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Chaos at fireworks show as children hit by rockets

One woman says her children are "traumatised" and "will never want to go and see fireworks again".

Record drought in Amazon impacts 420,000 children: UNICEF

World - Yahoo News - November 7

Adopted children to have closer contact with birth families

"Letterbox" contact is outdated, a report says, and face-to-face contact should be encouraged, if safe.

Asthma linked to memory problems in children, research suggests

Condition appears to affect episodic memory but researchers did not assess how it caused deficits. Children who have asthma can experience memory problems, according to research in the USthat is ...

World - The Guardian - 4 days ago

Children's charity loses everything in huge fire

The Magic Cottage was the epicentre of the blaze which broke out in Abergavenny on Sunday night.

Gaza surgeon describes drones targeting children

World - Yahoo News - 2 days ago

Paddy McGuinness completes Children in Need cycle challenge

The presenter raises £7.5m by cycling 300 miles from Wales to Scotland on a Raleigh Chopper bike.

Children in Need raises more than £39m

Stars and the public came together to raise money for disadvantaged children across the UK.

Ruth Negga on returning to the London stage: ‘Actors are perpetual children’

After a decade away, the star discusses her personal connection to ‘Quiet Songs’, in which she plays a teenager known as ‘Boy’

Business - Financial Times - October 19

Children greet King Charles III and Queen Camilla outside a Sydney church

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been greeted by children outside a Sydney church in their first public appearance of their Australian visit

World - ABC News - October 19

Massive highway pileup in Poland kills 4, including children, and injures 15

Polish prosecutors say they will press charges against a truck driver they believe was responsible for an accident on a highway in northern Poland that killed four people, including two young boys, ...

World - ABC News - October 20

Children’s soft play centre apologises over ‘body bag’ Halloween decorations

Indoor facility in Cirencester removes objects resembling corpses covered in plastic after parents complain. A children’s soft play centre has removed its hanging “body bag” Halloween decorations ...

World - The Guardian - October 20

Ukraine ballet touring U.S. to raise money for children in wartorn country

The National Ballet of Ukraine is touring several states in an effort to raise money for children stuck in the wartorn country. Nancy Chen reports.

Crowd in Egypt attacks a railway guard after 2 children are run over

Angry residents have attacked a railway guard and his post in a town outside Cairo after a train ran over and killed two children crossing from an unauthorized area

World - ABC News - October 21

Fears children at risk due to out-of-town taxi licences

Children are being put at risk of abuse across the UK due to less stringent taxi rules, a Labour MP warns.

Free school meals trial feeds 20,000 more children

A new pilot scheme helps councils find eligible children who are unregistered for free school meals.

Washington teen accused of fatally shooting 2 adults, 3 children

A teenager is accused of fatally shooting five people, including three children, at a home in Fall City, Wash. KING's Natalie Swaby reports.

In Remote Eastern Congo,a New Mpox Variant Is Attacking Children

An earlier strain of the virus was concentrated among adult men. Now it is moving quickly between children, and in many cases it is proving fatal.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 22

Why is the House caving to tech lobbyists instead of protecting children?

By ensuring the Kids Online Safety Act remains focused on design regulation and safety, tech companies would be held responsible for the harm they have done. Only then will parents finally get the ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Norway to increase minimum age limit on social media to 15 to protect children

Prime minister wants young people to be shielded from ‘power of the algorithm’. Norway is to enforce a strict minimum age limit on social media of 15 as the government ramped up its campaign ...

World - The Guardian - October 23

E.P.A. Toughens Requirements to Remove Lead Paint Dust Around Children

The new rules consider any detectable level of lead dust in a building a “lead hazard,” requiring property owners to pay for cleanup.

World - The New York Times - October 24

EPA imposes stricter standards to protect children from exposure to lead paint

The Biden administration is imposing strict new limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities

Health - ABC News - October 24

Biden to Apologize for Indian Boarding Schools Where Hundreds of Children Died

President Biden’s trip to the battleground state of Arizona will be the first time an American president has apologized for the abuses that happened at the schools over a period of 150 years.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 25

UN says hardly any seriously injured children evacuated from Gaza

World - Yahoo News - October 25

Biden apologizes for Native American children forced into federal boarding schools

His visit to Arizona's Gila River Indian Community was his first as president.

Biden Apologizes for U.S. Abuse of Indian Children, Calling It ‘a Sin on Our Soul’

From the early 1800s to the late 1960s, the federal government forced Native American children into boarding schools where they faced abuse and neglect that led in some cases to death.