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Navigating separation anxiety: Strategies to help children cope
3+ min ago (297+ words) When Mama V returned to work six months after giving birth, both she and her baby experienced intense distress. Baby R cried frequently whenever she was left with her nanny, even one she had met before, and Mama V felt…...
Kante builds $5m medical centre for children in Mali, pays tribute to late dad
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (356+ words) French midfielder N'Golo Kante extended his philanthropic work to the country of his parents, Mali, after reportedly building a state-of-the-art medical centre for children. The Al Ittihad midfielder took advantage of the end of season to visit Mali, where he…...
FEATURE: Monster parents drive Japan teachers to breaking point
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (824+ words) TOKYO - For some teachers in Japan, the most punishing part of the job does not happen in the classroom. It comes in the form of late-night phone calls, prolonged confrontations and relentless demands from so-called monster parents -- a growing problem…...
Double duty: Inside the life of a Montreal army lieutenant and specialized nurse practitioner
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (688+ words) Posted February 1, 2026 6:16 pm. If he's not in army fatigues working for the Canadian Armed Forces, he's in the adult intensive care unit at Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. Peter Maklan is both an army lieutenant and a specialized nurse practitioner…...
Snapchat offered to lock kids out of features. Government said no
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (112+ words) The number of local teenage accounts closed by Snapchat has been disclosed after it tried to dodge Australia's social media ban by offering major app changes. Executives at US-based Snapchat proposed a compromise to the Australian government to avoid its…...
Belarus raises childcare allowance for children under three on 1 February
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (47+ words) The Labor and Social Security Ministry noted that the allowance amount has increased by 7.4% and added that the childcare allowance for children under three is recalculated twice a year: on February 1 and 1 August. Belarus raises childcare allowance for children under…...
Children taught to use battlefield drones at Russian school in London
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (721+ words) Children are being taught how to use battlefield drones at a school in west London run by the Russian foreign ministry. The Russian Embassy School in Notting Hill educates the children of diplomats and spies, as well as a small…...
Snow day draws sledders to Ann Street in downtown Wilmington
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (425+ words) WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)" Fresh snowfall transformed downtown Wilmington into a rare winter scene, drawing residents to Ann Street for an unusual snow day in the Port City. While most downtown streets were quiet, the hill along Ann Street between Front…...
Dear Abby: Shouldn’t my husband wear a shirt and shorts when our granddaughter visits?
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (180+ words) When she visited us at the age of 1, he wore shorts at my request but no shirt. Dear Abby: Shouldn't my husband wear a shirt and shorts when our granddaughter visits? DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are in our…...
We have allowed poverty to become normalised in our country | Letters
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (306+ words) Your editorial on deepening poverty in the UK (27 January) rightly condemns the decade and a half (and counting) of austerity. Millions of people's lives have been knowingly worsened by the state. To compound this, countless shared neighbourhood spaces have been…...