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Dementia rates are falling among old people—in America but also in several European countries and Japan. What explains this astonishing good news? Will rates continue to drop?
Our Briefing
this week sets out what we know.
Elsewhere, changes to the law in Queensland, Australia, mean that children as young as ten can now be sentenced to life in prison for murder. Politicians from Brazil to Sweden are also trying to lower the age of criminal responsibility. How young is too young to
hold a child responsible?
Finally, how closely have you followed the headlines this week? Test your knowledge with our latest
Friday news quiz.
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