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Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told AFP on Thursday it is "tragic" that child deaths will increase worldwide for the first time this century because wealthy Western countries have ...

As China held a massive parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, edited images and videos of the country's military circulated in social media posts falsely claiming AFP ...

Children scarred by the war in Gaza are undergoing a therapy programme using virtual reality headsets that transport the youngsters to a world far away from the destruction around them. The VR therapy ...