Category Archives: CP_World
Feds share watchlist with 1,400 private groups
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The federal government has acknowledged that it shares its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities, prompting concerns from ...
Feb 20, 2019

Kim or Trump? Hanoi barber offers leaders' hairdos for free
HANOI, Vietnam - At a barbershop tucked away in a Hanoi alley, Le Phuc Hai patiently waits for the dye to turn his black hair the orange shade of President Donald Trump’s locks. On a chair next ...
Feb 20, 2019

US steps up winter-warfare training as global threat shifts
MARINE MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, Calif. - Hunkered down behind a wall of snow, two U.S. Marines melt slush to make drinking water after spending the night digging out a defensive position high...
Feb 20, 2019

Putin sternly warns US against putting missiles in Europe
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin sternly warned the United States against deploying new missiles in Europe, saying Wednesday that Russia will retaliate by fielding new weapons that will take ...
Feb 20, 2019
Faeroes to close for tourists due to maintenance
COPENHAGEN - The Faeroe Islands, an 18-island archipelago midway between Iceland and Scotland, is closing for tourists for a weekend in April - unless they want to help locals keep the rocky isles cle...
Feb 20, 2019
China backs Tanzania prison sentence for 'ivory queen'
BEIJING - China said Wednesday it backs Tanzania’s sentencing of a Chinese woman labeled the “ivory queen” to 15 years in jail for smuggling elephant tusks, and reaffirmed its opposi...
Feb 20, 2019

In Nigeria, film stars deploy to plead for election peace
KANO, Nigeria - As emergencies go, it has a catchy tune. Faced with a Nigerian election that could spiral into violence, some in the popular film industry known as Kannywood gathered this week to shoo...
Feb 20, 2019

Artist probes Russia's toxic legacy through family history
MOSCOW - Pavel Otdelnov recalls how as a child he saw his mother boil his parents’ bedding every day. His father worked in the factories of Dzerzhinsk, the centre of Soviet chemical manufacturin...
Feb 20, 2019

Police dismiss tip Smollett, 2 brothers together in elevator
Chicago police investigated but dismissed a tip that on the night “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett reported being attacked by two masked men he was in an elevator of his apartment building w...
Feb 19, 2019

Trump wants California to pay back billions for bullet train
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Trump administration said Tuesday that it plans to cancel $929 million awarded to California’s high-speed rail project and wants the state to return an additional $2.5 b...
Feb 19, 2019