North American meat producers led by the American Meat Institute are forced to comply with putting country-of-origin labels on their meat products after losing a bid to strike the requirement down in the US Court of Appeals in Washington, Businessweek said.
US Department of Justice had said in its filing on Thursday had urged a Hawaiian court to not dismiss the discrimination case filed against the latter's Transportation Department as the latter has yet to fully satisfy the plaintiffs' demands that equal opportunity is given to all applicants.
Malaysian acting Transport Minister Hihammuddin Hussein has said in a news conference on Friday that its government is now looking at the possibility of getting sued for compensation by families of the 239 passengers on board then-missing Malaysia Airline Flight 370, Xinhua News Agency said.
In his meeting with Pope Francis, US President Barack Obama invited the pope to come over to the US to discuss the Catholic Church's reservations over his health care law, Reuters said.
