Hong Kong authorities have recorded 176 reports of suspected child abuse involving 188 children in just over five months of the city’s new mandatory reporting regime, with sexual abuse accounting for the largest share of total victims. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han revealed on Thursday the number of reports logged by the…
A Montgomery County woman pleaded guilty Monday in the death of her 21-year-old son, who investigators say died from prolonged neglect. Tylin Hatchett, who was blind, nonverbal and had cerebral palsy, died in September 2024. Authorities found him severely malnourished and dehydrated, weighing just 59 pounds inside the family’s apartment in Dresher. His mother, 42-year-old…
Interview World is rich enough to provide vaccines to all children, Microsoft co-founder says Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently spoke with Nikkei about his timeline for giving away his fortune through the Gates Foundation. (Source photos by Nanami Sato) KIYOSHI ANDO September 13, 2025 05:00 JST TOKYO — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has announced plans…
Resident doctors across the NHS are spending four times more on paperwork than with patients, a new national study has revealed.The research – called the TACT Study and carried out by scientists at Imperial College, London – is the first of its kind in the UK. It shows doctors in training spend just 18% of…
A father in China who has been criticised for locking his naked toddler son in an iron cage claims the pen was purely used to prevent the boy from wandering. On June 16, several naked toddlers were spotted on a red tricycle parked by the roadside in Hainan province, southern China, and one of them…