Although visitors are warned to stand out from Christchurch, New Zealand following 7.1 this weekend’s earthquake, the city’s airport has reopened and tourism elsewhere on the South Island – famous for picturesque fjords and adrenaline fueled sports scene in Queenstown – remains largely unchanged. According to an update of Board of Tourism New Zealand, the [...]

If a fire warms their camp, the feeling of ice between Cristina Nunez Macias and her mother-in-law is as palpable as the Atacama desert cold. The two women are there to support the same man, 34, Claudio Yanez, one of the 33 trapped miners in northern Chile. But they hardly recognize each other, Thank you [...]

Mount Sinabung in northern Sumatra erupted last Sunday, but the explosion on Friday morning was the most powerful yet. The AFP reports that the eruption lasted 13 minutes, sending a column of ash as high as 3,000 meters in the air. Government volcanologist Agus Budianto said the news agency that there had been “intense magma [...]

Hurricane Earl was weakened and may not even be a hurricane anymore when it comes off the Massachusetts coast later tonight, according to the latest projections, but state and local authorities said they were continuing to prepare for a strong storm. “The good news about Count is that he has ceased to decline, perhaps even [...]

During a keynote address at WWDC today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the next revision of the company’s iconic iPhone hardware. Dubbed “iPhone 4,” Jobs called the new iPhone model “the biggest leap since the original iPhone.” He said that the new device has over 100 new features, but he detailed just eight of them [...]