Like an object floating upwards yet still underwater, the bare, vague bones of a peace plan for Ukraine are taking shape. Despite a relative silence in policy announcements on this war from an otherwise vocal Trump administration,

Marriages in China dropped by a fifth last year despite manifold efforts by authorities to encourage young couples to wed and have children to boost the country's declining population.

Nearly three years after President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, his troops are making steady progress on the battlefield.