World-News.ppt

《World-News.ppt》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《World-News.ppt（9页珍藏版）》请在淘文阁 - 分享文档赚钱的网站上搜索。

1、5 dead, dozens injured in southwest China 5 dead, dozens injured in southwest China quakequakeCHENGDU, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) - Five people were killed and 54 others injured after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit a heavily Tibetan region of southwest Chinas Sichuan Province on Saturday.The quake struck at 4

2、:55 p.m. Saturday, with the epicenter measured at the Tagong Prairie, Kangding County, in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.A total of 25,000 houses were damaged, affecting about 79,500 people and forcing 6,200 to relocate, according to the

3、 Garze prefecture government.CHINA NEWSUSA NEWSUSA NEWSObama urges calm after Ferguson decisionUS President Barack Obama pauses while making a statement in the wake of the decision by a Missouri grand jury not to charge a white police officer in the August fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Mi

4、chael Brown in Ferguson, at the White House in Washington, Nov 24, 2014. Photo/AgenciesNew ZealandNew Zealand News NewsTraditional Maori welcome greets dignitariesPresident Xi Jinping receives a traditional Maori greeting from Maori tribal elder Lewis Moeau during his state welcoming ceremony at Gov

5、ernment House in Wellington, New Zealand, Nov 20, 2014.A powhiri is a traditional Maori welcome ceremony involving speeches, dancing, singing and finally the hongi. It is considered the most prestigious welcome for special visitors to New Zealand.It begins with the ceremonial challenge called the we

6、ro, an ancient tradition used to determine whether visitors visit in peace or with hostile intent.Japan Japan NewsNewsSino-Japan ties at crossroadsZhao Qizheng (right), former minister of the State Council Information Office, meets Yasuo Fukuda, former Japanese prime minister, during the 10th Beijin

7、g-Tokyo Forum in Tokyo on Sunday. Zhao has taken part in all 10 forums. Relationship continues to be beset by historical and territorial disputesThe relationship between China and Japan is at a crossroads, and Japans attitude and approach to dealing with the history of its militarist aggression can

8、sway where the ties will head, a senior Chinese official said on Sunday at a bilateral forum.Cai Mingzhao, minister of the State Council Information Office, said Sino-Japan diplomatic relations which have survived 42 years of fluctuations since being normalized in the years following World War II ar

9、e supposed to be rational and mature, just like people are believed to be when in their 40s.RussiaRussia News NewsRussia announces establishment of new Arctic military commandMOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin announced Monday that Russia has created a new strategic military command to cover all oper

10、ations in the Arctic and the new establishment will start business on Dec 1, according to the Kremlin press service. Putin made the announcement at a meeting with top military officials of Russia. Starting Dec. 1, a new strategic command will start operations in the Arctic zone at the Northern Fleet

11、s military base, said Putin. The military command will exercise leadership over all armed forces of Russia in the Arctic so as to improve structure of the military there, said the Kremlin press serviceRussian President Vladimir Putin (C) chairs a meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi, November 24, 2014.People visit Christmas market in BerlinPeople visit the Christmas market at Gendarmenmarkt square in Berlin November 24, 2014.Germany NewsThat is all.That is all. Thank you!Thank you!