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UN agencies to start rollout of Gaza polio vaccines
UN agencies and local health officials in the Gaza Strip are launching an ambitious campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children against polio.…
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Children at risk of dying in famine-hit Darfur as medical supplies are blocked, an aid group says
CAIRO (AP) — Malnourished children in a famine-hit camp for war-displaced people in Sudan’s western region of Darfur are at risk of dying,…
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Spies' children did not know they were Russian
The children of a Russian spy couple who returned home on Thursday after the largest prisoner swap between the West and Russia since the…
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Your Facial Features Gradually Change to Go With Your Name, Researchers Find
What's in a name? Apparently, your face. In a new study out of Israel's Reichman University, researchers have found a fascinating…
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Children killed in Nigeria school collapse
Several children have died after a school building collapsed in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, local officials say. Saints Academy,…
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Videos show what hit a Ukrainian children's hospital, and Russia is 'gaslighting,' war and weapons experts say
A missile struck a children's hospital. Ukraine says it was a Russian strike, but Moscow denies it. War experts dispute Russian claims it…
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Camp Nefesh hosts refugee children during World Refugee Day
Refugee children from Honduras, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Russia, Venezuela and Fiji were welcomed at this year’s Camp Nefesh. The free summer…
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UN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023, including in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an…
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Israel to join Russia and Hamas on the UN's global list tracking the violation of children's rights in armed conflicts
The United Nations will add Israel to its global list for violating children's rights. The decision precedes the UN's annual report…
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UN will describe Israel and Hamas as violating children’s rights in armed conflict
UNITED NATIONS — In an upcoming report to the U.N. Security Council, the secretary-general of the world body plans to list both Israel and…
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A quarter of the world's children live in severe food poverty, according to a new UNICEF report
A new report released Thursday by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) found that 181 million children worldwide under the age of…
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Zelensky travels to Qatar for talks on Ukraine's abducted children
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky travelled to Doha on Wednesday for talks with Qatari Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani. The two leaders…
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Nearly 3 out of 10 children in Afghanistan face crisis or emergency level of hunger in 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) — About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan were forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024, nongovernmental…