Category Archives: CP_World
Iceland closes gender gap but violence against women remains
REYKJAVIK, Iceland - For nine years in a row, the World Economic Forum has ranked Iceland as having the world’s smallest gender-equality gap, and for about as long gender studies professor Gyda ...
Dec 12, 2017
Chunk of ice falls on San Bernardino home, tears roof
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - San Bernardino homeowners say a block of ice fell out of the sky, tore through their roof and landed in their bedroom. The Press-Enterprise reports Claudell Curry and Odell Marie C...
Dec 12, 2017
Police: Man posed as officer, tried to get discounted coffee
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Police in western New York have charged a man who they say impersonated a police officer in an attempt to get discounted coffee. WIVB-TV reports the man flashed a fake badge and gun at...
Dec 12, 2017
CAA to form legal defence fund for harassment victims
LOS ANGELES - The powerful Hollywood talent agency CAA is cancelling its annual pre-Golden Globe Awards party and planning to form a legal defence fund to assist workplace harassment victims across al...
Dec 12, 2017
Follow the money: investors lead charge on climate change
BERLIN - An international summit Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the Paris climate agreement has drawn world leaders, celebrities, companies and environmental groups to the French capital, a...
Dec 12, 2017
Russian Olympic Committee expects 200 to compete in SKorea
MOSCOW - Despite Russia’s ban from the upcoming Olympics, officials in the country still expect more than 200 of their athletes to compete at the Pyeongchang Games. Under International Olympic C...
Dec 12, 2017
Austria: 1 dead, 21 hurt in explosion at natural gas plant
BERLIN - An explosion Tuesday at a major natural gas facility near Austria’s border with Slovakia killed one person and left 21 others injured, and caused some gas flow disruptions to other coun...
Dec 12, 2017
Fetid attraction: London fatberg to go on museum display
LONDON - Part of a monster fatberg that clogged one of London’s sewers is destined for fame in a museum. The Museum of London says it will put the only remaining chunk of the 130-metric-ton (143...
Dec 12, 2017
Egyptian singer sentenced to 2 years over racy video
CAIRO - An Egyptian female pop singer has been convicted of promoting debauchery in a racy video clip and sentenced to two years in prison. The Cairo court also ordered Shaimaa Ahmed, better known by ...
Dec 12, 2017
Thousands of Russian private contractors fighting in Syria
MOSCOW - Before he was killed by a sniper in Syria at age 23, Ivan Slyshkin wrote a poignant message on social media to his fiancee: “We will see each other soon - and I will hold you as tight a...
Dec 12, 2017