Children

One in five children in rich countries lives in poverty: UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS – Sixty-nine million children -- or more than one in five -- live in poverty in the world’s…

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Protecting children from sexual exploitation, abuse and violence

NOVEMBER 18 marks the newly inaugurated World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and…

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Children under 18 make up 27.4% of Malaysia’s population – DOSM

KUALA LUMPUR – The number of children under 18 in Malaysia in 2023 is estimated to be 9.13 million, which…

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Wildfire’s toxic legacy leaves children gasping for air years later

Fallout from a brutal fire season in Australia points to grim health impacts for the next generation  by AMY BAINBRIDGE…

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Addressing students’ mental health issues

GROWING up today is a challenge, especially after all of our children were confined to their homes during the height…

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Children pulled from rubble as Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 9,500

ANTAKYA – Heartrending scenes of a newborn plucked alive from the rubble and a broken father clutching his dead daughter's…

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I sell food to support my three sons – Emilia

The former wife of Datuk SM Faisal SM Nasimuddin Kamal, Emilia Hanafi, told the Magistrate's Court here today that she…

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Romanticising jobs — NOT!

We need to change our perception towards cleaning and 3D jobs  SCHOOL years were the best. Despite being busy with…

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Cabinet agrees in principle to establish special dept for children

The department will be tasked in looking after the welfare and interests of the group THE Cabinet has agreed in…

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Kulim builds agrotherapy greenhouse for Cerebral Palsy Johor

KULIM Malaysia Bhd has built a greenhouse in the vicinity of Cerebral Palsy Johor (CPJ) to aid the association’s various activities.…

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29 victims of Batang Kali landslide are children

BATANG KALI – Twenty-nine of the 94 victims in the deadly landslide at the Father’s Organic Farm campsite in Gohtong…

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Pharmaniaga, BioNet-Asia to develop hexavalent vaccine for children

The vaccine is scheduled to be ready by the end of 2023 by NURUL SUHAIDI / Pic by MUHD AMIN…

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Teach our children well

We must admit that one part of our society is moving backwards from our avowed aim as a multicultural, tolerant…

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