Madonna has filed a notice to appeal a court rejection of her bid to adopt a second child from Malawi, her lawyer said Friday. "I have filed a notice of appeal," Madonna's lawyer Alan Chinula told AFP. The Malawi High Court on Friday turned down Madonna's request to adopt a three-year-old girl, who would have become a sibling ...

A Malawian court on Friday rejected pop icon Madonna's request to adopt a three-year-old girl, on the grounds that it could open the door to human trafficking. "I must have to decline to grant the application to Madonna," judge Esmie Chondo said in a ruling following a closed-door hearing. Madonna's lawyer Alan Chinula did not speak to reporters ...