Category Archives: CP_World
Venezuela's Maduro to throw concert rivaling Richard Branson
CARACAS, Venezuela - Refusing to back down amid a mounting battle over Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis, the government of President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday that it will hold its own huge...
Feb 19, 2019
Burglar crashes car into Oklahoma adult novelty store
TULSA, Okla. - Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, are searching for a man who crashed his car into the glass doors of an adult novelty shop, then ran inside and stole lingerie and sex toys. Police say the hei...
Feb 19, 2019
China, Iran meet amid efforts to preserve nuclear deal
BEIJING - The Iranian foreign minister’s passionate defence of his country’s interests at the Munich Security Conference has made him “a famous person” in China, his Chinese co...
Feb 19, 2019
Roger Stone apologizes to judge for Instagram post about her
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s longtime confidant Roger Stone has apologized to the judge presiding over his criminal case for an Instagram post featuring a photo of her with what appears...
Feb 19, 2019
Haitians seek water, food as businesses reopen after protest
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Businesses and government offices slowly reopened across Haiti on Monday after more than a week of violent demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding the r...
Feb 19, 2019
16 states sue Trump over emergency wall declaration
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California and 15 other states filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. California Attorney Ge...
Feb 19, 2019
Exposed Chinese database shows depth of surveillance state
BEIJING - The Chinese database Victor Gevers found online was not just a collection of old personal details. It was a compilation of real-time data on more than 2.5 million people in western China, up...
Feb 19, 2019
Australian Anglican set to be defrocked over abuse inaction
CANBERRA, Australia - An assistant bishop is set to become the most senior Anglican in Australia to be defrocked after a church committee on Tuesday found he took no action when he was told a priest h...
Feb 19, 2019
Lisa Borders steps down as head of Time's Up organization
LOS ANGELES - Lisa Borders says she has resigned as president and CEO of Time’s Up, the gender equality initiative formed last year in response to sexual misconduct allegations in Hollywood. Bor...
Feb 18, 2019
3 children among 4 found dead after west Michigan shooting
SOLON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Authorities say three children and a woman were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds at a home in western Michigan. Kent County Sheriff Michelle LaJoye-Young says authorities ...
Feb 18, 2019