Children

The reckoning: child sex abuse in the Catholic Church

  Paris, France | AFP | Monday 2/13/2023 Portugal on Monday will become the latest country to issue an independent…

Portugal Catholic clergy sexually abused nearly 5,000 minors: inquiry

Lisbon, Portugal | AFP | Monday 2/13/2023 by Thomas CABRAL Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since…

Haitian schools becoming targets of violence: UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Schools in Haiti, previously considered safe havens from the Caribbean nation's turmoil, have become…

Two children killed in ‘deliberate’ bus crash into Quebec day care

by Anne-Sophie THILL and Justine LEBLOND Agence France-Presse LAVAL, Canada (AFP) -- A bus driver rammed his vehicle into a…

US school was warned boy, 6, may have gun before teacher shot

Washington, United States (AFP) A US primary school was warned that a six-year-old student who shot his teacher might have a…

Germany to pay more for children’s meds as shortages spike

Berlin, Germany (AFP) Germany will pay up to 50 percent more for common children's medication such as cough syrup and…

Record number of children miss measles vaccine: global report

Washington, United States (AFP) A record high of nearly 40 million children around the world missed a measles vaccine dose…

Indonesia revokes licences of drug firms over syrups linked to child deaths

  Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | Indonesia's food and drug agency on Wednesday revoked the licences of two chemical firms…

Australian sentenced to 129 years in Philippine child sex abuse case

Manila, Philippines | AFP | by Allison Jackson and Mikhail Flores An Australian man has been sentenced to 129 years…

Indonesia child deaths blamed on syrup medicines rise to 195

  Jakarta, Indonesia | AFP | Indonesia said Monday the number of child deaths from kidney failure or damage linked…

Catholic Diocese in New York state submits to sweeping oversight

  New York, United States | AFP | New York state's attorney general on Tuesday announced an unprecedented settlement with…

Climate change puts one billion children at ‘extreme risk’: watchdog

  The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change…

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