The world’s largest diaspora of international adoptees comes from South Korea. Among them are mixed-race children who were forcibly sent for adoption due to the country’s racist laws. One Black adoptee’s search for a home reflects hard truths about the past of hundreds of thousands of international adoptees. This is a story from the archives. […]
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The death toll from last week’s fire at an industrial plant in Russia’s Ryazan region has risen to 24, with at least another 157 people injured, officials said Monday. The fire broke out Friday at the Elastik plant in Shilovsky district, around 155 miles southeast of Moscow. Emergency crews continued searching through debris, Russia’s Emergency
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Electoral commission announces date for first phase of elections widely seen as lacking credibility. Myanmar’s military government has announced that long-promised elections will begin on December 28 amid widespread scepticism that authorities will allow a free and fair vote. The Union Election Commission said on Monday that the vote would be the first phase in “step-by-step”
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Officials say about 10 people rescued after accident in African country’s northwestern region. Rescuers are searching for more than 40 people who are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Sokoto, according to authorities. Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Sunday that its Sokoto operations office had deployed a response
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“Skibidi”, “tradwife” and other slang terms popularised on social media are among thousands of new words to be added to the Cambridge Dictionary this year. Skibidi is a gibberish term coined by the creator of a viral animated video series on YouTube, while tradwife is a shortening of “traditional wife” – a married mother who
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Why and how often do shark attacks happen? Why do shark attacks happen and how common are they? 06:41 A 63-year-old American tourist was severely injured after he was attacked by a shark while spearfishing in the Bahamas on Sunday, local authorities said. The Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a statement shared on Facebook that
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Kuwait bans the import of alcoholic beverages, but bootleg liquor is sold with no oversight or safety standards. Kuwaiti authorities have arrested 67 people accused of producing and distributing locally made alcoholic drinks that killed 23 people in recent days, including a Bangladeshi national said to head the criminal network, the Interior Ministry has said.
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“At the request of President Zelenskyy, I will join the meeting with President Trump and other European leaders in the White House tomorrow,” von der Leyen said in a statement, prior to receiving the Ukrainian leader in Brussels for a virtual summit of the Coalition of the Willing, the informal grouping of European countries pushing
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Israeli navy fires missiles at the energy facility south of Sanaa saying it was used by Houthis, but provides no evidence. The Israeli navy has carried out attacks on a power plant near the Yemeni capital Sanaa, according to Israeli media reports. Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV reported on Saturday that the “aggression” damaged generators at
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08/16/2025August 16, 2025 Nordic, Baltic leaders pledge ‘steadfast’ support for Ukraine The leaders of eight Nordic and Baltic states have issued a joint statement following the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The leaders of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania said they “remain steadfast” in their support for Ukraine. They
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