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News for children from across the world!

Our world news for children is interesting, relevant, and about real people and happenings in a real world. We delve into the "how" and "why" of news, giving children (and adults) a wider understanding of the events happening around them. Our world online news for kids covers issues we think are interesting for children.

Killer Storm Rages Through Western Europe: Over 60 people died in storms that lashed parts of France, Spain and Portugal. In France alone, 50 p...

Flightless Mosquitoes the Solution to Dengue Fever?: Scientists plan to control the spread of dengue fever by breeding genetically altered flightless mos...

Rahman Bags Double Grammy Honour for India: The popular music composer A.R. Rahman won two Grammy awards for his music in the film Slumdog Milli...

Terror Targets India: Bomb Blast Kills 16: A bomb blast in the western Indian city of Pune in Maharashtra state killed 16 people and injured 40...

The Bt Brinjal Battle: Brinjal or egg-plant is not everybody's favourite vegetable, but it has been making headlines. A deb...

Athlete's Death Casts Gloom Over Games: The Winter Olympics began in Vancouver, Canada, under the shadow of the death of athlete Nodar Kumar...

Tourists Stranded in Machu Picchu: Heavy rain and resultant landslides in the Andes Mountains of Peru killed 20 people. For thousands o...

More Disturbing Attacks on Indians in Australia: Violent attacks on Indians, especially students, are increasing. Australia's government denies that ...

Haiti Hit By Massive Earthquake: The year 2010 began on a sad note in Haiti, where a massive earthquake struck. Around 200,000 people...

Earthquake Rocks New Zealand: The earthquake that struck New Zealand's South Island was powerful, but there were no casualties or ...

Time For Kids

A weekly classroom news magazine that cover a wide range of topics kids love to learn about. A powerful teaching tool, TIME For Kids builds reading and writing skills and is easily integrated across your curriculum, including social studies, science and math.