child

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The El Niño phenomenon was first observed by Peruvian fishermen in the 1600s, who nicknamed it El Niño de Navidad - Christ Child in Spanish.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

County leave child-care centers annually, according to a 2025 study from the UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Mursal Khalif, an MP and head of the Ministry of Defence's Child Protection Unit, says efforts to stop such recruitment can face resistance - "some even viewed it as a Western agenda".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The Journal uncovered a questionable autism-therapy provider based in Brooklyn called the Perfect Child that sent insurers and patients excessively high bills, sometimes extracting huge payments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Child after child received it with trembling fingers, and child after child, upon looking at the questions, turned pale, or red, or a subtle shade of green.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart