International adoption

Adoptions another facet of life halted by war in Ukraine

By PATRICK WHITTLEMay 21, 2022 GMT

LEEDS, Maine (AP) — The ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been devastating for families of all kinds — including those who have seen their prospective adoptions put on hold.

Ex-WA far-right Rep. in Poland with Ukrainian kids

March 16, 2022 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Former Washington state Rep. and far-right Republican Matt Shea, who was found by a House-commissioned investigation to have planned and participated in domestic terrorism, is in Poland with more than 60 Ukrainian children.

Ex-politician in adoption scheme to be sentenced in 3 states

By JACQUES BILLEAUDNovember 25, 2020 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. prosecutors in Arkansas will seek a 10-year prison sentence for a former Arizona politician who acknowledged running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands...

AP’s Top 2019 Arizona stories lead with indicted assessor

December 26, 2019 GMT

Shocking allegations that a politician in metro Phoenix ran an international adoption scheme in three states that involved human smuggling, false visa claims and fraudulently obtained government benefits for pregnant women from the Marshall Islands ranks as the top news story of 2019 in Arizona...

Olympics draw Korean adoptees as South Korea confronts past

By SALLY HOFebruary 1, 2018 GMT

When Megan Olson lands in South Korea for the Winter Olympics next week, she'll feel something that is both surreal and vivid...

Groups seek resumption of US adoptions from Nepal

By DAVID CRARYJune 4, 2014 GMT

Prominent advocates of international adoption are assailing the State Department for its four-year suspension of adoptions from Nepal and have asked Congress to help reverse the policy.

The group leading the campaign, Both Ends Burning, released a report this week challenging the rationale for the suspension and issued an open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday seeking his help.

Moscow skeptical about US autopsy of Russian boy

By MAX SEDDONMarch 2, 2013 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia voiced strong skepticism Saturday about the U.S. autopsy on a 3-year-old adopted Russian boy in Texas and demanded further investigation as thousands rallied in Moscow to support the Kremlin ban on U.S.