By Joshua Masinde Scientists are calling for accelerated adoption of new hybrid maize varieties with resistance to maize lethal necrosis (MLN) disease in sub-Saharan Africa.…
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'Only child' reunited with her siblings after 67 years
SINGAPORE – Nearly 70 years after she was given up for adoption, Madam Jenny Chow finally reunited with her biological siblings on Sunday (Sept 6).…
View More 'Only child' reunited with her siblings after 67 yearsKingston Humane Society will offer contactless adoption
In March, the Kingston Humane Society had to suspend all adoptions in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Now, the organization is set to…
View More Kingston Humane Society will offer contactless adoptionCoronavirus: Saskatchewan sees increased interest in domestic adoption, fostering
Sterling Bancorp Posts Adj. Loss In Q1 – Quick Facts Sterling Bancorp (STL) reported a first quarter adjusted net loss per share of $0.02 compared…
View More Coronavirus: Saskatchewan sees increased interest in domestic adoption, fosteringKingston Humane Society struggling amid coronavirus pandemic
The Kingston Humane Society, like many charities and Canadian households, is facing uncertain financial times in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions that…
View More Kingston Humane Society struggling amid coronavirus pandemicAdoption: Councils asked to review practices after potential parents turned away
Councils have been asked to review their adoption practices following concerns prospective parents looking to adopt are being wrongly turned away. It comes after a…
View More Adoption: Councils asked to review practices after potential parents turned awayPastor reveals new details on Ukrainian orphan abandoned by couple who said she tried to kill them
A man acquainted with the Indiana family who took in a Ukrainian girl at the center of a bizarre controversy after her adoptive parents abandoned her has revealed new details…
View More Pastor reveals new details on Ukrainian orphan abandoned by couple who said she tried to kill themAdoption lawyer smuggled pregnant women into the US and paid them to give up their babies
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – An adoption attorney who also serves as an elected official in Arizona’s largest county has been indicted in his alleged role…
View More Adoption lawyer smuggled pregnant women into the US and paid them to give up their babiesArizona Official Placed 29 Babies in Adoption Fraud Scheme, Prosecutors Say
He offered each of the expecting mothers $10,000 to put their newborns up for adoption, siphoning off money for housing and health care after arranging…
View More Arizona Official Placed 29 Babies in Adoption Fraud Scheme, Prosecutors SayTrump administration tightens policy on children born overseas
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) – The Trump administration said children adopted overseas by US military personnel and government employees serving abroad will no longer be guaranteed…
View More Trump administration tightens policy on children born overseasOpinion | Trump’s Rollback of Food Stamps
More from our inbox: To the Editor: “The Cruel Farce of Cutting Food Stamps” (editorial, July 29) rightly called into question the administration’s flawed proposal…
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“I know a way out of hell,” says Ben Kingsley, as Mohandas Gandhi, in Richard Attenborough’s 1982 film. He’s speaking to a Hindu man who…
View More Opinion | The Latest Victims of Trump’s Cruelty? Foster ChildrenThe Disappeared Children of Israel
ROSH HAAYIN, Israel — Ofra Mazor, 62, had been looking for her sister, Varda, for 30 years when she submitted her DNA samples to the…
View More The Disappeared Children of IsraelWoman who thought she was black for 70 years discovers she was ‘born white’
A woman believed she was black for more than 70 years before discovering her biological parents were white. The identity-altering revelation happened to Verda Byrd,…
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