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Excitement meets worry as European kids head back to school

Children across Europe are going back to school, with hopes of a return to normality after 18 months of pandemic disruption and fears of a new surge in infections from the highly infectious delta variant.

Tech News

Kids in China can now play online games for just 3 hours a week

The strict time limits mean under-18s will be limited to playing for just an hour a day on Fridays and weekends.

Afghanistan

Stopping humanitarian aid to Afghanistan 'could spark a catastrophe'

"If funding is frozen to anything which is going on in Afghanistan, including the humanitarian operation, that will precipitate a catastrophe here for the Afghanistan people."

China

China allows couples third child amid demographic crisis

China will now allow couples to legally have a third child as it seeks to hold off a demographic crisis.

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Spain

Spain defends the return of unaccompanied child migrants to Morocco

Spain’s interior minister has defended sending unaccompanied child migrants back to Morocco and denied accusations by rights groups that the returns breach international law.

Work

Denmark unveils a new school without desks to encourage creativity

Frello School, named after local artist Otto Frello, has a particularity: the school was designed without desks.

Health news

Could COVID breathalyser tests be the end of invasive nose swabs?

Forget COVID PCR tests up your nose. Getting tested with a simple puff of air might be the diagnostic tool of the future.

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Crashed train “Murtalbahn” recovered from River Mur

At the border between Salzburg and Styria, the crashed train “Murtalbahn” was recovered from the River Mur on Friday 6 August. At the beginning of July, the train crashed into the rootstock of a fallen tree and derailed.

Russia

LEGO collector builds miniature toy city with shops and cafes

The bustling LEGO metropolis includes imposing buildings, sprawling shopping complexes, cafes, and parks.

Eco-Innovation

This playground uses a microclimate to let children breathe clean air

There is now so much air pollution that structures are being created purely so that children can play safely.

Hungary

Euroviews. Hungary's LGBT vote isn't democracy but tyranny of the majority | View

Hungary's LGBT vote isn't democracy but the tyranny of the majority, writes Maria Sjödin.

World News

European Medicines Agency first to approve Moderna jab for children

It is the first time the vaccine has been authorised for people aged under 18.

Climate

Air pollution 'significantly' hinders foetal development in the womb

Research shows air pollution is hindering crucial childhood development from the womb into education.

Belgium

Belgium repatriates 6 mothers and 10 children from Syria camps

The operation marks Belgium's largest repatriation effort from jihadist camps since the fall of the so-called Islamic State group in 2019.

Canada

Queen Victoria, Elizabeth II statues defaced during Canada Day protest

It follows the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children at former schools for indigenous children.

Europe News

Argentine campaign to reunite families begins overseas search

The movement was started by the Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo, whose pregnant daughters went missing or were killed by the dictatorship.

Czech Republic

Czech documentary film highlights the scale of online grooming

The makers of "Caught in the Net" created three fake profiles of young girls to try and expose sexual predators and their online tactics.

Green News

Hamster wheels and zip wires: How these kids plan to save the planet

A study has shown how the younger generation feel about climate change and what they would do to solve it if they had the power.

Italy

Italy in shock after three people killed in shooting near Rome

A gunman shot and killed an elderly man and two young boys on Sunday before barricading himself in a home outside Rome. He was later found dead.

Ethiopia

UN warns 30,000 children risk death from famine in Ethiopia's Tigray

The risk of famine is imminent in Tigray, unless food, livelihood assistance and other life-saving interventions are scaled-up, unimpeded access is given and violence stops.