An estimated 152 million children are being put to work around the world. Hard manual labor in mines, in fields, on family farms. In Africa, one in five children is involved in child labour. Girls are especially...
Blackwater founder accused of evading UN Libya sanctions
Erik Prince, the founder of private military company Blackwater, has been accused by UN monitors of evading an arms embargo on Libya to aid warlord Khalifa Haftar with military equipment and covert operations.
21 June: All number limits on socialising removed
Boris Johnson says that from no earlier than 21 June all legal limits “on social contact and on weddings and other life events” will be removed, adding “we will reopen everything up to, and including...
BREAKING: PM sets out four stages in roadmap out of COVID-19 lockdown
Boris Johnson explains how the government will ease COVID-19 restrictions, with most legal limits on social contact expected to be removed on 21 June at the earliest.
BREAKING: All children will return to school from the 8 March
Children and young people of all ages will return to classroom learning in schools and colleges in England from 8 March, says Boris Johnson.
NHS surgeons in children’s heart transplant breakthrough
A 14-year-old girl has told Sky News she feels “blessed to have a second chance at life” after having a heart transplant using a donor organ that had started beating again thanks to a new machine.