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Society
Earthquake Hits Mountain Village Of Guatemala, Inflicting Heavy Damage
Residents walk among rubble after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012. The mountain village, some 80 miles (130 kilometers) from the epicenter, suffered much of the damage with some 30 homes collapsing in its center. There are three confirmed dead and many missing…
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Society
Shopping Center Building Collapses In Accra, Ghana, Killing Four People
Rescuers work at the site of a shopping building collapse in Accra, Ghana, on Nov. 7, 2012. At least four people died following the collapse of a four-storeyed building which houses Melcom Shopping Center in Accra on Wednesday morning, officials of the Ghana Police Service confirmed to Xinhua. <Xinhua/Sabina Wusu>…
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Politics
First Couple, Vice Presidential Couple Acknowledge Crowd In Chicago After Winning Reelection
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden acknowledge the crowd at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. President Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. <AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster> U.S. President Barack Obama gives a victory speech at…
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East Asia
Cautious approach to wind energy
The capital is awash with advertisements promoting wind energy featuring predictable idyllic depictions of rolling green hills, trees and sunshine. Certainly wind power may have an important part to play in the fight against climate change but what developers never mention are its adverse environmental impacts. In the Republic of…
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East Asia
Presidential politics in Korea vs. US
It is only once every 20 years that the Korean and U.S. presidential elections coincide, so the recent campaigns have provided an excellent opportunity to compare how the political systems work in the two countries. The striking impression is that the state of democracy may be in better shape in…
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IT-Science
Apple’s move to cut Samsung reliance likely to backfire
Apple’s move to reduce its reliance on Samsung will do more harm than good to the U.S. electronics giant as it is likely to encounter problems with quality parts supply, according to market analysts. Amid the deepening global patent dispute with Samsung, Apple has sped up efforts to lower its…
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Society
U.S. Presidential Candidate Obama Casts His Vote At Community Center In Chicago
President Barack Obama, second from the left, casts his vote, during early voting, in the 2012 election at the Martin Luther King Community Center, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in Chicago. <AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais> Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and wife Ann Romney vote in Belmont, Mass.,…
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Politics
Obama Wins U.S. Presidential Election
Photo taken on Oct. 5, 2012 shows that U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a campaign rally in Fairfax, Virginia, the United States. Barack Obama wins U.S. presidential elections. <Xinhua/Fang Zhe>
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East Asia
Samsung-Apple competition comes down to supply chains
Samsung Electronics and Apple are locked in a bitter fight for supremacy in the exploding smartphone and tablet market. But the fight is about more than just introducing cooler touch-screen gadgets and could be determined by innovations in supply chain management, according to a senior official at technology industry researcher…
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Society
G20 Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors Meeting Opens In Mexico City
(From L to R) Jose Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the Organization for the Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Jose Antonio Meade Kuribrena, Mexico’s Finance Minister, Jim Yong Kim, presidente of the World Bank, pose for a photo during the event titled “Increasing financial resilience through Disaster Risk Management” within the…
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