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FIFA boss urges zero tolerance for child abuse

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has called for "zero tolerance" of child abuse in football and promised to look into ways the global governing body can do more to prevent it in the wake of the scandal sweeping the game in England.
Proud Cook admits to wrench of leaving family

Alastair Cook admits to questioning how much longer he can extend his record-breaking England career, torn between the pride of playing for his country and the wrench of being parted from his young family.
Olympian sells Rio medal to save boy battling cancer

Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski, who took silver at the Rio Olympics, says that he auctioned off his medal this week to fund treatment for a three-year-old boy struck with cancer.
‘Britain underestimating number of child abuse victims’

Hollywood actor David Schwimmer says Britain is underestimating the number of children who are victims of sexual abuse.
Apple links up with Facebook to help you honour mom

In honour of Mother's Day, Apple creates a site that allows anyone to add a photo of their own mother to a rolling slideshow of mothers from around the world.
Child dies, hit by rod falling from building

Yet another life is lost because of construction work without safety measures. This time, a kid was killed at West Hazipara in the city's Rampura.
Boy gets stuck in vending machine in Australia

A boy from Australia's remote far north spent six hours stuck in the first vending machine he had ever seen.
Sex assault: Gaibandha primary school headmaster suspended

The headmaster of a primary school in Fulchhari upazila of Gaibandha has been suspended over allegation of sexually harassing a class V student.
4 to die for killing Ctg schoolboy

A Chittagong court today handed down death penalty to four persons for abducting and killing a primary school boy in 2012.
Cautious welcome for China child policy

Chinese state media have welcomed the news China is reforming its decades-old one-child policy, with one editorial saying it "echoes the people's will".
Children's bodies washed up in Greece

The badly decomposed bodies of two children were found washed up on the Greek island of Kos on Sunday, the latest victims of a crisis that has seen 630,000 people enter the EU illegally this year.
Diabetes in toddler raises concern

The case of a three-year-old girl in the US who developed type 2 diabetes has driven doctors to raise fresh concerns about diet in childhood.
Stand beside street children with Shakib

Bangladesh cricket team’s champion allrounder Shakib Al Hasan wants you to extend your helping hand for the street children this Eid.
'Rainbow Grandpa' saving a village with art

Known as “Rainbow Grandpa”, Huang’s artwork has kept the village safe as the surrounding area has been flattened.
Nepal protest clashes kill eight

Violent clashes at a protest in western Nepal have killed at least seven police officers and a child.
Drawing strength from a mother's memories

Rebecca had lost her father while an infant and witnessed how her mother had struggled to give her a beautiful childhood despite her step-father's misgivings about bringing her up.
Ivory Coast boy smuggled to Spain inside suitcase

An eight-year-old boy has been smuggled to Spain from Morocco inside a suitcase, Spanish police say.
'Hundreds' of South Sudan boys seized

Hundreds of boys in South Sudan have been kidnapped and are forced to become child soldiers