Category Archives: CP_World
Massive Eataly World theme park opening in Italy
BOLOGNA, Italy - The man behind the Eataly food empire is opening a massive attraction - part permanent trade fair, part agro-food theme park - that aims to create a showcase for excellence in Italian...
Nov 10, 2017
US Air Force official: Missile targeting Saudis was Iranian
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran manufactured the ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Shiite rebels toward the Saudi capital and remnants of it bore “Iranian markings,” the top U.S....
Nov 10, 2017
After IS collapse, Syria government faces US-backed Kurds
BEIRUT - With the fall of the Islamic State group’s last significant stronghold in Syria, Iranian and Russian-backed Syrian troops now turn to face off with their main rival, the U.S.-backed for...
Nov 10, 2017
Flybe plane makes emergency landing at Belfast airport
LONDON - A Flybe plane carrying more than 50 people has made an emergency landing without its nose gear at Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland. The Bombardier Q-400 took off from Belfast...
Nov 10, 2017
AP Interview: UNESCO chief says US "empty chair" can't last
PARIS - New UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay has rebuked the U.S. for its decision to withdraw from the U.N. cultural body for alleged anti-Israel bias and says America is “affected by everythingR...
Nov 10, 2017
Trained hawks scare off smaller birds, draw stares in LA
LOS ANGELES - A hawk named Riley soars between high-rises in downtown Los Angeles. Smaller birds take notice. And take flight. Riley lands on a branch, surveys the concrete jungle below and swoops dow...
Nov 10, 2017
Senate GOP proposes to delay major corporate tax cut a year
WASHINGTON - Sweeping tax legislation from Senate Republicans includes a one-year delay in plans for a major corporate tax cut despite strident opposition from the White House and others in their own ...
Nov 10, 2017
Different laws and databases affect gun background checks
Devin Kelley, who carried out the massacre at a Texas church, was able to buy four guns even though he had been convicted in the Air Force of domestic violence. Yet he was denied a Texas permit to car...
Nov 10, 2017
AP Analysis: No end to war in sight as life worsens in Yemen
CAIRO - As Saudi Arabia tightens the screws on its weak southern neighbour, the war it launched in Yemen over two years ago appears more intractable than ever, with nothing but further suffering in si...
Nov 10, 2017
Top Catalan lawmaker makes bail, cleared to get out of jail
MADRID - A top Catalan lawmaker who spent the night in a Madrid prison as part of a wide-ranging rebellion investigation stemming from the Spanish region’s declaration of independence was cleare...
Nov 10, 2017