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UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...Health - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Jamie Oliver Pulls Children’s Book Amid Criticism of Insensitivity
The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia.World - The New York Times - November 11 -
UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children
The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...World - ABC News - November 11 -
Ella Jenkins, celebrated songwriter and 'First Lady of Children's Music,' dies at 100
Ella Jenkins, the prolific, multigenerational musical pioneer who became known as the 'First Lady of Children's Music,' died Saturday.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - November 11 -
Meta Horizon Worlds Has Been Taken Over by Children
Lowered age restrictions and cheaper VR headsets have led to young kids hijacking the metaverse. Maybe we should let them keep it.Tech - Wired - 6 days ago -
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The Lost Children review – extraordinary story of missing kids in the Colombian rainforest
Account of the search for the young siblings after their plane crashed and how the eldest, Lesly – just 13 years old and injured – kept them alive for 40 days. In the fairytale, Hansel and Gretel ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
7 people are killed in Pakistan when a militant's car bomb accidentally explodes
Police in Pakistan say that a car bomb accidentally went off at the house of a Pakistani Taliban militant in the northwest of the country, killing at least two children and five suspected militantsWorld - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Australia's plan to ban children from social media proves popular and problematic
The Australian government's plan to ban children from social media to protect them from harm has won almost universal political supportTech - ABC News - 3 days ago -
Why Kennedy Sees an ‘Epidemic’ of Chronic Disease Among Children
Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But vaccines and fluoride are not the cause.Health - The New York Times - 3 days ago -
Why the CofE and other big institutions still fail to protect children from abuse
More are willing to speak up about abuse but some organisations remain slow to reactTop stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
'This wasn't our crime': Parental imprisonment and the children left behind
Woman's Hour on Radio 4 has spoken to those affected by a parent being sent to prison.Top stories - BBC News - 2 days ago -
X-rays show shrapnel and bullets buried in children caught in Sudan war
Images released by MSF doctors highlight impact of conflict in the country, with medical supplies and aid unable to reach people due to fighting. A series of X-rays showing a piece of shrapnel ...World - The Guardian - 14 hours ago -
Gisèle Pelicot rape trial: children tell of ‘devastation’ caused by their father
Couple’s two sons and daughter beg Dominique Pelicot to reveal if other family members were abused. Gisèle Pelicot’s children have described their “devastation” to learn that their father had ...World - The Guardian - 10 hours ago -
2024 Shriners Children's Open scores: J.T. Poston claims third PGA Tour win with strong showing in Las Vegas
Poston punches his ticket into a third straight Masters with the victorySports - CBS Sports - October 21 -
Middle East crisis live: Israel says it killed Hezbollah’s presumed next leader Hashem Safieddine in early October
Israeli military says strikes in Beirut three weeks ago killed most likely Nasrallah successor. As Israel continues its war in Gaza and assault on Lebanon, a growing number of international ...World - The Guardian - October 22 -
Children killed, men detained, families fleeing: Scenes of devastation in Israel's North Gaza assault
Harrowing images have emerged from Israel's deadly offensive in northern Gaza in recent days as officials warn of airstrikes, forced displacement and possible famine.Top stories - NBC News - October 23 -
Explosion in a packed Kabul market injures 11 people, including children, humanitarian group says
A nongovernmental group says an explosion in a packed Kabul market has injured 11 people, including some childrenWorld - ABC News - October 23 -
Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrike reported in south Beirut; Gaza is ‘dying’, aid group chief tells Paris conference
Lebanese state media report an Israeli strike hit Beirut’s southern suburbs; Doctors of the World official laments lack of action for people in Gaza. Warning sirens have again sounded in northern ...World - The Guardian - October 24 -
US imposes strict limits on dust from lead-based paint to protect children
More than 30m homes are thought to contain lead paint, including nearly 4m where children under age of six live. Two weeks after setting a nationwide deadline for removal of lead pipes, the Biden ...World - The Guardian - October 24 -
Biden to apologize for policy sending Native American children to forced-assimilation boarding schools
President Biden plans to issue an official apology for a U.S. policy that for 150 years sent Native American children to boarding schools where they were stripped of their culture and language. A ...Politics - The Hill - October 24 -
Middle East crisis live: Israeli military says it is carrying out strikes on military targets in Iran
IDF spokesman says strikes are a response to ‘months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran’, as blasts reported in Tehran and nearby city of Karaj. Lebanon’s health minister, Firass Abiad ...World - The Guardian - October 26 -
Kate Bush: Little Shrew review – this devastating film will make you weep at war’s violence against children
Written, directed and soundtracked by Bush, built up from sketches she drew herself, this four-minute animation is suffused with both love and horror. All of Kate Bush’s sense of wonder, and how ...World - The Guardian - October 25