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Pakistan

Pakistani TV anchor brings young daughter on air to protest rape, kill

"I want the culprit to hang and justice for Zainab," she told Euronews.

Sweden

Forget your doctor, IKEA will tell you if you’re pregnant

The Swedish furniture giant is offering discounts to new mothers who pee on their ad.

USA

Apple investors urge action on iPhone addiction among kids

Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram: is all this time on smartphones bad for children?

Ukraine

Euroviews. View: Children yearn for education in eastern Ukraine

A student and teacher in eastern Ukraine explain how the education system has suffered under the war

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Ukraine

Children's education suffers in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine

“Children from my city can distinguish between the sounds of explosions of different caliber shells. They know far too much about weapons.”

World News

No safe places left for children in global conflicts, warns Unicef

The UN children's fund says attacks on children have reached a "shocking scale"

United Kingdom

How young is too young for alcohol?

A recent study in the UK found that one in six parents let their children drink alcohol at the age of 14 despite health-based guidance suggesting that it should not be introduced before 15.

World News

Which European country has the best young readers?

Find out how your country fared in a new global reading and literacy ranking of year four students

Germany

Germany announces ban on children's smartwatches

The German telecommunications regulator has asked parents to destroy children's smartwatches over privacy concerns

World News

Euroviews. View: Science proves kids are bad for Earth, morality suggests we stop having them

We need to stop pretending kids don't have environmental and ethical consequences, writes Travis Rieder

Greece

New adoption law in Greece

The Labour Ministry has drafted a bill to streamline the complicated adoption process

France

France debates age of (non-) consent

Following a high-profile acquittal for rape of a minor, France is considering introducing an age beneath which non-consent will be presumed.

Morocco

Euroviews. Morocco's stateless children

There are many people around the world who are born and die without leaving any official trace of their existence. They are ghosts in their own country; unaccounted for, unidentifiable and hidden.

Switzerland

The Great Escape: Seven-year-old runaway boards plane at Geneva airport before being spotted by police

The seven-year-old girl was able to avoid all security checks from the train to the plane.

World News

Euroviews. View: A loving home, not institutional care, for every child

"The time has come to give millions of children who remain in residential institutions a fair chance in life."

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Thousands of DRC children at immediate risk of starvation, UN warns

The World Food Programme says a looming humanitarian catastrophe could cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of youngsters within months.

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Budding police officer given toy prowler in Georgia, USA

A young Georgian boy has impressed local police officers so much they have gifted him a toy patrol car.

Bangladesh

"One of the greatest refugee crises of modern times"

UNICEF is calling for urgent help for refugee Rohingya children in southern Bangladesh

USA

Girl dies after obese cousin sits on her as punishment

Veronica Green Posey is charged with homicide.

World News

Huge rise in child and teen obesity, says WHO

The global health body reports a tenfold increase in 40 years, especially in low and middle income countries.