A new Save the Children report shows how explosive weapons have become the leading cause of death and maiming of children in today’s wars. New technologies amplify the risks (rather than improve accuracy), while mines and unexploded ordnance continue to strike, especially in Afghanistan and Myanmar. The NGO urgently calls for cuts in the use of explosives in populated areas and real funding for land reclamation and children rehabilitation and protection.
The two countries struck a deal after divisions had led to speculation about a fallback on the organisation's headquarters in Bonn. Turkey will host the event, while Australia will chair the talks. Concerns remain about the true effectiveness of the collaboration between the two countries, coupled with criticism from Pacific nations who had hoped to see the event take place in their region.
An 18-year-old man died of cardiac arrest after he was turned away by several hospitals due to a lack of paediatric specialists. The case reignites the debate over the severe shortage of medical doctors in South Korea, which former President Yoon Suk-yeol had tried to address, but which specialists opposed in a lengthy strike. Paediatrics, in particular, faces serious issues due to the country's low birthrate.
Banned since 2017, the Minister of Environment himself admits that state agencies have not taken sufficient measures to curb their widespread use. Environmentalists: burning them for disposal produces toxic gases. But behind the failure to abandon them are, above all, the absence of intervention at production sites and the lack of affordable alternatives.
From dolls that have become a global phenomenon to large technology factories and the delivery sector, a system is increasingly spreading in China that relies on the ability to transform individual needs and family obligations into a virtually unlimited willingness to work. Women themselves are being pushed to abandon stable contracts (guaranteed only on paper) in favour of temporary and seasonal employment.
Today's headlines: Trump reportedly approves a 28-point plan for peace between Russia and Ukraine that is very close to Moscow's position; Philippines: former Bamban mayor Alice Guo convicted of human trafficking for activities in scam centres; In Oita, Japan, 170 buildings destroyed by the largest urban fire in decades; In Malaysia, 11 Burmese and Bangladeshi shipwreck survivors accused of illegal residence.
