Climate change puts 1 billion children at ‘extreme risk’: watchdog
Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change harms, a rights group warned on Wednesday, ...
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Trump, children sued for ‘incredible’ fraud in New York
Donald Trump and family members lied to tax collectors, lenders and insurers for years in a scheme that routinely misstated ...
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Protecting children’s lives through vaccines
When the five-month-old son of Marissa Santos had recovered from measles, more commonly known as “tigdas,” Santos thought that that ...
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Rights body worried over spate of violence vs. women, children
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Thursday raised concern over an increase in abductions and incidents of gender-based violence ...
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In Haiti, children who fled gang wars face uncertain future
By Luckenson Jean with Amelie Baron in Paris Skipping ropes, dominoes and some light manual work: this is how the ...
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Thousands of children displaced in eastern DR Congo: UN
Thousands of children have been forced to flee their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where security forces are ...
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Population boom
Photo shows children living in a destitute place in Manila. The world’s population is expected to reach 8 billion on ...
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Children and pets
Kids play with their pet dogs at the window of their house in Paco Manila. Vice President and concurrent Education ...
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DOH clears booster shots for kids ages 12-17
A third vaccine dose or booster shot against COVID-19 will be encouraged by the new administration, particularly to ensure the ...
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France repatriates 51 women, kids from Syria camps
France has repatriated 35 children and 16 mothers from camps in Syria holding family members of suspected jihadists since the ...
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