Category Archives: CP_World

Gatlin fires coach, 'shocked' by newspaper allegations
LONDON - World 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin fired coach Dennis Mitchell following an undercover investigation reported Tuesday that appeared to show people linked to the sprinter offering to suppl...
Dec 19, 2017
Relative moving vehicle strikes, kills toddler in driveway
WELLINGTON, Ohio - Authorities say a relative moving a vehicle at an Ohio home accidentally struck and killed a toddler who had wandered into the driveway. The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office say...
Dec 19, 2017

US current account trade deficit drops 19.2 per cent in Q3
WASHINGTON - The deficit in the broadest measure of U.S. trade fell in the July-September quarter to $100.6 billion, the smallest imbalance in three years. The Commerce Department says the current acc...
Dec 19, 2017

Japan approves missile defence system amid NKorea threat
TOKYO - Japan’s Cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to purchase a set of costly land-based U.S. missile combat systems to increase the country’s defence capabilities amid escalating threats...
Dec 19, 2017

UK's newest, most expensive aircraft carrier needs repair
LONDON - The British navy’s newest and most expensive aircraft carrier needs repairs after a faulty shaft seal was identified during sea trials. Officials say the HMS Queen Elizabeth, which cost...
Dec 19, 2017

Following Trump's report, China urges US to accept its rise
BEIJING - The Chinese government on Tuesday criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to label Beijing a strategic rival and called on Washington to “abandon a Cold War mentality...
Dec 19, 2017

The Latest: NTSB: Derailed train going 80 mph in 30 mph zone
DUPONT, Wash. - The Latest on an Amtrak train derailment in Washington state (all times local): 11:52 p.m. Federal investigators say the Amtrak train that derailed south of Seattle was travelling at 8...
Dec 19, 2017
UN says there are 258 million international migrants today
An estimated 258 million people have left their birth countries and are now living in other nations - an increase of 49 per cent since 2000, says a U.N. report on international migration released Mond...
Dec 19, 2017

Meryl Streep: 'I wasn't deliberately silent' on Weinstein
LOS ANGELES - Meryl Streep says she did not know Harvey Weinstein was allegedly harassing and assaulting women when they worked together. Streep says in a statement Monday that Weinstein “needed...
Dec 19, 2017

Commuters help people out of derailed train, comfort victims
DUPONT, Wash. - Daniel Konzelman was one of thousands of commuters barrelling along a highway outside Seattle on Monday morning when the emergency response training he learned as an Eagle Scout kicked...
Dec 18, 2017