Category Archives: CP_World
Chinese firm sues Venezuela as crisis tests ally's patience
CARACAS, Venezuela - One of China’s biggest state-run conglomerates has sued a Venezuelan counterpart in a U.S. court in a dispute over unpaid bills, a sign of Beijing’s growing impatience...
Dec 07, 2017
Paris Holocaust museum opens exhibit on married Nazi hunters
PARIS - An exhibition exploring the story of the steely married couple Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, who hunted German Nazis and their former collaborators in occupied France, is opening in Paris with ma...
Dec 07, 2017
Lego wins first China copyright case against imitators
HONG KONG - Danish toy maker Lego says it has won a major legal victory in China, where a court ruled in its favour in a copyright case against companies making knockoffs of its famous colored bricks....
Dec 07, 2017
China criticizes India over drone crash inside border
BEIJING - China’s defence ministry expressed its “dissatisfaction and opposition” Thursday over the crash of an Indian unmanned aerial vehicle inside Chinese territory, the latest in...
Dec 07, 2017
China hosts global forum featuring own take on human rights
BEIJING - Hundreds of participants attended the opening of a human rights forum in Beijing on Thursday in the latest installment of China’s energetic drive to showcase what it considers the stre...
Dec 06, 2017
UN envoy meets North Korean foreign minister
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - A senior United Nations official on a rare high-level visit to North Korea held talks with the North’s foreign minister on Thursday. Jef...
Dec 06, 2017
Bel-Air wildfire joins the siege across Southern California
LOS ANGELES - A wildfire erupted in Los Angeles’ exclusive Bel-Air section Wednesday as yet another part of Southern California found itself under siege from an outbreak of wind-whipped blazes t...
Dec 06, 2017
State fair seeks to maximize use of planned expo centre
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse could end up hosting more events year-round. The state said Wednesday that it’s seeking a private company to book events at the fairgr...
Dec 06, 2017
S. Korea human rights body urges probe of abuse of vagrants
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A South Korean commission on Thursday urged lawmakers to investigate the enslavement and mistreatment of thousands of people at a vagrants’ facility during the 1970s ...
Dec 06, 2017
Emperor Hirohito memoir bought by Japanese doctor
NEW YORK - A Japanese plastic surgeon known for his extreme political views has purchased at auction for $275,000 a memoir by Japanese Emperor Hirohito offering his recollections of World War II. The ...
Dec 06, 2017