Category Archives: CP_World
After Mugabe, Africa's other longtime leaders feel a chill
KAMPALA, Uganda - After the stunning fall of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, attention has turned to other longtime African leaders accused of trying to extend their rule. Ugandan President Yoweri Mus...
Nov 28, 2017
Beijing evicts Chinese migrants in droves, prompting outcry
BEIJING - Zhou Xinci left her hometown in China’s struggling rust belt four years ago for Beijing with little more than the clothes on her back and a dream to one day save enough money to buy a ...
Nov 28, 2017
China sentences Taiwan activist to 5 years for subversion
BEIJING - China sentenced a Taiwanese activist to five years in prison Tuesday for holding online political lectures and helping the families of jailed dissidents in a conviction demonstrating how Bei...
Nov 28, 2017
Trump renewing his complaint about kneeling NFL players
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is renewing his complaints about NFL players who kneel during the national anthem. Players have been kneeling to protest racism and police brutality, particularly t...
Nov 28, 2017
2 battle for control over US consumer watchdog
WASHINGTON - The battle between two supposed directors of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is making for compelling optics but only seems to be delaying a tidal shift at the powerful consumer ...
Nov 28, 2017
Worst US nightclub fire influences safety codes, burn care
BOSTON - In the blink of an eye the Cocoanut Grove - one of Boston’s swankiest nightclubs - became an unimaginable inferno, trapping hundreds of panicked victims as they jammed the club’s ...
Nov 28, 2017
Meghan Markle has advocated for women since the age of 11
Meghan Markle became an advocate for women when she was an 11-year-old elementary school student, and achieving gender equality remains a driving force for the fiance of Britain’s Prince Harry a...
Nov 28, 2017
Alberta ranks 33rd in 2017 Global Petroleum Survey
Alberta is the second least attractive Canadian province for global oil and gas investment according to the Fraser Institute's 2017 Global Petroleum Survey. Newfoundland and Labrador came out as the t...
Nov 28, 2017
Jay-Z leads Grammy noms with 8 as rap, R&B take centre stage
NEW YORK - Jay-Z is the leader of the 2018 Grammy Award nominations in a year where the top four categories are heavily dominated by rap and R&B artists, giving the often overlooked genres a stron...
Nov 28, 2017
The Latest: Tourists look for flight info or enjoy Bali stay
KARANGASEM, Indonesia - The Latest on a rumbling volcano on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali (all times local): 11:40 a.m. Thousands of tourists remain stuck on Indonesia’s island of Bali a...
Nov 27, 2017