured by first person-view drone, was intercepted by the Ukrainian military and released on social media. It shows two farmers standing next to each other in a field, before they scurry in opposite directions as they attempt to dodge the incoming drone hurtling towards them. The footage shows a first-person view drone systematically hunting down Ukrainian farmers in a Donetsk field. facebook/azov.media4308 The video was intercepted and released by the Ukrainian military’s 12th Brigade.…

As someone who played in the NBA for 19 years and has coached ever since retiring, Jason Kidd knows it’s a “beautiful game” at its best. And the Mavericks’ head coach doesn’t want the recent gambling scandals — which involved Heat guard Terry Rozier, Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and former player Damon Jones getting arrested over alleged roles in illegal sports betting and poker schemes — to take away from some of the individual performances around the league to start the season.  “What I will say is we have a beautiful game with a lot of talented players…

A new book challenges us to work together as a community to grant sovereignty to forests and the animals who live there.

When it comes to crummy airlines, American Airlines takes the cake. An analysis of customer satisfaction scores by digital marketing firm Click Intelligence showed American is the world’s most loathed airline carrier, topping the list for passenger misery with a measly 2.9 out of 10 rating. Passengers have been duct taped this year during American Airlines flights, suffered injuries from unexpected turbulence, forced from their seats thanks to smoke, and made to endure others’ vaping habits. A photo from 2017 shows an American Airlines plane on fire. AP Last year, the Dallas-based airline carried 211 million passengers to 350 destinations…

Strip away the lies about Obamacare subsidies set to expire this year, and Democrats’ main excuse for shutting the government goes up in smoke. Above all else, Dems claim they’re looking to protect health care, that expiring Bamcare subsidies will send premiums soaring and cost many their coverage. The truth? Premiums are expected to rise by $1,665, or 20%, on average, a Paragon Health Institute study found — yet the expiring subsidies account for only four of those percentage points, or just $333. Fact is, most ObamaCare subsidies are not expiring. What’s set to vanish is merely the added cash…

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said, and prompted fresh pleas from Ukraine’s president for Western air defense systems. In the capital, Kyiv, two people were killed and 13 were wounded in a ballistic missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, Kyiv’s police said. A fire broke out in a non-residential building in one location, while debris from intercepted missiles fell in an open area at another site, damaging windows in nearby buildings, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service wrote on the message app Telegram. Russian missile…