Children / Youth Issues
UK says refugee security checks needed as Ukraine calls for visa relaxation
By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday Britain needed to carry out...
Read moreSome civilians, mostly women and children, have left Ukrainian city of Enerhodar – mayor
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - A convoy of evacuees left the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar through a "humanitarian corridor" on Wednesday...
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Hong Kong leader urges suitable timing for mass testing effort
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Compulsory mass testing for coronavirus would be useful but needs to be done at a suitable...
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Hong Kong to focus COVID resources on elderly, no date set for mass tests
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong announced plans to devote more medical resources to elderly people on Wednesday as COVID-19 infections...
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Union matchmakers a turn-off, say Chinese web users as birth rate debate heats up
By Brenda Goh and Albee Zhang SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Proposals for matchmaking committees within unions and a drive to encourage...
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Anxious Ukrainians recall last words with loved ones in besieged Mariupol
By Andrew R.C. Marshall LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Victoria Zaburyna had urged her 76-year-old mother to flee the Russian forces...
Read morePakistani police search for man suspected of killing baby daughter
By Mubasher Bokhari LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Police in Pakistan are hunting for a man suspected of shooting dead his...
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Attacks on Ukrainian hospitals, ambulances increasing rapidly, WHO warns
(Reuters) -Attacks on hospitals, ambulances and other health care facilities in Ukraine have increased rapidly in recent days and the...
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Hong Kong’s zero-COVID fight takes mental toll on society, experts say
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong resident Yeung waited for 13 hours outside a hospital in the...
Read more‘I am fine’: Whispered words are a ray of hope on Ukraine children’s ward
By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - The doctor leaned over a small boy lying on a bed in a...
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‘A war for life of our child’: Health crisis spills out of Ukraine conflict
By Anna Koper and Jennifer Rigby WARSAW/LONDON (Reuters) - Katya was on the way to hospital for an urgent operation...
Read moreSixth fire at Bangladesh Rohingya camp this year makes about 2,000 homeless
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - A blaze swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh on Tuesday, killing...
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Russia, Ukraine still have vast majority of combat power intact-US official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States assesses that Russia and Ukraine both still have the vast majority of their combat...
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EU Commission proposes EU-wide laws to combat violence against women
By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Tuesday European Union-wide rules to fight violence against women,...
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Ukrainians stream across borders, U.N. says 2 million have fled
By Marek Strzelecki, Branko Filipovic and Alicja Ptak PRZEMYSL, Poland/SIRET, Romania (Reuters) -Thousands more people fleeing fighting in Ukraine streamed...
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Madagascan women step up from packed lunches to food processing
By Christophe Van Der Perre AMBOVOMBE, Madagascar (Reuters) - Starting out with the modest aim of making packed lunches for...
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UN rights chief says air strikes have killed hundreds since November in Ethiopia
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday the situation in northern Ethiopia had deteriorated since November and...
Read moreCzech Republic takes in more than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees so far
PRAGUE (Reuters) - More than 100,000 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in the Czech Republic, the Interior Ministry said on Monday,...
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Putin has deployed nearly 100% of pre-staged forces into Ukraine- U.S. official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin has now deployed into Ukraine nearly 100% of the more than 150,000 forces that...
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U.S. adopts rules easing path to green cards for abused, neglected minors
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - U.S. immigration authorities released new policies on Monday that will make it easier for immigrant...
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