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Norway tightens controls over adoptions from abroad but won't ban practice as investigation unfolds

Jun. 19, 2024 08:23 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway has tightened controls over adoptions from abroad but will allow them to continue as it conducts an investigation into the legality and ethics of past adoptions, the government said Wednesday. The move to keep allowing international adoptions for...

Software giant SAP agrees to buy WalkMe for $1.5 billion cash

Jun. 05, 2024 10:49 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — German software giant SAP has agreed to buy WalkMe in an all-cash deal valued at about $1.5 billion. The acquisition of WalkMe, a digital adoption platform operator that works with organizations on needs like improving productivity and lowering risk, would...

A woman took her dog to a shelter to be euthanized. A year later, the dog is up for adoption again.

May. 24, 2024 19:34 PM EDT

Exhausted and short on options after consulting two veterinary clinics, Kristie Pereira made the gut-wrenching decision last year to take her desperately ill puppy to a Maryland shelter to be euthanized. So she was stunned last week to find the dog up for adoption at the same pet...

Georgia's prime minister joins tens of thousands in a march to promote 'family purity'

May. 17, 2024 12:57 PM EDT

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia's prime minister joined tens of thousands of people on a march through the capital on Friday to mark the Day of Family Purity, which celebrates so-called traditional family values in the country where animosity toward sexual minorities is strong. ...