Category Archives: CP_World

NEW YORK - Shoppers were out before dawn in the U.S. for fun and for deals, as retailers that have had a tough year were hoping to bring customers to their stores and websites for Black Friday, one of...

LONDON - A major London bookmaker has suspended betting on whether Prince Harry will marry American actress Meghan Markle in 2018 amid rumours an engagement may be announced soon. Jessica Bridge of La...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The head of the international chemical weapons watchdog said Friday that Russia’s veto of United Nations Security Council resolutions to extend the mandate of an investi...

TOKYO - Japan expressed strong regret Friday over San Francisco’s decision to give city property status to a statue commemorating Asian women who worked in military brothels for Japanese troops ...

BERLIN - Workers at a half dozen Amazon distribution centres in Germany and one in Italy walked off the job Friday, in a protest timed to coincide with “Black Friday” to demand better wage...

LAHORE, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities acting on a court order released a U.S.-wanted militant Friday who allegedly founded a banned group linked to the 2008 Mumbai, India attack that killed 168 peo...

SOMERSET WEST, South Africa - Oscar Pistorius’ prison sentence was more than doubled to 13 years and five months on Friday, a surprisingly dramatic intervention by South Africa’s Supreme C...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A University of Louisville graduate student has been named a George J. Mitchell scholar. The school says in a statement that music student James May is one of 12 students across the ...

CHANDLER, Ariz. - A dog wouldn’t come out after chasing a cat into a tunnel dug by a giant tortoise in the back yard of a home in a Phoenix suburb, so homeowner Toby Passmore called for help. Ch...

RENO, Nev. - Lindsay Weiss once lost her cellphone and got it back, so she and a friend knew what they had to do when they discovered a camera under a pew during a festival in the Nevada desert –...