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This is why Russia bans millions of parents from travelling abroad
More than four million Russian citizens are on the list of restricted to travel abroad on New Year’s Eve due to debt, Russian Federal Marshals Service (FSSP) reports. The state practice of prohibiting, those who do not pay, from leaving the national territory has existed since 2005. Travel restrictions, as a general rule, apply to those who do not pay their minor children (by order of the judge they must transfer them, on average, 25% of their earnings) and about a third of bank loan debtors. European countries begin to restrict communication with the UKThe publisher of Russian version of Forb...
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Lives cut short: the American children lost to stray bullets
Washington (AFP) - Carmelo Duncan was strapped into his car seat when he was hit by multiple stray bullets, becoming at just 15 months old one of the youngest shooting victims in the US this year -- and a symbol of powerlessness in the face of gun violence. On December 2, he and his eight-year-old brother were in a car being driven by their father through southeast Washington, DC, when unknown shooters opened fire on the vehicle before fleeing in a stolen SUV. The toddler died at the hospital. His father and brother survived the ambush, for which police say they don't know the motive. Carmelo ...
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Visa, Mastercard dump Pornhub over abuse video claims
New York (AFP) - Credit card titans Visa and Mastercard on Thursday said they would no longer process payments to Pornhub after US media reported the site hosts videos depicting child sex abuse and rape. The New York Times said the pornography website includes "many" videos depicting "child abuse and nonconsensual violence" among the 6.8 million new videos posted each year, and that because Pornhub users can download videos directly from the site, images of abuse could be reposted repeatedly. "Today, the use of our cards at Pornhub is being terminated. Our investigation over the past several ...
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Pornhub announces changes after report alleging videos of abuse
Montreal (AFP) - Pornography website Pornhub on Tuesday outlined measures against illegal content on its platform after the New York Times reported finding videos depicting child sex abuse and rape on the site. The paper asserted that among the 6.8 million new videos posted on the site each year, a majority "probably involve consenting adults, but many depict child abuse and nonconsensual violence." Pornhub, the Times said, also lets users download videos directly from its site, which allows anyone to repost clips repeatedly and without limit. "Today, we are taking major steps to further pro...
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Covid-19 lockdowns drive spike in online child abuse
Brisbane (Australia) (AFP) - Out-of-school kids and adult predators spending more time at home and on the internet during the coronavirus pandemic is the "perfect storm" driving a spike in online child sex abuse around the world, activists and police say.From slums in the Philippines to Australia's suburbs, the cross-border crime has mushroomed as offenders take advantage of school closures and lockdowns to reach children -- either in person or via social media, gaming sites and the dark web.In Australia, federal police received more than 21,000 reports of child sex abuse in the 12 months to J...
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US Supreme Court considers firms' liability for Africa child slavery
Washington (AFP) - The US Supreme Court considered Tuesday whether two major corporations -- Nestle USA and Cargill -- can be held responsible for forced child labor on cocoa farms in the Ivory Coast.The case could allow the court to limit liability for US firms for human rights abuses committed in other countries.The lawsuit was filed in 2005 by six Malians who say they were trafficked as children then held as slaves on Ivorian farms, where the US subsidiary of Switzerland-based Nestle and the American agricultural giant Cargill have purchased cocoa.The lawsuit argues that the two companies k...
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Children Talks: Essential Japanese Vocabulary For The Playground
What can you say to calm a kerfuffle on the slide? To show other parents that you're not letting your child run amok? Learn these handy Japanese phrases to smooth out your interactions at the playground or wherever young kids play.Playgrounds, playrooms, and anywhere that children run around are great places to make friends, but they can also be intimidating when you have a language barrier. And it’s even more difficult when you’re wearing a mask and trying to stay at a distance of more than two meters. What can you say to other children who are a little too rowdy? What should your child say i...
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Parents can't be found for 545 children separated by US border policy
Washington (AFP) - The parents of 545 migrant children who were separated under US border policy cannot be located, a court filing and US rights group revealed Tuesday.The separations were carried out in relation to US President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy toward migrants who illegally crossed the border."Through our litigation, we just reported to the court that the parents of 545 kids — forcibly separated by the Trump administration's cruel family separation practice — still cannot be found," the American Civil Liberties Union tweeted.Under the zero tolerance program, the US began...
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QAnon sows panic with child trafficking misinformation
Paris (AFP) - A surge in child trafficking misinformation pushed by QAnon conspiracy theorists is stirring public panic, generating violence and interfering with official efforts to protect minors, experts warn.From the US to South Africa, AFP Fact Check has debunked claims about girls found locked in shipping containers or lured in the street with roses fitted with a location-tracking chip.A Facebook post shared one million times last month claimed 39 missing children had been found in a trailer in the US state of Georgia. In reality, they were discovered in separate locations in August as pa...
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Nearly 280,000 US schoolchildren have had coronavirus: study
Washington (AFP) - Almost 280,000 school-aged children were infected with the novel coronavirus between March 1 and September 19, according to detailed data released Monday in a report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The figure accounted for roughly four percent of the total US caseload over this period, with children aged 12-17 approximately twice as likely to be infected as those aged 5-11.The rate of new cases rose steadily during the spring and then shot up over the summer, peaking on July 19 with an average weekly incidence of 37.9 per 100,000.The new cases then...
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