Children
- Adoption, Bangladesh, Children, Europe, Global development, Netherlands, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Bangladesh launches investigation into children ‘wrongly’ adopted overseas
Police start to interview witnesses following Guardian reports on adoptions to the Netherlands nearly 50 years…
- Asia Pacific, Children, Children's health, China, Coronavirus, Flu, Infectious diseases, Science, World Health Organization, World news
China supplies data to WHO about clusters of respiratory illness
Epidemiologists say wave in north, particularly among children, may be partly caused by ‘immunity debt’Chinese…
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Six people arrested in China’s Hubei province over ‘baby-trafficking ring’
Whistleblower claims hospital director colluded with ‘online intermediaries’ to sell birth certificates for ab…
- Artificial intelligence (AI), Children, Computing, Digital media, Global development, Health, India, Media, Mental health, Social media, Society, South and Central Asia, Technology, World news
‘I log into a torture chamber each day’: the strain of moderating social media
As jobs screening US, UK and EU platforms are shifted to India, viewing ‘gore’ to clean up the web has traumat…
- Child labour, Child rights, Children, Global development, Human rights, Law, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
How many more poor child workers must die in Pakistan before change happens? | Zofeen T Ebrahim
Graphic videos of the last hours of 10-year-old Fatima Furiro have highlighted once again the abuse faced by c…
- Children, Food security, Global development, Malnutrition, Poverty, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka
No milk, no eggs, small hope: fears rise for Sri Lanka’s malnourished children
Close to half the crisis-hit country’s under-fives go hungry and one in five suffer from wasting. Mothers tell…
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‘The scouts were getting sicker and sicker’: inside the chaos of the world jamboree
A Swedish scout leader diarises a challenging 10 days in South Korea, from heavy rains to heatstroke – with K-…
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‘My mother spent her life trying to find me’: the children who say they were wrongly taken for adoption
For years, Bibi Hasenaar felt rejected because she was adopted aged four. Then she saw a photo that described …
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‘Worst nightmare’: South Korea mulls disastrous Scout jamboree
Youngsters faced a heatwave, flooded tents, sewage spills and an expensive evacuation – but concerns were rais…
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Wednesday briefing: What went wrong at South Korea’s World Scout Jamboree?
In today’s newsletter: As thousands of scouts are evacuated from their quadrennial global get-together, the ho…
- Asia Pacific, Children, Extreme weather, Scouts and scouting, Society, South Korea, UK news, World news
South Korea to evacuate scout jamboree as typhoon looms
Site has been plagued by issues including heatwave that left hundreds ill last weekAll participants at this ye…
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‘A bit horrific’: Scouts at jamboree in South Korea on campsite conditions
UK Scouts are being moved to Seoul hotels after heatwave caused chaos and medical issues“It’s a bit horrific,”…
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US and UK scouts pull out of world jamboree campsite due to extreme heat
Thousands of scouts to be removed from site after hundreds of heat-related illnesses at event in South KoreaTh…
- Afghanistan, Aid, Children, Foreign policy, Oxfam, South and Central Asia, South Sudan, UK news, World news
UK aid budget cuts are ‘death sentence’ for world’s most vulnerable children
Save the Children and Oxfam urge government to restore aid budget back to 0.7% of national incomeUK aid cuts a…
- Children, Food, Food & drink industry, Global development, India, Nutrition and development, South and Central Asia, Sugar, World news
How food companies ‘sweetened the world’ – and increased the risk of disease
The hard sell of ultra-processed foods in developing countries as being ‘good for you’ gives children a taste …