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India celebrates Republic Day with Indonesian president as chief guest

Jan. 26, 2025 05:53 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — India celebrated its 76th Republic Day on Sunday with a colorful parade displaying its military might and cultural diversity on a boulevard in the heart of country’s capital. Indonesian president was the guest of honor. Tens of thousands of people lined the road...

Gabon's military government announces presidential election on April 12

Jan. 23, 2025 04:45 AM EST

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon will hold a presidential election on April 12, the council of ministers said. The West African country is currently ruled by the military following a coup in August 2023. “Under this decree, the electoral college is convened on Saturday, April 12,...

South Korean court clears government, adoption agency of liability in adoptee's deportation from US

Jan. 08, 2025 02:55 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court on Wednesday cleared the government and an adoption agency of all liability in a lawsuit filed by a 49-year-old Korean man whose traumatic adoption journey led to an abusive childhood in the United States and ultimately his deportation to South Korea...

South Korean adoptees and families rocked by fraud allegations

Jan. 01, 2025 19:26 PM EST

Her greatest fear, dormant for decades, came rushing back in an instant: had she adopted and raised a kidnapped child? Peg Reif’s daughter, adopted from South Korea in the 1980s, had sent her a link to a documentary detailing how the system that made their family was rife with...