Category Archives: CP_World

UK PM May holds Brexit talks; opposition dubs them a 'stunt'
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May was consulting opposition parties and other lawmakers Thursday in a battle to get Brexit back on track after surviving a no-confidence vote, talks that were...
Jan 17, 2019

Germany: Love Parade trial headed for inconclusive end
BERLIN - The trial of 10 people in Germany over a deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010 appears likely to be closed without a formal verdict. Four event organizers and six...
Jan 17, 2019

Number of federal workers seeking US jobless aid doubles
WASHINGTON - The number of furloughed federal employees seeking unemployment benefits jumped in the first two weeks of the shutdown, topping 10,000 during the week of Jan. 5. The Labor Department said...
Jan 17, 2019

Spain: Technical setbacks slow search for boy in deep hole
MADRID - Spanish rescuers on the fourth day of a frantic race to reach a 2-year-old boy trapped in a borehole clung to hope of finding the toddler alive despite massive setbacks in getting to the bott...
Jan 17, 2019
Burkina Faso: Body of Canadian found days after abduction
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso - A Canadian national has been found dead a day after reports of his kidnapping by suspected jihadists in Burkina Faso’s volatile north near the Niger border, the West ...
Jan 17, 2019
Horror movie release moved from school shooting anniversary
MIAMI - A horror movie called “Happy Death Day 2U” is getting a new release date following complaints its original release date coincided with the Florida school shooting anniversary. Univ...
Jan 17, 2019

Chicago inspectors find code violations at R. Kelly's studio
Chicago building inspectors have found code violations at R. Kelly’s recording studio, including evidence the industrial space was used as a residence. Building Department spokesman Gregg Cunnin...
Jan 17, 2019

Saudi women runaways rebel against system of male control
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Another Saudi woman has turned to social media for protection from her father, just days after Canada granted refuge to Rahaf al-Qunun, the 18-year-old Saudi who fled her...
Jan 17, 2019

Metallica, Miley Cyrus perform at Chris Cornell tribute
LOS ANGELES - Many from Metallica and the Foo Fighters rocked on with electrifying performances as family members gave heartfelt speeches in memory of the late Chris Cornell. Cornell’s wife, Vic...
Jan 17, 2019

Iran newspapers, minister criticize US arrest of newscaster
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran kept up its criticism Thursday of the FBI’s apparent arrest of an American anchorwoman from Iran’s state-run English-language TV channel, with its foreig...
Jan 17, 2019