New Zealand Dairy Giant Fonterra to Pay Danone for Recall
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — An arbitration tribunal has ordered New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra to pay Danone of France $125 million for recall costs stemming from a 2013 food scare.
Defense Will Try to Shift Focus to North Korea in Kim Murder
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia — Malaysia's high-profile trial of two women accused of killing the estranged half brother of North Korean leader has gone into recess until next year.
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Visiting China Amid Crackdown Criticism
BEIJING — Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi is visiting friendly neighbor China as international criticism over Myanmar's persecution of Rohingya Muslims grows.
Japan’s Emperor Akihito to Abdicate on April 30, 2019
TOKYO — Japan's much admired Emperor Akihito plans to abdicate on April 30, 2019, at age 85 in the first such abdication from the Chrysanthemum Throne in about 200 years, the government said Friday.
Pope Demands ‘Decisive Measures’ to Resolve Rohingya Exodus
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Pope Francis demanded Thursday that the international community take "decisive measures" to resolve the causes of the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, breaking his recent silence over what the United Nations has declared to be a textbook case of "ethnic cleansing."
9/11 Museum Shows Grief, Hides Details of Dark Day
NEW YORK — I happened to be at home watching live television when the towers I’d visited a decade earlier collapsed after being struck by two planes. It wasn’t until this month that I made it back to lower Manhattan, where the smoking wound has since been filled with a memorial and museum.
Chinese Actress Liu Yifei Cast as Disney’s Mulan
LOS ANGELES — It took a year of searching and nearly 1,000 candidates, but the Walt Disney Studios has found its Mulan.
Review: As Moving as It Is Colorful, ‘Coco’ a Joy for All
At first, Disney-Pixar's latest, "Coco ," sounds a lot like the 2014 Fox film "The Book of Life."
N. Korea Says It Successfully Tested New Missile
WASHINGTON — North Korea says it successfully tested a new, nuclear-capable intercontinental-ballistic missile that could target the entire U.S. mainland.
Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ Jab at Navajo Event Draws Blowback
FLAGSTAFF, Arizona — Families of Native American war veterans and politicians of both major parties are criticizing President Donald Trump for using a White House event honoring Navajo Code Talkers to take a political jab at a Democratic senator he has nicknamed "Pocahontas."
