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by Omar Haj Kadour KHAN SHEIKHUN, Syria (AFP) — A suspected chemical attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria killed dozens of civilians including children and left many more sick and gasping on Tuesday, causing international outrage. The attack on the town of Khan Sheikhun killed at least 58 civilians and saw dozens suffer respiratory problems and symptoms including vomiting, fainting and foaming at the mouth, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. Syria’s opposition […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — More than 400,000 Afghan children are expected to drop out of school this year in the face of growing insecurity and displacement amid a spike in forced repatriations from Pakistan, Save the Children said Thursday. Thursday marked the first day of the new school year in Afghanistan, but around one-third of all children — 3.7 million — were not in attendance, the advocacy group said. “Today should be a happy day […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Approximately one in four children worldwide will live in regions with extremely scarce water resources by 2040, UNICEF said in a report Wednesday. In research released on World Water Day, the United Nations children’s agency warned that in just over two decades nearly 600 million children will be living in areas with severely limited safe water sources, as population growth and surging demand for water clash with the effects […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — “Sesame Street” has often experimented with new ways of teaching children about social issues as well as their ABCs since its launch nearly 50 years ago. Now it’s taking on a new challenge: autism. The groundbreaking public television children’s program is introducing a new character, a muppet named Julia who has autism, the show’s creators revealed on the CBS News show “60 Minutes” broadcast on Sunday. Diagnoses of autism have […]
Today’s teens are digital natives— a generation of children that has grown up with video games, computers, touch-screen tablets, mobile phones and virtual reality. Even if their brains have adapted to this ultra-high-tech environment, they might still find it harder to resist impulsive behavior and to engage in free and independent thinking because of these digital devices. https://youtu.be/hgYbQJm9dSM
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Five nuns and a doctor are on the run in India after being accused of concealing the birth of a baby to a teenager who alleges that a priest raped her, police said Sunday. Arrest warrants have been issued for the six and for two hospital staff. They are accused of conccealing the 16-year-old’s delivery from authorities and hiding the baby in a Catholic orphanage at Kunnur in the southern […]
UNITED NATION, UNITED States (AFP) — Almost 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN children’s agency said Monday. In Yemen, where war has been raging for nearly two years, 462,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition while 450,000 children are severely malnourished in northeast Nigeria. Fews Net, the famine early warning system, said some remote areas of Nigeria’s Borno state […]
CALAIS, France (Reuters) — Many unaccompanied children remain stranded in the northern French town of Calais, as the British government scraps its resettlement program. Even after the French authorities tore down the “Jungle” migrant camp last year, refugees continue heading to Calais hoping to cross over to the UK. French officials, however, are determined not to bring back such migrant camps to Calais. “It is not dignified for France. It is dangerous for the migrants and […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Nearly one in four US children suffer from chronic bullying at school, a problem that may lead to poor academic performance and low confidence over time, researchers said Monday. The findings in the Journal of Educational Psychology are based on a study of 383 children who were followed from kindergarten through high school. “It’s extremely disturbing how many children felt bullied at school,” said lead author Gary Ladd, a psychology professor […]
MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — Fourteen-year-old “Bryan” sat looking behind the window’s grills of a government-run juvenile center on the outskirts of Manila. Not wanting to reveal his real name, Bryan was arrested by the police during a drug raid in September and was required to stay at the government’s “House of Hope” for a year. Life was not bad, he says, because he was being taken care of by social workers and was taught lessons like […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Brad Pitt has accused Angelina Jolie of compromising their children’s privacy and is asking a judge to seal details about the youngsters emerging from the couple’s divorce, court papers showed Thursday. The 52-year-old star’s lawyers claim his estranged wife is showing little regard for the welfare of the three boys and three girls, as her attorneys try to make him look bad, according to a motion filed in a Los […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Children are being killed and wounded as well as witnessing horrific violence as Iraqi forces battle the Islamic State group in heavily populated Mosul, Amnesty International said on Thursday. Iraqi forces launched a massive operation to retake the country’s last IS-held city more than two months ago, and have pushed the jihadists out of several neighborhoods on Mosul’s eastern side. But the battle to retake the city — where a million […]
