Category Archives: CP_World
Democrats: Trump using misinformation, malice in wall debate
WASHINGTON - Top congressional Democrats said President Donald Trump “has chosen fear” in his drive to build a southern border wall and called on him to reopen the government shuttered bec...
Jan 09, 2019

Australia considering resettlement for fleeing Saudi woman
BANGKOK - A Saudi woman who fled her family, alleging abuse, moved a step closer Wednesday to her goal of gaining asylum in Australia after a U.N. agency granted her refugee status. The Australian gov...
Jan 09, 2019

Rose McGowan to plead no contest to reduced drug charge
LEESBURG, Va. - A lawyer for Rose McGowan says the actress and activist will plead no contest to a reduced drug charge in Virginia and avoid jail time. Attorney Jim Hundley tells WTOP-FM that the comm...
Jan 09, 2019

Showdown looms as UK lawmakers clash over May's Brexit deal
LONDON - Britain’s government and its lawmakers clashed Wednesday, as Prime Minister Theresa May brought her little-loved Brexit deal back to Parliament, a month after postponing a vote on the a...
Jan 09, 2019

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and the disputed border crisis
WASHINGTON - In his prime-time speech to the nation, President Donald Trump declared a border crisis that’s in sharp dispute, wrongly accused Democrats of refusing to pay for border security and...
Jan 09, 2019
Facing pressure, networks fact-check Trump speech
NEW YORK - Television pundits moved swiftly to correct or challenge President Donald Trump following Tuesday’s Oval Office speech on the proposed border wall, after their networks were the targe...
Jan 09, 2019

Australia police examining packages left at consulates
SYDNEY, Australia - Several foreign diplomatic missions were evacuated in the Australian cities of Melbourne and Canberra on Wednesday after they received packages containing suspicious substances. Po...
Jan 09, 2019

Nissan unveils new Leaf car after Ghosn's arrest delays it
YOKOHAMA, Japan - Nissan is showing the beefed up version of its hit Leaf electric car as the Japanese automaker seeks to distance itself from the arrest of its star executive Carlos Ghosn. The unveil...
Jan 08, 2019

At NBRs, Hollywood's award season clashes with Trump address
NEW YORK - While Sunday’s Golden Globes were notable for their lack of political speeches, Donald Trump couldn’t be avoided at Tuesday night’s National Board of Review Awards which, ...
Jan 08, 2019

Trump pleads on TV for wall money; Dems say he 'stokes fear'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall Tuesday night in a sombre televised address that was heavy with dark immigration rhetoric but of...
Jan 08, 2019