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/PRNewswire/ -- The American Lung Associations 20th annual "State of Tobacco Control" report reveals significant progress in the work to end tobacco use, but...

New legislation is now on the books in North Carolina that juvenile justice advocates are calling historic. It increases the minimum age for when most children can enter the juvenile court system. In North Carolina, a 6-year-old can no longer be seen in juvenile court for taking a candy bar from a checkout aisle. This is a real case that state officials say made its way into the system.

PETALING JAYA: Sisters in Islam (SIS) has criticised the government for failing to raise the minimum marriage age for Muslim girls from 16 to 18 years old.

Campaigners are celebrating a new bill passing its second reading in the House of Commons. It proposes the minimum marriage age be set to 18.

Tory Pauline Latham says outdated laws allow child marriage in the UK, which is tantamount to child abuse.

When Credibility Matters

Children as young as seven are at risk of child marriage, according to a charity which supports victims of honour-based violence.

Children as young as seven are at risk of child marriage, according to a charity which supports victims of honour-based violence.

Children as young as seven are at risk of child marriage, according to a charity which supports victims of honour-based violence.

Portugal has recognised the harmful effects of violent bullfighting on children and raised the minimum viewing age from 12 to 16 – but it hasn’t stopped the blood sport altogether.