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Child marriage ban welcomed in Sierra Leone
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoAnybody now involved in the marriage of a girl aged under the age of 18 will be jailed for at least 15 years or fined around $4,000 (£3,200), or both....
Child welfare system failed 5-year-old manslaughter victim, family says
CBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoWARNING: This story contains details of child abuse.Ada Guan — the mother of a five-year-old girl...
Greece starts six-day working week for some industries
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoA spokeswoman for Greece's ministry of labour and social security said the policy applied to "two...
The Man with 1000 Kids: the 'twisted' true story of a serial sperm donor and the parents out to stop...
Evening Standard via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoDutch musician Jonathan Jacob Meijer duped families the world over, fathering hundreds of children....
The Latest | Israel kills a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon; group retaliates with rocket attacks
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoIsrael killed a senior commander in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on Wednesday, the second...
120,000 'stolen' babies: Georgia's trafficking scandal
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoGeorgian student Elene Deisadze was browsing TikTok in 2022 when she stumbled across the profile of...
West Bank occupation at the center of the violence at L.A. synagogue
LA Times via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoAn event promoting real estate that included the West Bank sparked the clash between pro-Palestinian...
Japan's top court rules forced sterilisation law unconstitutional
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoJapan's top court ruled on Wednesday that a defunct eugenics law under which thousands of people...
Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage with new bill
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoSierra Leone officially banned child marriage on Tuesday with President Julius Maada Bio signing into law a bill to end the practice that remains...
Sierra Leone brings in new law banning child marriage
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoThe law, passed by parliament, criminalises the marriage of girls under the age of 18 and prescribes...