Category Archives: CP_World
KHL undecided on allowing players to go to the Olympics
MOSCOW - The president of the Kontinental Hockey League says he is waiting to find out how many Russians will be banned from the Pyeongchang Olympics before deciding if he will allow his players to co...
Dec 13, 2017

Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Abdellatif Nasser got what he thought was the best news possible in the summer of 2016: One of his lawyers called him at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre and told ...
Dec 13, 2017

Global companies snared in South Africa's corruption scandal
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s biggest corruption case since the end of apartheid has entangled not only the president and ruling party but also some major international companies, including U.S....
Dec 13, 2017

Meghan Markle to join royal family for Christmas
LONDON - Prince Harry’s fiancee is set to join Britain’s royal family for Christmas. Kensington Palace says Meghan Markle will join Queen Elizabeth II and other senior royals at Sandringha...
Dec 13, 2017
UK theatre axes play with abuse theme amid misconduct crisis
LONDON - With allegations of sexual misconduct shaking Britain’s entertainment industry, London’s Royal Court Theatre has cancelled a production that features “themes of grooming and...
Dec 13, 2017

China marks Nanking Massacre's 80th anniversary
NANJING, China - Chinese officials struck a tempered tone on the 80th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre on Wednesday, saying China would “look forward” and deepen friendship with its nei...
Dec 13, 2017
NTSB El Faro probe highlights maritime safety issues
While fateful decisions made by the captain of the doomed freighter El Faro were instrumental in the ship’s sinking, federal investigators spread plenty of blame around and highlighted multiple ...
Dec 13, 2017

New political frustrations aired in Tea Party re-enactment
BOSTON - Americans are venting their frustrations with the current political climate by chucking tea into Boston Harbor. Sound familiar? The Boston Tea Party Museum has been encouraging Americans to s...
Dec 13, 2017

3 things to watch for from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday
WASHINGTON - On the day when Janet Yellen will hold her final news conference as Federal Reserve chair, the Fed has left little doubt what it plans to do Wednesday: Raise its benchmark interest rate f...
Dec 13, 2017

Gasoline prices lift US consumer inflation 0.4 per cent
WASHINGTON - Surging gasoline prices pulled U.S. consumer inflation up 0.4 per cent in November. The Labor Department said Wednesday that prices at the pump increased a sharp 7.3 per cent after fallin...
Dec 13, 2017