Vaping during childhood and adolescence may carry a broader range of health risks than previously recognised, with evidence linking e-cigarette use among young people to nicotine dependence, respiratory and oral-health problems, poorer
Vaping during childhood and adolescence may carry a broader range of health risks than previously recognised, with evidence linking e-cigarette use among young people to nicotine dependence, respiratory and oral-health problems, poorer
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Student suicides in Japan reached a record 538 deaths in 2025, with school-related problems accounting for nearly half of identified motives, as doctors and survivors warn that the return to school after
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Once upon a time, children’s publishing depended on writers, illustrators and editors to create characters and stories that could travel beyond the page and enter the shared imagination of generations. Now, an
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The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
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Meta has finally fallen over the legal precipice towards which it had been edging for years. This week’s agreement with 52 US attorneys general, under which they will withdraw their lawsuit accusing
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At a time when wars and humanitarian crises- from crimes in Gaza to the bitter tragedy like attacking Minab School- have reached unprecedented proportions and political mechanisms often fail to deliver peace,
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Around 3.7 million children in Afghanistan are suffering from acute malnutrition, with the condition threatening the lives of one million of them, according to the UN children’s agency UNICEF. Tajudeen Oyewale, UNICEF’s
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Meta said on Thursday it had removed more than 750,000 accounts it suspected were operated by Australians under the age of 16 since the country introduced a world-first ban on social media
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A global debate over how to protect children from the risks of social media is gathering pace, but Japan is resisting the blanket age bans being adopted elsewhere. Instead, the country is
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Artificial intelligence chatbots are becoming increasingly embedded in the emotional lives of young people, prompting psychologists to warn that the growing reliance on digital companions for emotional support could have profound consequences
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On 4 June 2026, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a devastating assessment of the state of the world’s food systems. According to the new estimates, which draw on data up to 2021, unsafe
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There was no one in the room at all, no one except the stillness that had taken up the space, that had settled on it like a jackhammer. In the middle of
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For centuries, Afghanistan’s educational institutions stood at the crossroads of faith, scholarship, and intellectual inquiry, producing generations of jurists, poets, philosophers, scientists, and religious scholars whose influence reached far beyond the country’s
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In the bustling streets of Lahore, 14-year-old Ayesha logged into her favorite social media app one evening in early 2026, seeking connection with friends after a long school day. Within hours, what
More Australia’s landmark attempt to restrict children’s access to social media is facing enforcement challenges, with a large majority of users aged between 12 and 15 reportedly continuing to access online platforms despite
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