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Babies cry and demons fly at bizarre Sumo weeping festival in Japan

The Nai Sumo Baby Crying Festival takes place every year at the Sensoji Temple in Japan. According to tradition, Sumo wrestlers try to provoke the babies' cry to drive away from the demons that are close to them.

Lithuania

'Drunk' baby born in Lithuania

A woman in Lithuania gave birth to a baby girl with more alcohol in her system than it would take to seriously threaten the health of an adult

World News

Three-parent babies: How are they possible and is it ethical?

"It shouldn't be done. Particularly in an unregulated way with no proper scientific oversight," Tim Child, Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, told Euronews.

USA

Baby sleepers recalled in US after infant deaths

Over thirty infant deaths have been linked to the use of the product.

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United Kingdom

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle share plans for royal baby's birth

The royal couple will be doing things a little differently.

France

Mother gives birth to baby boy on Paris metro

A baby was born in the Paris metro on Wednesday evening, transport authorities in the French capital have confirmed.

United Kingdom

Britain’s royal newly-weds Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting a baby

New Zealand

New Zealand PM brings her baby to UN general assembly

Jacinda Ardern brought her 3-month-old baby, Neve, to the UN general assembly, a showcase of her balancing act.

Russia

Woman ‘gives away’ newborn baby at Russian airport

Police say the 25-year-old mother gave the newborn baby to a teacher she met online because she was unable to provide for her.

World News

More and more babies born outside of marriage in the EU

More babies are born out of wedlock in the EU: between 2000 to 2016, there's been a 15% increase in births outside of marriage, according to Eurostat, the statistics gathering arm of the European Union.

Spain

Spain: Doctor stands trial over stolen baby case

An elderly gynaecologist, accused of abducting a baby in 1969 and giving her to another woman, went on trial Tuesday in Madrid. Activists protested outside the court demanding the re-opening of other cases dating back to the 1976-1983 rule of dictator Franco

Guatemala

Guatemala: Baby girl found alive

The National Civil Police officers discovered the child inside a house destroyed by the Volcan de Fuego.

United Kingdom

Child mortality in England one and a half times higher than Sweden

Deaths in children under five happen one and a half times more often in England than in Sweden. The authors of a new report say that's partly because the UK's more unequal wealth distribution leads to poorer maternal health for pregnant women.

Turkey

Woman turns to YouTube to deliver own baby in Turkish hotel room

Tia Freeman used shoe laces and a pocket knife to cut the umbelical cord after giving birth in her hotel room bath.

United Kingdom

Life support ‘withdrawn’ from toddler Alfie Evans as parents lose appeal

The parents of a boy with a degenerative neurological condition have been locked in a legal battle in the UK as they seek further treatment to keep him alive.

World News

The world is 'failing' newborn babies — UNICEF

Infants from the best places to be born are up to 50 times more likely to die in the first month of life

Norway

Ultimate Liverpool fan? Norway dad names baby 'Ynwa' after club song

The new dad took fandom to new heights after naming his daughter after the 'You'll Never Walk Alone' club anthem.

USA

Birth tourism brings Russian baby boom to Miami

Social media is full of Russian women boasting about coming to America to give birth, sometimes staying at Trump properties.

USA

DNA of ancient Alaskan baby tells story of 1st Americans

Genetic analysis of a baby girl who died at the end of the last ice age has uncovered a new group of Native Americans: the ancient Beringians.

United Kingdom

2018: A big year for the British Royal family

2017 has come to a close and with it comes a fresh year - and a big one for the British monarchy - with a royal wedding and a new royal baby on the way.