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Questions linger for adoptees after China ends international adoptions

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.
by Tom Crann and Ngoc Bui

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Israel strikes Gaza as an American activist killed by Israeli fire is buried

Israel strikes Gaza as an American activist killed by Israeli fire is buried

Israeli airstrikes have hit central and southern Gaza and killed at least 14 people as friends and family members of a Turkish-American activist killed by an Israeli soldier buried her in Turkey. 
by The Associated Press

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Share of foreign-born people in the U.S. is at its highest rate in over a century, survey says

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.
by The Associated Press

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An Israeli strike on a Gaza humanitarian zone kills at least 19

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.
by Anas Baba and Hadeel Al-Shalchi

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Mexico's Senate just approved changing the constitution. Here's what you need to know

Mexico's Senate just approved changing the constitution. Here's what you need to know

The constitutional reform is controversial because it completely remakes Mexico's judiciary. One side says it will end corruption, the other that it will end judicial independence.
by Eyder Peralta

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Dozens dead in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi flooding, state media report

Dozens dead in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi flooding, state media report

Typhoon Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in decades, with winds up to 92 mph. The country’s meteorological agency warns continuing downpours could cause floods and landslides.
by The Associated Press

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3 Israelis killed in attack at West Bank-Jordan border crossing, Israeli military says

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.
by The Associated Press

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