Children

Ex-BBC presenter Huw Edwards given suspended sentence for indecent child images

LONDON (Reuters) -Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC's flagship news programme, was given a…

More than 1 in 4 children under age 5 face ‘severe’ food poverty: UNICEF

By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS UNITED NATIONS, United States, June 6, 2024 (AFP) - More than one in four children under the…

Elderly driver hits cycling children in France, 7 hospitalised

  LA ROCHELLE, France, June 5, 2024 (AFP) - An 83-year-old driver struck a group of cycling children in western…

Four children among 27 dead in India amusement park fire

MUMBAI, May 26, 2024 (AFP) - Four young children were among 27 people killed when a fire in India ripped…

Sweden orders review after ‘explosion’ of ADHD cases

  STOCKHOLM, May 24, 2024 (AFP) - Sweden is seeing "an explosion" of ADHD cases among children that has put…

Heatwave cancels lessons for half Pakistan’s schoolchildren

LAHORE, Pakistan, May 23, 2024 (AFP) - Half of Pakistan's pupils will be shut out of schools for a week…

Nestle denies ‘double standard’ on baby food in poorer countries

ZURICH (AFP) - Nestle denied Thursday that it was applying any "double standard" after an NGO accused the Swiss food…

France police find ‘bones’ of toddler missing in the Alps: prosecutor

  MARSEILLE, March 31, 2024 (AFP) - French investigators have found and identified the "bones" of a toddler whose disappearance…

More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren released

By Laurie CHURCHMAN ABUJA, March 24, 2024 (AFP) - More than 130 schoolchildren seized by gunmen in a mass kidnapping…

Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap more than 280 students in shocking school raid

  Local government officials in Kaduna State confirmed the kidnapping attack on Kuriga school on Thursday, but gave no figures…

Florida lawmakers pass kids’ social media ban, bill heads to governor

MIAMI, Feb 23, 2024 (AFP) - Florida lawmakers moved Thursday toward enacting one of the strictest bans on children's use…

Russian drone attack kills 7, including 3 children in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv

KHARKIV, Ukraine, Feb 10, 2024 (AFP) - A Russian drone attack on a petrol station in Ukraine's second city Kharkiv…

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