German 14-year-old finishes high school with perfect marks

A U.S. Open expected to produce surprises in the unnerving calm of a fanless Flushing Meadows delivered on day one as American teen sensation Coco Gauff was eliminated from the first round of a Grand Slam for the first time.

French officials have said an 18-year-old refugee originally from the Russian republic of Chechnya beheaded a teacher in suburban Paris. The French president has called the gruesome murder an "Islamist terrorist attack."

Among the olive trees in northwestern Syria, displaced teenager Wissam Diab plucks an oud outside his new home, a tent surrounded by luscious plants. Syria's war forced the Diab family to flee their village of Kafr Zita in central Hama province, but when 19-year-old Wissam moved into a tent in northwestern Syria he decided to recreate his childhood home.

Among the olive trees in northwestern Syria, displaced teenager Wissam Diab plucks an oud outside his new home, a tent surrounded by luscious plants. Syria's war forced the Diab family to flee their village of Kafr Zita in central Hama province, but when 19-year-old Wissam moved into a tent in northwestern Syria he decided to recreate his childhood home.

Teen bandits are terrorising Zamfara, Governor Matwalle reveals

A high school friend of George Floyd says the policemen who were at the scene when Derek Chauvin had his knee on the neck of the 46-year-old Black man are "as guilty" as the former Minneapolis police officer, who is currently being tried for murder. "They’re trying to show a different character so that it fits to whatever plea they’re trying to get," Redick Edwards IV says about Chauvin's ongoing trial. Redick Edwards IV met George Floyd in the early 90’s on a basketball court in Third Ward, a poor and predominantly African American neighborhood in central Houston, Texas.

Fifteen year-old Esohe Ozigbo is part of a group of youth that take part in community clean-ups, tree planting programs, and ''trashion shows'' in Lagos.

Emergency services say an explosion occurred during a shooting at a school in the Russian city of Kazan. At least nine people are reported to have died.

Paxton Smith swapped her approved commencement speech for one on abortion rights. Her attack on Texas passing one of the most stringent anti-abortion laws in the US has since gone viral.

When his father lost his job last year, Togi, then 16, wasted little time in looking for work himself. He ended up working at a fast food restaurant in a suburb of Washington, DC juggling the job with attending school held virtually as the world's largest Covid-19 outbreak tore through the United States.

Skipping from one foot to the other in the tropical heat of Lagos, teenage boxer Tijani Abdulazeez dreams of greatness as he trains in the open air on a patch of dusty ground. Known to family, friends and fans as TJ, the 15-year-old's trophies already adorn the living room of his modest home in Alagbado, a low income neighbourhood on the megacity's outskirts.

A French court has handed down suspended prison sentences of between four to six months to 11 people who were found guilty of harassing a teen online over her anti-Islam videos on social media. The prosecutions came after the teen, known as Mila, was forced to change schools and accept police protection due to threats to her life. "We won and we'll win again," Mila said as she left the courtroom.