NEW YORK — The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 9
The department's report for the 2014 fiscal year shows 6,441 adoptions from abroad, down from 7,094 in 2013 and about 74
Trish Maskew, chief of the State Department's Adoption Division, said it was difficult to predict when the number of foreign adoptions might start to rise again.
As usual, China accounted for the most children adopted in the U.S., but its total of 2,040 was far below the peak of 7,903 in 2005.
GATINEAU, Que. — The complainant in the criminal trial for suspended senator Patrick Brazeau is back on the witness stand today in Gatineau, Que.
Zainub Priya Dala, 40, said she was attacked a day after praising Rushdie's writing style while addressing Chatsworth school children in Durban as part of the Time of the Writer literary festival, the Independent Online reported.
Even as President Barack Obama announced Tuesday that he would reform the L-1B visa regime that allows global companies to temporarily shift their workers to the US, a study released last week finds that Indians faced the maximum rejections under this category.
An Airbus A320 of a German low-cost airline with 150 people on board crashed on Tuesday in southern France while flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf. French President Francois Hollande said no survivors are expected.
FLORENCE, S.C. — A Canadian soldier, his wife and their infant son have been killed in a fiery weekend crash on an interstate highway in South Carolina.
Several Indian-Americans are among over 100 students from across the country who would showcase their inventions, and innovative science projects at the fifth White House Science Fair hosted by President Barack Obama Monday.