VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two bishops from China were at the Vatican during the first week of October for a global meeting of bishops in the first tangible sign of the breakthrough deal between the Vatican and Beijing over bishop nominations. Bishops Guo Jincai of Chengde and Yang Xiaoting participated, at the invitation of Pope […]

By John Leicester and Gillian Wong The Associated Press LYON, France (AP) — The missing president of the police agency Interpol sent his wife an image of a knife immediately before he disappeared in China, which she believes was his way of saying that he was in danger. Grace Meng detailed the chilling final exchange […]

GENEVA (AP) — Alibaba founder Jack Ma that the trade dispute between the U.S. and China could last 20 years. But he expressed hope that a solution could be reached as a trade war would “hurt everybody.’’ The Chinese e-commerce billionaire also questioned the focus among some on trade deficits, calling it a relic of […]

TOKYO (AP) — Honda is recalling about 232,000 2018 Accord vehicles and 2019 Insight hybrid cars in the U.S. for malfunctioning software for the rear camera display. There have been no reports of accidents or injuries related to the problem, Honda Motor Co. spokeswoman Tomoko Takemori said on Sept. 28. The Tokyo-based automaker said that […]

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Denny Tamaki, who campaigned criticizing the American military presence on the southwestern Japanese islands of Okinawa, won the election for governor on Sept. 30, defeating a ruling party-backed candidate pushing the status quo. The race was to choose a successor to Takeshi Onaga, who died in August […]

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The chief justice of India’s Supreme Court has presided over a string of recent rulings that grant more rights to women, gay couples and religious minorities, challenging deeply conservative Indian society before he retired. In the latest decision on Sept. 27, Chief Justice Dipak Misra and […]

TOKYO (AP) — Those low-riding carts zipping around Tokyo will no longer be able to dress up riders as Super Mario. The Tokyo District Court ruled on Sept. 27 that Mari Mobility Development must stop renting the Super Mario costumes, and pay 10 million yen ($89,000) in damages to Nintendo Co., the game maker behind […]

By JIM HEINTZ and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Researchers from the United States and Japan won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Oct. 1 for discoveries that help the body marshal its cellular troops to attack invading cancers. One cancer doctor said “an untold number of lives … have been saved by […]