Category Archives: CP_World

WASHINGTON - House Democrats are sweeping into power this week on a campaign promise of improving government for ordinary Americans. But first, they’ll have to get government reopened from the p...

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping, declaring that independence is not an option for Taiwan, urged both sides to reach an early consensus on unification and not leave the issue for future generati...

BERLIN - A German man who repeatedly drove into crowds and injured eight people in apparent intentional attacks against foreigners has been ordered kept in detention pending possible charges, police s...

HONOLULU - Good Samaritans on nearby merchant vessels rescued 16 members of the crew of a Panamanian car carrier heading from Japan to Hawaii that caught fire in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guar...

HENDERSON, Nev. - Security guards shot and killed an armed man in a casino-resort Sunday in suburban Las Vegas during a confrontation, police said. The man, whose name was not released, was walking th...

MELBOURNE, Fla. - Officials say a 2-year-old girl has been injured after falling into the rhinoceros exhibit at a Florida zoo. Brevard County Fire Rescue officials said the girl was taken to an Orland...

TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito waved on Wednesday to throngs of well-wishers eager to see his final New Year’s appearance before abdicating in several months. “I am truly happy to celebr...

LAUREL, Md. - NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft pulled off the most distant exploration of another world Tuesday, skimming past a tiny, icy object 4 billion miles from Earth that looks to be shaped...

MEXICO CITY - The governor of Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca is condemning the slaying of a local mayor shortly after he took office. Gov. Alejandro Murat confirmed the killing of Tlaxiaco Ma...

MOSCOW - Labouring through sub-freezing temperatures, Russian rescue workers were digging into a sprawling heap of jagged rubble from a collapsed apartment building when one heard the faintest sound. ...