Category Archives: CP_World
Rare red panda found after escape from Belfast Zoo
LONDON - Officials say a rare red panda is safe and sound, a day after it escaped from Belfast Zoo in Northern Ireland. The animal went missing on Sunday, and Belfast City Council had urged members of...
Jan 28, 2019
Malaysia defiant despite being stripped of Paralympic event
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia’s government has remained defiant despite losing the right to host the World Para Swimming Championships after it banned Israelis from competing in the event, a...
Jan 28, 2019
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to 4 1/2 years
BEIJING - Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison on the charge of subversion of state power Monday, more than three years after he was detained in ...
Jan 28, 2019
AP-NORC poll: Most Americans oppose Trump's foreign policy
WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling U.S. foreign policy and about half think the country’s global standing will deteriorate during the n...
Jan 28, 2019
'VH1 Trailblazer Honors' celebrates director Ava DuVernay
NEW YORK - “VH1 Trailblazer Honors” will pay tribute to Academy Award-nominated director Ava DuVernay to kick off Women’s History Month. The 46-year-old’s screenwriter includes...
Jan 28, 2019
Singapore says American leaked 14,200 HIV records
Singapore’s health ministry accused an American on Monday of stealing and leaking the records of 14,200 people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, before January 2013. It said Mikhy K...
Jan 28, 2019
UN rights envoy comes to Turkey to study Khashoggi killing
ISTANBUL - A U.N. human rights expert has arrived in Turkey for a weeklong visit over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard and her team of experts on ext...
Jan 28, 2019
Danes erect fence on German border to stop swine fever
COPENHAGEN - Denmark has begun erecting a 70-kilometre (43.4-mile) fence along the German border to keep out wild boars in an attempt to prevent the spread of African swine fever, which could jeopardi...
Jan 28, 2019
Alda gets emotional on acting in SAG life-achievement speech
LOS ANGELES - Alan Alda barely talked about himself or his 60-year career as he was honoured for a lifetime of acting at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, instead giving trib...
Jan 27, 2019
'Black Panther' wins top honour at SAG Awards
NEW YORK - “Black Panther” took the top award at Sunday’s 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards, giving Ryan Coogler’s superhero sensation its most significant honour yet and potenti...
Jan 27, 2019