France has cleared a path for a landmark social media ban for users under 15. The legislation mandates strict age verification for all accounts, marking a shift in European digital policy
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A new UN report says 2.69 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2025, even as global hunger fell for a third straight year
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The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority informed the Islamabad High Court that it cannot impose mandatory age verification for minors on social media platforms
TikTok Faces UK Probe as Ofcom Questions Age Verification Ofcom has opened a formal investigation into TikTok amid concerns that the platform may not be protecting children from harmful material often associated with…
BRUSSELS — The European Union is moving toward age-based limits on children’s use of social media, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen saying access should be “phased and gradual” rather than…

Meta has been using influencers and allied organizations to make its case for teen safety tools at the same time governments move toward age limits and bans on social media use by children. Reporting from The Guardian…
France’s parliament moved on Tuesday toward approving a sweeping ban on social media access for children under 15, a step that would make the country the first in Europe to impose such a digital age limit on platforms…
The Trump administration’s decision to eliminate SNAP-Ed is drawing sharp questions from nutrition advocates and public health experts who say the move is hard to reconcile with the White House’s broader emphasis on…
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Over 1 million people a year die from diarrheal disease. Nearly half are kids under age 5. A new vaccine in trials offers great hope

Meta's proposed $17.1 billion multistate settlement would impose teen time limits, overnight blocks, stronger age checks and independent oversight.
Britain’s proposed social media curfew for older teenagers is drawing immediate scepticism from the very age group it is meant to affect. In comments gathered by The Guardian Technology, 16- and 17-year-olds questioned…

Nana Patekar, the acclaimed actor and filmmaker known for his work across Hindi and Marathi cinema, has died in Goa at the age of 75.
A surge in breeding activity at Cumbria's Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve has led to a record-breaking year for ospreys, with five chicks successfully hatched and tagged by local conservationists

As Japan relies more on foreign labor to offset its aging population, a proposed mosque in Fujisawa has become a flashpoint for shifting attitudes toward immigration and the country's national identity
Kevin Keegan, the legendary English forward, two-time Ballon d'Or winner and former national team manager, has died at the age of 75 following a private battle with stage four cancer
Sir Garfield Sobers, one of cricket’s defining figures, has died aged 89, leaving behind a legacy that stretched from Barbados to the global game. For readers of the BBC Sport piece that marked his death, the scale of…
Pakistan recorded 1,914 reported cases of child abuse in the first six months of the year, according to a new report by child protection NGO Sahil. The findings, based on newspaper reporting from across the country…

Vietnam has drafted new rules that would let children under 16 keep social media accounts while stripping away their ability to post, comment or react to content, an approach officials are billing as more measured than…
A Brisbane woman has given birth to rare, naturally conceived identical quadruplets. The four girls were delivered safely via caesarean section at 28 weeks, marking a statistically extraordinary medical event for Australia

Peshawar — For years, it's been one of the quieter indignities of growing old in Pakistan: a retiree, well into their seventies or eighties, making yet another trip to the bank just to prove they're still alive, only to…
A three-storey residential building in Lahore's Harbanspura area collapsed late on Wednesday night, killing 11 people and injuring six others in a tragedy that struck during what should have been a family celebration…

Former academy players are being offered a different route in football through the Premier League Futures programme, with ex-West Ham prospect Iyiola Adebayo among those using it to reshape their careers after release…