Children and youth

Help pours in for family of boy who drowned in Kallang River while fishing

Muhammed Qayyim Daniel Putra Rosli, 13, drowned in the Kallang River on Feb 25 while fishing with friends.

Under global spotlight, Australia plays hardball on social media ban

Australia reported in mid-January that social media platforms had deactivated 4.7 million suspected underage accounts.

Teen arrested after allegedly licking iJooz straw and placing it back in machine

The police said the teenager was arrested for public nuisance after a report was made.

Indonesia issues fresh summons for Google, Meta over teen social media ban

Indonesia began enforcing a social media ban for users below 16 years old on March 28, 2026.

Ahead of Greek social media ban, parents desperate to separate children from phones

Katerina Daniil, 14, looks at social media posts, as Greece is set to ban under-15s from social media in European crackdown, in Athens, Greece, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki

‘Unintended target’: Seven-month-old girl in stroller fatally shot in Brooklyn

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (left) and New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch (centre) arriving at the scene of the fatal shooting of a seven-month-old infant in Brooklyn on April 1, 2026.

US nicotine pouch fast-track scheme slowed by worries over youth, new users

Specific concerns include driving addiction in adults who do not already smoke.

Google faces demands to prohibit AI videos for kids on YouTube

More than 200 children’s specialists, advocacy groups and schools sent a letter to the chief executives of Google and YouTube.

Japan allows joint child custody after divorce from April 1

The revised laws that took effect on April 1 come as societal changes, such as fathers becoming more involved in child-rearing, increased pressure for reform.

Iran recruiting teenagers for Tehran checkpoints

Iranian authorities have launched a recruitment drive in Tehran to register people to join the security forces, lowering the minimum age of recruits to 12.

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