Category Archives: CP_World

China drafts rules on biotech after gene-editing scandal
BEIJING - China has unveiled draft regulations on gene editing and other potentially risky biomedical technologies after a Chinese scientist’s claim of helping to create gene-edited babies roile...
Feb 27, 2019

Billionaire list shows $1T hit from '18 market meltdown
BANGKOK - A rich list by wealth compiler Hurun Report shows the market meltdowns in 2018 obliterated $1 trillion in wealth, with more than 212 of China’s richest individuals losing their dollar ...
Feb 26, 2019

Cohen prepared testimony: Trump is 'racist,' 'liar,' 'cheat'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer is preparing to tell a House committee Wednesday that Trump knew ahead of time that WikiLeaks had emails damaging to his rival Hillar...
Feb 26, 2019

R. Kelly insiders may have helped R&B star with sexual abuse
CHICAGO - R. Kelly’s confidants may have helped the R&B star target underage girls for sexual abuse. That’s according to an attorney for two of Kelly’s accusers. Chicago prosecut...
Feb 26, 2019

Fiat Chrysler: $4.5B plan would add 6,500 Detroit-area jobs
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler on Tuesday announced a $4.5 billion plan that includes building the first new auto assembly plant in Detroit in almost three decades and increasing its workforce in the area by...
Feb 26, 2019

Tensions escalate as Indian airstrike hits inside Pakistan
BALAKOT, Pakistan - Tensions escalated sharply on the Asian subcontinent Tuesday with nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India trading accusations and warnings after a pre-dawn airstrike by India t...
Feb 26, 2019

United Methodist delegates reject recognizing gay marriage
ST. LOUIS - The United Methodist Church, America’s second-largest Protestant denomination, faces a likely surge in defections and acts of defiance after delegates at a crucial conference voted T...
Feb 26, 2019

Mirroring grandfather, Kim rides the rails to Trump summit
HANOI, Vietnam - For his second summit with President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opted to go retro - riding the rails like his grandfather decades before. Kim’s decision to ta...
Feb 26, 2019
Sheriff: Man killed, shot at police for more than 30 minutes
HUGER, S.C. - A man fired on police for more than 30 minutes in South Carolina, using a handgun, rifle and shotgun while running from hiding spot to hiding spot before he was shot and killed by office...
Feb 26, 2019

Wynn Resorts fined $20 million over sex allegations
LAS VEGAS - Casino mogul Steve Wynn’s former company was fined a record $20 million by Nevada gambling regulators on Tuesday for failing to investigate claims of sexual misconduct made against h...
Feb 26, 2019