Tag: the buzz
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China’s coast guard to ramp up patrols near Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago after two fishermen die
China is stepping up patrols in the waters off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, days after two of its fishermen drowned while being chased by the Taiwanese ... -
Microsoft says US rivals are beginning to use generative AI in offensive cyber ops
Microsoft said that U.S. adversaries — chiefly Iran and North Korea and to a lesser extent Russia and China — are beginning to use its generative ... -
Germany sells shares in postal company for $2.3 billion to improve finance railway
Germany’s state-owned development bank has sold shares in the company that owns the national postal service for about 2.17 billion euros ($2.3 billion), reducing the government’s ... -
US porn actor who advocates for Palestinians visits Iran on trip unacknowledged by Tehran
An American porn actor who has advocated for Palestinians online during Israel’s war on Hamas traveled to Iran and visited the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which was ... -
Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members
State-backed Russian hackers broke into Microsoft’s corporate email system and accessed the accounts of members of the company’s leadership team, as well as those of employees ... -
Secret US spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law
A secret memo obtained by The Associated Press details a yearslong covert operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that sent undercover operatives into Venezuela to ... -
Secret US spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law
A secret memo obtained by The Associated Press details a yearslong covert operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that sent undercover operatives into Venezuela to ... -
Déjà vu? Electoral bans, arrests, attacks, threats again part of Venezuelan presidential race
Déjà vu? Feels like it. Assassination plots, arrest warrants for journalists and human rights defenders, attacks against adversaries – from the belittling kind to the judicial ... -
Global anti-corruption efforts are faltering, partly due to a ‘decline’ in justice: survey
Efforts to fight public sector corruption are faltering around the world, in part because a “global decline in justice and the rule of law since 2016,” ... -
China protests interrogations and deportations of its students at US entry points
The Chinese government has protested to the United States over the treatment of Chinese arriving to study in America, saying some have been interrogated for hours, ... -
‘Doomsday Clock’ signals existential threats of nuclear war, climate disasters and AI
Earth, for the second year running, is nearing apocalypse, a science-oriented advocacy group said, pointing to its famous “Doomsday Clock” that shows 90 seconds till midnight. ... -
West presses China as UN reviews its rights record, Beijing says it protects human rights
Western countries used a U.N.-backed review of China’s human rights record yesterday to press Beijing to do more to allow freedom of expression, protect the rights ... -
6-legged spaniel undergoes surgery and adjusts to life on 4 paws
A spaniel born with six legs that was found abandoned in a supermarket parking lot is now like other dogs after having her extra limbs surgically ... -
China, Philippines agree to lower tensions on South China Sea confrontations
China and the Philippines said they have agreed to work on lowering tensions after a year of public and tense confrontations in the South China Sea ... -
Guinness World Records suspends ‘oldest dog ever’ title for Portuguese canine
Guinness World Records says it has suspended the title of oldest dog ever that was held by a Portuguese dog that died last year. The publication ... -
Trump leads GOP rightward march and other takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
Donald Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since the day he announced he would make another run for the White House 14 months ago. ... -
Men who were allegedly abused by a Japanese boy band producer criticize company’s response
Members of a group of men who say they were sexually abused as boys by a Japanese entertainment mogul are accusing the company behind the scandal, ... -
Blinken seeks more aid for Gaza as hostage talks restart in Egypt
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday to seek governance reforms, part of a plan to rally the region behind a ... -
Spain probes contamination of Atlantic shore by countless plastic pellets spilled from ship
Spanish state prosecutors have opened an investigation of countless tiny plastic pellets washing up on the country’s northwest coastline after they were spilled from a transport ... -
Epstein: Prince Andrew named in newly released court files
Prince Andrew is among high-profile figures named in newly released US court documents detailing connections of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, BBC has reported. A judge ordered ... -
Investigators focus on air traffic communication after a fatal Tokyo runway crash
A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger ... -
Xi says China will ‘surely be reunified’ with Taiwan in New Year’s address
Chinese President Xi Jinping said China would “surely be reunified” with Taiwan during his televised New Year’s address. “China will surely be reunified, and all Chinese ... -
Shakira’s hometown unveils a giant statue of the beloved Colombian pop star
Pop star Shakira was immortalized in her Colombian hometown of Barranquilla, where officials unveiled a giant bronze statue of the music diva known around the world ... -
Coal mine cart runs off the tracks in northeastern China, killing 12 workers
An accident in a coal mine in China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province left 12 people dead and 13 injured, state broadcaster CCTV reported yesterday. The coal workers ... -
Original AC/DC drummer Colin Burgess dies at 77. The Australian helped form the group in 1973
Australian drummer Colin Burgess, an original member of the hard rock band AC/DC in the early 1970s, has died, the band confirmed on its social media ... -
Son of jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai lobbies UK foreign secretary for his release
The son of jailed Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai met with Britain’s foreign secretary to lobby for the U.K.’s help in securing ... -
Poland’s newly elected PM Tusk presents his government and is to face a confidence vote
New Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his government will mobilize to keep the world committed to helping Ukraine. Tusk said it hurts him to hear ... -
Snow blankets northern China, closing roads and schools, suspending train service
Overnight snowfall across much of northern China prompted road closures and the suspension of classes and train service yesterday. A red alert for a blizzard was ... -
Ukraine says any Russian presidential voting in its occupied regions would be ‘null and void’
Ukraine on Saturday condemned Russia’s intention to organize presidential election voting in occupied Ukrainian territory next year. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said any such balloting held ... -
Oxford University Press has named ‘rizz’ as its word of the year
Oxford University Press has named “rizz” as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone’s ability ... -
US is out of money, nearly out of time to avoid ‘kneecap’ to Ukraine
The Biden administration yesterday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, ... -
Israel widens evacuation orders as it shifts its offensive to southern Gaza
Israel’s military yesterday ordered more areas in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifted its offensive to the southern half ... -
China factory activity contracts for second straight month despite stimulus
An official survey of Chinese manufacturers shows that factory activity contracted for a second straight month in November, an indicator of weak demand despite various stimulus ... -
What’s Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2023? Hint: Be true to yourself
In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.” Authentic cuisine. ... -
WHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters
The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of ...
