- 22 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securitychildren
UNICEF says 10,000 children killed or maimed in Yemen since 2015
GENEVA (Reuters) - Ten thousand Yemeni children have been killed or maimed since a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia intervened in March 2015 after the Iran-aligned Houthi group ousted…
French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, report finds
By Tangi Salaün and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French clergy sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday found, and its…
India allows Serum Institute to enrol 7-11 year olds in Novavax COVID-19 vaccine trial
BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's drug regulator on Tuesday allowed vaccine maker Serum Institute to enrol kids aged 7-11 years for its trial of U.S. drugmaker Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, as the country…
British study to test mixed COVID-19 vaccine dose schedules in children
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - A British study will look into the immune responses of children to mixed schedules of different COVID-19 vaccines as officials try to determine the…
China should consider vaccinating children aged under 12 against COVID – China CDC expert
BEIJING (Reuters) -China should consider inoculating children aged under 12 to further boost its vaccination drive, an expert at China's disease control authority said on Thursday, as data showed over…
Unvaccinated children suffering COVID impact, Americas health agency warns
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for vaccination in most countries are representing a larger percentage of…
England to offer COVID vaccine to all 12- to 15-year-olds
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -All 12- to 15-year-olds in England will be offered a COVID-19 vaccine after top medical advisers said on Monday that children would benefit from reduced…
Spanish minister, in Pakistan, expresses concern over women and human rights in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Friday expressed concern over human rights and the treatment of women in Afghanistan under its new Taliban rulers. Albares was…
Remote learning is setting back millions of South Asian children – UNICEF
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hundreds of millions of children in South Asian are suffering because their schools have been closed because of the coronavirus but they lack online devices and…
UNICEF trying to reunite evacuated Afghan children with families
GENEVA (Reuters) - UNICEF is trying to reunite hundreds of Afghan children who were separated from their families and evacuated to various countries during the hurried U.S. withdrawal from the…
Children in Afghanistan should not be abandoned: UNICEF
New York [US], August 30 (ANI/Xinhua): With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world "cannot abandon them now," a senior official with the UN Children's Fund…
Over half a million children affected by Haiti earthquake: UNICEF
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], August 18 (ANI): About 1.2 million people, including 540,000 children, have been affected by the powerful earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday, according to United Nations Children's Fund.…
