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THE ADOPTION MAZE AND THE DESPERATION OF PARENTS For Malaysian families who wish to adopt abandoned children, the process is fraught with obstacles.  Adoption laws differ for Muslim and non-Muslim children, though the classification of a foundling’s religion is often arbitrary. Even after navigating the adoption process, parents face an uphill battle to secure birth certificates and citizenship for their children. Frustrated by bureaucratic inertia and discriminatory practices, some turn to middlemen and illegal channels to obtain documentation. In many cases, adoptive parents resort to registering the child as their biological offspring, erasing the child’s true origins.  This is not…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an unveiling event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025.Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon’s cloud business grew at a slower pace than expected in the first quarter, a third straight revenue miss.Revenue at Amazon Web Services increased 17% to $29.27 billion, while analysts polled by StreetAccount had expected $29.42 billion. The growth slowed from 18.9% in the fourth quarter.AWS, which accounted for about 19% of its parent company’s total revenue, is the world’s top provider of cloud infrastructure. Microsoft, its top competitor, announced first-quarter Azure cloud growth and guidance for the business…

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky appears at “The Game Plan: Strategies for Entrepreneurs” at Airbnb Open in Los Angeles on Nov. 19, 2016.Kurt Krieger – Corbis | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesAirbnb reported results for the first quarter that were mostly in line with estimates, but the company issued a disappointing revenue forecast for the current period.Shares declined more than 5%.Here’s how the company did compared to LSEG estimates:Earnings per share: 24 cents vs. 24 cents expectedRevenue: $2.27 billion vs. $2.26 billion expectedRevenue increased 6% from about $2.1 billion a year ago. Net income fell to $154 million, or 24…

Sunni Muslim extremist groups targeted Jaramana and other areas with large Druse populations, clashing with militias, after an audio clip surfaced purporting to be of a Druse cleric insulting the Prophet Muhammad.

Washington — The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to wade into its effort to terminate the Temporary Protected Status program protecting roughly 350,000 Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. from deportation.Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem revoked the designation in February, which would have cleared the way for the migrants to lose their government-issued work permits and deportations protections on April 7. But a federal judge in California agreed to delay the move in late March and said her decision to terminate the TPS program for the Venezuelan migrants appeared to be “predicated on negative stereotypes.”A federal appeals court…

Federal authorities on Thursday searched the California home of a suspect accused of doxxing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Secret Service served a search warrant on the Irvine home of the unidentified suspect, who was not home at the time. No arrests were made. ICE TOUTS RECORD-BREAKING IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT DURING TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS  ICE agents at the home of an Irvine, Calif., doxxing suspect Thursday.  (Department of Homeland Security)Authorities told Fox News the suspect lives with his parents and was previously arrested during an anti-Israel protest on the University of California, Irvine, campus last…

By Catherine Morrison The Canadian Press Posted May 1, 2025 5:52 pm Updated May 1, 2025 5:56 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal riding of Terrebonne in Quebec has gone from the Liberals’ win column back to the Bloc Québécois after a postelection vote validation process. Bloc candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, who had represented the riding since 2021, said in a social media post that she came out with a lead of 44 votes and that a judicial recount will take place.“For someone to be officially elected, you have to wait until the end…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Shedeur Sanders’ NFL Draft position has been a topic of heavy debate, and New York Giants receiver Malik Nabers explained why he’s mad at how far the Colorado Buffaloes quarterback slipped down draft boards. Watching Sanders not only fall past day one, but also day two of the draft rubbed Nabers the wrong way, and the second-year receiver told the “7PM in Brooklyn” podcast why. “You don’t do that to somebody like that,” Nabers told New York Knicks legend Carmelo Anthony and The Kid Mero. “You can’t knock his talent.” New York Giants wide…

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United are on course to reach the Europa League final with convincing first leg semifinal wins.

Despite having only Sundays free, many migrants eagerly participated. In 2010, Harun pioneered a diploma programme in collaboration with a private college in Singapore. Fifty migrant workers showed interest in pursuing higher education. “We collaborated with the institution that generously provided free classrooms and teachers for a business course,” Harun explained. The tuition fee, costing about S$12,000 per year, was waived by the college.  Two cohorts successfully completed the programme. One graduate is now a hotel manager in Central Java; another is an assistant manager in Batam. “During the interviews, they were immediately hired because they graduated in Singapore,” Harun…