Fourth person dies in Australia from contaminated melon
SYDNEY -- A fourth person has died after consuming melon contaminated with listeria, Australian authorities said on Wednesday, in an outbreak that has so...
Wolf of Wall Street producer to pay $60-M settlement
LOS ANGELES -- The producer of the Wolf of Wall Street agreed to pay $60 million to settle claims it financed the movie with...
Top Trump economic aide Cohn resigns in protest at steel tariff decision
WASHINGTON -- Donald J. Trump’s White House was rocked by another high-profile resignation on Tuesday, as top economic advisor Gary Cohn quit in protest...
Trump faces pushback on tariffs but says he will not back down
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump faced growing pressure on Monday from political and diplomatic allies as well as US companies urging him to...
Former Russian spy ill in Britain after exposure to unidentified substance
LONDON -- Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, who was convicted by Russia of betraying agents to British intelligence, was critically ill on Monday after...
Kim Jong Un, Seoul envoys meet on possible inter-Korean summit
SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un discussed a possible summit with envoys from the South’s President Moon Jae-in, both sides said Tuesday,...
China amps up defense spending amid modernization drive
BEIJING -- China announced on Monday an 8.1% defense budget increase for 2018, giving a boost to the modernization of the world’s largest military...
US aircraft carrier in Vietnam for historic visit, first since end of war
DANANG -- A US aircraft carrier arrived in Vietnam Monday for the first time since the end of the war, as the former foes...
PNG quake leaves 67 dead as aftershocks rock homes
SYDNEY -- At least 67 people were killed by an earthquake that devastated Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) remote highlands last week, the Red Cross...
China to Taiwan: Separatist activities won’t be tolerated
BEIJING -- China said on Monday that it would never tolerate any separatist schemes for self-ruled Taiwan and would safeguard China’s territorial integrity with...
Poet’s exhibition shut amid sexual harassment claims
SEOUL -- South Korea’s capital has closed an exhibition by poet Ko Un, long the country’s hope for a Nobel Prize in literature, amid...
Trump calls Xi ‘president for life’ at fund-raiser
BEIJING/SINGAPORE -- US President Donald J. Trump appeared to praise Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping’s efforts to extend his tenure in a speech to donors,...