Category Archives: CP_World
US says Sudan cutting trade, military ties to North Korea
WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday that Sudan will cut all military and trade ties to North Korea, a move that would be a significant victory in the Trump administration’s efforts to i...
Nov 17, 2017
Congress debates oil drilling in largest US wildlife refuge
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sometime next April, pregnant cows in the Porcupine Caribou Herd in Canada will take the lead in an annual migration of nearly 200,000 animals north to Alaska. From winter grounds ...
Nov 17, 2017
Jerusalem cemetery goes deep underground with tunnel burials
JERUSALEM - A beehive-like structure built deep underground in Jerusalem is providing an innovative solution for the holy city’s chronic shortage of burial space for the dead. Tunnels stretching...
Nov 17, 2017
In Minnesota, Franken feels heat - but no broad call to quit
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Sen. Al Franken faces a certain ethics complaint in Congress but uncertainty among party leaders and voters in his home state - most stopping short of calling for his resig...
Nov 17, 2017
Lebanon Prime Minister Hariri's future on uncertain path
BEIRUT - Saad Hariri has seen a lot in his 47 years. His father, Lebanon’s charismatic leader and influential businessman Rafik Hariri, was assassinated in a 2005 bombing that rocked the country...
Nov 17, 2017
Pinera likely to win Chile elections, but runoff expected
SANTIAGO, Chile - Four years after leaving office as a deeply unpopular leader, Sebastian Pinera is a strong favourite to win Sunday’s presidential election in Chile, though he’s unlikely ...
Nov 17, 2017
Federal "extreme vetting" plan castigated by tech experts
Leading researchers castigated a federal plan that would use artificial intelligence methods to scrutinize immigrants and visa applicants, saying it is unworkable as written and likely to be “in...
Nov 17, 2017
US health agency to crack down on risky stem cell offerings
WASHINGTON - U.S. health authorities announced plans Thursday to crack down on doctors pushing stem cell procedures that pose the gravest risks to patients amid an effort to police a burgeoning medica...
Nov 17, 2017
Yoko Ono's Basquiat painting sells for nearly $11 million
NEW YORK - A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL’ BAH’-skee-aht) from the collection of Yoko Ono has sold for $10.9 million. Sotheby’s says the work, titled “Cabr...
Nov 17, 2017
Meryl Streep says violent experiences changed her profoundly
NEW YORK - Meryl Streep says the two times in her life she dealt with violence were so profound it changed her “on a cellular level.” Streep made the remarks Wednesday at the Committee to ...
Nov 17, 2017