Category Archives: CP_World
Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor dies at age 79
NEW DELHI - Shashi Kapoor, a leading Bollywood actor and producer from the 1970s and ’80s, has died after a long illness. He was 79. A family member, Randhir Kapoor, said he passed away Monday a...
Dec 04, 2017
UN voices alarm about spread of HIV in Egypt
CAIRO - The U.N. is voicing alarm over the spread of HIV in Egypt, where the number of new cases is growing by up to 40 per cent a year, and where efforts to combat the epidemic are hampered by social...
Dec 04, 2017
Hernandez lawyers want to keep daughter's lawsuit separate
BOSTON - Lawyers for the estate of late NFL star Aaron Hernandez are trying to prevent a $20 million lawsuit against the National Football League from being merged with a wider class-action suit addre...
Dec 04, 2017
Bavarian governor to step down in German power struggle
BERLIN - An often-awkward conservative ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to step down as Bavarian governor in favour of a younger rival, attempting to end a power struggle that has been an un...
Dec 04, 2017
Corsican voters favour nationalists seeking more autonomy
PARIS - Nationalists on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica have swept the first round of elections for a territorial assembly, taking nearly 45.4 per cent of the weekend vote. The single 63-se...
Dec 04, 2017
Zimbabwe's president swears in first post-Mugabe cabinet
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s president has sworn in a new cabinet that includes ruling party loyalists as well as figures in the military, whose takeover helped oust former leader Robert Mugabe...
Dec 04, 2017
Met opera suspends conductor after sex abuse accusations
New York’s Metropolitan Opera on Sunday said it was suspending its relationship with longtime conductor James Levine pending an investigation into multiple allegations of sexual misconduct again...
Dec 04, 2017
Lawmaker proposes during Australian same-sex marriage debate
CANBERRA, Australia - An Australian lawmaker giving a speech on same-sex marriage proposed to his gay partner Monday during Parliament’s debate on a bill that is expected to soon legalize marria...
Dec 04, 2017
Suspicious package delivered to German governor's office
BERLIN - German officials said Monday they have secured a suspicious package delivered to a state governor’s office and were investigating it for possible explosives. Thuringia governor Bodo Ram...
Dec 04, 2017
Into 4th week of FIFA trial, prosecutors near end of case
As the trial detailing widespread corruption in world soccer enters a fourth week, prosecutors are close to concluding their case in a Brooklyn federal courthouse. One sleepy juror was dismissed last ...
Dec 03, 2017