International

Questions linger for adoptees after China ends international adoptions
Thousands are left wondering what’s next after China announced last week it has ended its international adoption program. Grace Shu Gerloff is one of more than 80,000 kids who were adopted from China and brought to the U.S. in the past three decades. She grew up in Minnesota and now studies transnational adoption.
Share of foreign-born people in the U.S. is at its highest rate in over a century, survey says
The share of people born outside the United States increased in 2023 to 14.3 percent from 13.9 percent in 2022, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey, which tracks commuting times, internet access, family life, income, education levels, disabilities, military service, and employment, among other topics.
An Israeli strike on a Gaza humanitarian zone kills at least 19
The Israeli military said it was targeting a Hamas command and control center in al-Muwasi, west of Khan Younis, and killed three Hamas commanders in the strike. Hamas did not confirm the deaths.
Princess Kate completes chemotherapy treatment for cancer
The Princess of Wales announced earlier this year she had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer.
3 Israelis killed in attack at West Bank-Jordan border crossing, Israeli military says
The Israeli military said a gunman approached the Allenby Bridge Crossing from the Jordanian side in a truck and opened fire at Israeli security forces, who killed the assailant in a shootout.