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Children being treated worse than animals: CJP writes to state governments, seeks data on school infrastructure

"It has been 80 years since India gained Independence...No child in this country should be forced to study in such conditions. They are being treated worse than animals," Mr. Dipke wrote

‘Absurd’: children to see gambling logos on sports jerseys until 2032 in transition period condemned by Pocock

Government says it hopes clubs will end jersey deals with wagering companies earlier, but calls it a commercial decision Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Children across Australia will continue to

New Zealand to consider banning children under 16 from social media

Prime minister Christopher Luxon’s party to introduce bill seeking the ban, citing harm to a generation of children New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon has said his party will introduce a bill in parliament that ⁠seeks to ban children ⁠under ​16 from using social media,

Children make up half of mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau as epidemic spreads

West African country reports 46 suspected cases in outbreak declared in July, amid fears virus may be spreading undetected More than half of the mpox cases reported in Guinea-Bissau have been among children, local authorities have said, almost two months since the country announc

The New Zealand prime minister proposes a social media ban for children under 16

New Zealand’s prime minister, Christopher Luxon, has unveiled a proposed law banning children younger than 16 from using social media platforms, citing what he said Monday was “harm being done to a generation” of young people. However, the bill hasn’t yet attracted enough support

Talking to your children about consent and sexual violence can be hard. Here’s how to start the conversation

Parents have an important role to play in educating children about consent and relationships. But it can be hard to know where to begin.

Australian children’s classics: Playing Beatie Bow is a time-slip novel that makes Sydney strange

Ruth Park’s classic asks us to inhabit the past as a real place – just as 14-year-old Abigail does, when she’s transported from 1980 to 1873, in Sydney’s The Rocks.

Mpox: Children account for half of suspected cases in Guinea-Bissau

Children, who are particularly vulnerable to the disease, account for half of the 46 suspected mpox cases identified in Guinea-Bissau – with 16 of them under the age of four.

Somalia: Humanitarian aid cuts leave millions of children vulnerable to hunger

The global funding crisis for humanitarian work is taking a growing toll on the most vulnerable children in Somalia, where some aid programmes and facilities have been forced to shut down.

Sudan war: $22 million education boost to help 200,000 children

For millions of children in Sudan, the classroom remains out of reach as the country’s civil war continues to disrupt their education. To help tackle this huge problem, the UN global education fund on Monday announced a $22 million initiative to help 200,000 youngsters return to

Gaza: Children still at risk despite drop in acute hunger

Among tent cities pitched on the rubble of destroyed homes in Gaza, children are, by one measure, finally getting enough to eat. By another, however, many of them may never fully recover, according to a new study by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released on Monday.

Target apologizes for children’s clown Halloween costume after backlash | CNN Business - CNN

Target apologizes for children’s clown Halloween costume after backlash | CNN Business CNN Target apologizes for ‘offensive’ Halloween costume after backlash The Guardian 'This is wrong and this is racist': Reactions lead to Target pulling Halloween costume and apologizing kare11

Lindsay Clancy didn't have acute psychosis when she killed her 3 children, psychologist says - AP News

Lindsay Clancy didn't have acute psychosis when she killed her 3 children, psychologist says AP News Religious References in Lindsay Clancy Trial Anger Judge and Defense The New York Times Lindsay Clancy judge denies motion for mistrial after witness brings up religion NBC News P

Housing service tells single mother of four children to pitch a tent

Israel threatens attacks in Gaza over children’s kites

Israel has threatened intensified attacks and forced displacement in Gaza over children’s kites

New Zealand to introduce bill banning social media for children under 16

The bill would require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to verify users' ages, including by utilizing existing account information and facial technology.

Scoop: DOJ, TikTok settle for $400 million in children's privacy suit

The Justice Department and TikTok , along with parent company ByteDance , have reached a $400 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating children's online privacy laws, per an announcement first shared with Axios. Why it matters: The Biden administration's DOJ first f

TikTok reaches $400 million settlement with Justice Department over children's privacy

The DOJ said Friday that TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after an order vacates an earlier consent decree against its predecessor company, Musical.ly.

How Should the Bayeux Tapestry End? A New Competition Invites Children to Reimagine Its Missing Final Panel

Some historians think the 230-foot-long artwork is missing its final panel, which may have once depicted William the Conqueror's coronation. As the tapestry goes on view in London, students will be drafting endings of their own

Scrapping of Berlin swimming day for Black children becomes latest in long list of race-linked pool rows

Rightwing voices seize on plans to offer Black children an exclusive afternoon at an outdoor pool in the German capital It was meant to be an outing for Black children in Berlin and their families, offering them an exclusive afternoon at an outdoor pool set up by a local theatre.

Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to go to mainland in immigration U-turn

Madrid government changes stance after previously saying anyone who entered territory illegally would be sent back The Spanish government has U-turned and said it will allow 500 migrant children in Ceuta to relocate to the mainland. The majority of the estimated 70,000 people who

Hundreds of Gaza children join a mass swimming lesson to cope with trauma

In Gaza, the war has upended the lives of an entire generation of children. In an effort to help them cope with the trauma of the conflict, an NGO has launched a project in Khan Younis: a huge swimming lesson that could even set a world record. Hundreds of children have gathered

Youth hub for vulnerable children at risk of closing

Lindsay Clancy killed her children. The jury will soon answer a more complicated question. - NBC News

Lindsay Clancy killed her children. The jury will soon answer a more complicated question. NBC News Lindsay Clancy's three child victims forgotten amid crowds of support: mother of six Fox News The defense rests in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy WBUR Why People Want to Believ

'Survival mode': Study reveals toll on parents of children with disability

Gaza families search for children missing after years of war

Families in Gaza continue searching for children and relatives missing in the war.

Can baby monitors protect children without data security risks?

Connected devices could expose more data than parents expect.

TikTok reaches $400M settlement over children’s privacy lawsuit

Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that TikTok violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, it has reached a $400 million settlement.

Children among wounded in Zelensky's hometown, struck by Russian drones

Early this Saturday, Russian strikes killed at least two people in Ukraine. In Zaporizhzhia, a drone killed a man and wounded four, according to officials, while a warehouse was on fire in Kyiv. It comes after a Russian bombing killed at least 20 people on Friday, 16 of them in t

Michael Jackson Movie Sequel Will Address Child Abuse Allegations From “His Point Of View,” Says Jaafar Jackson

For a long time, the producers of Michael , the Michael Jackson biopic that came out earlier this year, reportedly planned to include a story arc about one of the many children who accused Jackson of sexual abuse. After filming an entire third arc about Jackson's decision to sett

Video: Thousands of families flee fighting in Sudan’s North Kordofan State

Mothers and their children are in dire need of food and safety in Sudan’s conflict-stricken Kordofan State.

Newsom praises Trump Accounts, first lady foster-youth efforts

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) offered rare praise for the Trump administration on Friday, endorsing its investment account program for children and foster youth initiatives. During a press conference on his CalKIDS program — a similar state-level initiative — Newsom said he wa

Family issues, stress account for nearly one-third of child missing cases in first five months of this year in Keralam

932 children were reported missing between January and May 2026 in Keralam, according to the Women and Child Development department

Video shows hundreds held captive after Nigeria mosque kidnapping

Gunmen ‌attacked worshippers in Dekara village on Friday taking women, children and older people An armed group has posted a video showing what ⁠residents said were about ⁠600 women, children and ​older people abducted in an attack on a mosque in Nigeria’s north-central Niger Sta

Target pulls Halloween costume that drew comparisons to blackface caricatures, apologizes

Target has removed a children’s Halloween costume from its website after social media users pointed out that it closely resembled imagery from Jim Crow-era blackface minstrelsy. The $25 costume—listed as “Kids’ Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume Bodysuit”—had a

New Zealand proposes social media ban for under-16s

The government is set to follow Australia's lead and introduce a bill banning children from social media. But the plan already faces opposition from within the ruling coalition.

Texas families ask Supreme Court to take up challenge to Ten Commandments in schools

Lawyers for a group of Texas families with children in the state’s public schools came to the Supreme Court on Monday, asking the justices to weigh in on the constitutionality of a 2025 law that requires each classroom in that state to display a copy of the Ten Commandments. Aski

What if one vote had changed in the birthright citizenship case?

In Trump v. Barbara , the Supreme Court held that executive order 14160 , which attempted to end birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and those temporarily residing in the United States, was unconstitutional under the citizenship clause of the 14th A

AI for Good: How the UN uses AI to advance human rights

For Ari, a six-year-old boy with learning difficulties in Jamaica, artificial intelligence (AI) opened the door to something many children take for granted: reading a book in his own language. Thousands of miles away, gold miners in Ethiopia are being screened more quickly for tu

Roblox must make changes after failing to block adults creeping on kids

Despite making changes last fall to help block adults from messaging unknown children , Roblox is still failing to stop adults from creeping on kids in other ways, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, said on Thursday. Suspecting that Roblox may not be doing enoug

Israel warns of 'forceful' response to kites flown from Gaza

Hamas says the kites found in Israeli border communities in recent days were launched by children in Gaza.

Israel warns of 'forceful' response to kites flown from Gaza

Hamas says the kites found in Israeli border communities in recent days were launched by children in Gaza.

Twin Atlantic’s Sam McTrusty pays tribute to his daughters as they back him up on euphoric single ‘Supersweetness’

“This one is about the bittersweet feeling of adoring my children until the point where it makes me feel ill” The post Twin Atlantic’s Sam McTrusty pays tribute to his daughters as they back him up on euphoric single ‘Supersweetness’ appeared first on NME .

Amravati hospital fire: Saw infants covered in black ash, recalls parent

Relatives of some children admitted to the hospital also claimed that the ward’s water spray system failed to function and said it should have been activated immediately when the fire broke out

Why a GoFundMe campaign for Lindsay Clancy’s family has raised over $1 million

A fundraiser for the family of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom and former nurse who is on trial for the 2023 strangulation death of her three children inside their home, has raised over $1 million as of Friday. According to the campaign’s description on GoFundMe, donations

'We are devastated' - Nigerian villagers bury bodies after overloaded boat capsizes

The overloaded boat was taking people, including many children, to farms to harvest rice.

TikTok will pay $400 million to settle DOJ child privacy lawsuit

The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleged that TikTok collected data from children without not

'Masha and the Bear': Ukraine sanctions Russian cartoon

Ukraine has imposed sanctions on the hit Russian children's cartoon "Masha and the Bear," a step towards banning it. The culture minister called the show propaganda. Russia said the move showed Kyiv's "ugly nature."

What are youth sports really for?

As families settle into the fall sports season, the American youth sports landscape feels like a thriving industry. Parents monitor league standings. Coaches talk about getting players exposure. Children juggle travel schedules that would challenge many business executives. Entir

Ganesh idol falls during Mumbai procession, two dead, five injured

Two children among the five injured after the ‘Bhuleshwaracha Raja’ idol fell during its arrival procession in Bhuleshwar on Saturday night

Village students shifted to vacant house after attack on CJP activists in Rajasthan

About 20 students of the government primary school, who turned up for attending classes, were shifted to a vacant house situated nearby; the children were earlier studying in a cattle enclosure in unhygienic conditions; this was just a day after Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) activi