All posts tagged "US"

  • A car is submerged in floodwaters in Florence, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015 after steady rain left many roads impassable, while flooding continues in many parts of the state. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
    11 dead as Hurricane Joaquin brings ‘historic’ flooding to US

    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Another day of heavy rain drenched an already inundated South Carolina on Monday as rescue teams went door-to-door to check on people in swamped neighborhoods and authorities surveyed a statewide road system torn...

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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    Samsung’s SUHD TV gets top mark in US consumer review

    SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) — A new television set made by South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has received the best evaluation among competitors from a U.S. consumer magazine, the publication showed Monday. Samsung’s 65-inch Super...

    • Posted October 5, 2015
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    US, S. Korea, Japan warn N. Korea against provocations

    NEW YORK (AP) — The United States, Japan and South Korea are warning North Korea against any provocative acts at the upcoming 70th anniversary of the country’s ruling party. Secretary of State John Kerry and the Japanese...

    • Posted September 29, 2015
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  • A model stands with a Samsung UHD television.(Yonhap)
    US adopts Samsung’s video technology as new standard

    By Yoon Sung-won Samsung Electronics, South Korea ‘s leading electronics manufacturer, says its video transmission technologies have been chosen as the new broadcasting standard in the United States. The company said Tuesday the technologies ― low density...

    • Posted September 29, 2015
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    Pope Francis greeted by Ban Ki-moon before UN Assembly

    NEW YORK (AP) — In a day of both forceful words and eloquent silence, Pope Francis stood before the United Nations on Friday to decry the destruction of the environment through the “selfish and boundless thirst” for...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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  • House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, leaves a meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. In a stunning move, Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, giving up his top leadership post and his seat in the House in the face of hardline conservative opposition. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    Speaker Boehner stuns US Congress, announces resignation

    WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress in turmoil, House Speaker John Boehner suddenly informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign at the end of October, stepping aside in the face of hardline conservative opposition that threatens...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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    Samsung sets up new Silicon Valley office in US

    SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) — South Korean tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has completed the construction of a new office building for its component unit in Silicon Valley in the United States. The world’s...

    • Posted September 25, 2015
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