Category Archives: CP_World
Malaysia says it won't host any more events involving Israel
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia - Malaysia’s foreign minister said Wednesday that the government will not budge over a ban on Israeli athletes in a para swimming competition and has decided that the country...
Jan 16, 2019
Report: Turkey seeks warrant for NBA player Enes Kanter
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish prosecutors are seeking an international arrest warrant for New York Knicks player Enes Kanter, accusing him of membership in a terror organization. Sabah newspaper says the I...
Jan 16, 2019
Spain: DNA sample confirms 2-year-old fell into borehole
MADRID - Spanish rescuers working against the clock to find a 2-year-old boy who’s been missing for three days say they have found DNA samples of the boy confirming his parents’ account th...
Jan 16, 2019
Jason Reitman to direct Ghostbusters sequel for summer 2020
LOS ANGELES - Ivan Reitman is passing the Ghostbusters torch to his son. Four-time Oscar nominee Jason Reitman is set to direct a new installment in the Ghostbusters series for Sony Pictures set to co...
Jan 16, 2019
EU leaders plead with UK to get its act together on Brexit
STRASBOURG, France - European Union leaders were pleading Wednesday with the U.K. to finally get its act together on Brexit, end internal strife and come up with a realistic plan to leave the bloc - w...
Jan 16, 2019
US assessment raises concerns over China attacking Taiwan
WASHINGTON - Amid increasing tensions with Beijing, the Pentagon has released a new report that lays out U.S. concerns about China’s growing military might, underscoring worries about a possible...
Jan 16, 2019
2 Cambodian opposition politicians get bans dropped
PHNON PENH, Cambodia - A veteran Cambodian politician and his son on Wednesday became the first among 118 opposition members banned from politics for five years to have the restriction lifted. Kong Ko...
Jan 16, 2019
Giant rotating ice disk draws attention, visitors
WESTBROOK, Maine - Think of it as a crop circle, but in a river. A curious formation that’s getting attention in Greater Portland is actually a spinning ice disk that is roughly 100 yards (91 me...
Jan 16, 2019
US weighs new ways to detect and track enemy missiles
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is considering ways to expand U.S. homeland and overseas defences against a potential missile attack, possibly adding a layer of satellites in space to detect and...
Jan 16, 2019
Huawei founder says company would not share user secrets
SHENZHEN, China - The founder of China’s Huawei, the world’s biggest supplier of network gear to phone and internet companies, says his company would not share secrets about its customers ...
Jan 16, 2019