Samoa declares state of emergency after measles deaths
Samoa has declared a state of emergency after several deaths linked to a measles outbreak, closing schools and placing restrictions on public gatherings.
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More than 4,000 people have died from measles in Congo this year
More than 4,000 people have died from a measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, UNICEF, the United Nations' children's agency, said on Wednesday.
Fighting in Ukraine threatens water supply for 3.2 million
A recent escalation of fighting in eastern Ukraine is threatening access to safe water and sanitation for more than 3 million people, including 500,000 children, UNICEF warned on Wednesday, calling for "an immediate end to the indiscriminate shelling of vital civilian infrastructure."
'Stranger Things' star is UNICEF's youngest-ever Goodwill Ambassador
Millie Bobby Brown, the 14-year old British actress best known for her role in "Stranger Things," has been named UNICEF's newest Goodwill Ambassador. She will be the youngest person to ever hold that title.
K-Pop band BTS tells world youth to 'speak yourself' at UN
Korean boy band BTS became the first ever K-Pop group to address the United Nations this week when it told young people to believe in their own convictions and voices.
Boy band BTS to become first K-Pop group to address the United Nations
Korean boy band BTS will make history this week as the first ever K-Pop group to speak at the United Nations.
Zimbabwe declares state of emergency in cholera outbreak
Zimbabwe's government has declared a state of emergency in the capital Harare after 20 people died of cholera.
UNICEF: About half of world's teens experience peer violence
How safe are schools around the world? That's a question that a new report from the United Nations Children's Fund helps answer, and it suggests that schools could and should be much safer.
Yemen's parents search through the dead for their children after strike
For one Yemeni father, any hope that his son was alive was crushed when he spotted a body in the back of a pickup, the corpse partially covered by a blue tarpaulin.
Dozens dead after school bus carrying children hit by airstrike in Yemen
Dozens of children, many younger than 15, were killed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a school bus in northern Yemen on Thursday, according to the Houthi-controlled Health Ministry.
