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.
The accident happened when the two passenger buses with over 100 people on board collided with the oil tanker near Gadani checkpost in Hub district of Balochistan province
There was no trace of the Malaysian airliner even two weeks after it went missing but searchers said Friday weather conditions have improved in the search area in the southern Indian Ocean which is making human sighting possible now.
Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday signed into law legislation on the accession of Crimea after both houses of the Russian parliament unanimously approved it. Putin also said that Russia will refrain from imposing retaliatory sanctions against the US.
Australian maritime authorities said Friday that the search in the southern Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysian airliner may last several days due to bad weather
Over 70 Ukrainian military facilities on the Crimean peninsula have reportedly hoisted Russian flags as of midnight Thursday, including some navy ships of the Ukrainian Black Sea fleet.
Russia barred Thursday a number of US politicians from entering the country in a tit-for-tat move over Washington's sanctions.