Tag: the buzz
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Popular China-linked store stirs debate amid Kenya inflation
Hundreds of Kenyan traders protested yesterday in the capital, Nairobi, over a popular new Chinese-affiliated shop selling goods they say undercut their businesses. But some people ... -
New China US committee debuts with eye on major policy shifts
A special House committee dedicated to countering China will make its debut today, the opening act in what lawmakers hope will be a robust effort to ... -
US sanctions Mexican drug precursor suppliers
The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Wednesday on six members of a Mexican ring accused of supplying massive amounts of precursor chemical used to make deadly ... -
G-20 finance chiefs to tackle global economic threats
Top financial leaders from the Group of 20 leading economies are gathering in the south Indian technology hub of Bengaluru this week to tackle myriad challenges ... -
Record 6,542 guns intercepted at US airport security in 2022
The woman flying out of Philadelphia’s airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. But what was more important ... -
China’s top diplomat starts weeklong Europe tour in Paris
China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met with French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday at the start of his trip to Europe, amid renewed tensions between China and ... -
Ford to cut 3,800 jobs in Europe, mostly in Germany, UK
Ford said yesterday that it will cut 3,800 jobs in Europe over the next three years in an effort to streamline its operations as it contends ... -
Harley-Davidson from 1908 becomes priciest bike at auction
A rare Harley-Davidson motorcycle built in 1908 has become the most expensive motorcycle ever sold at auction, according to data compiled by a website that tracks ... -
IEA: Asia set to use half of world’s electricity by 2025
Asia will for the first time use half of the world’s electricity by 2025, even as Africa continues to consume far less than its share of ... -
Wikipedia again up and running as Pakistan lifts ban on site
Pakistan lifted its ban on Wikipedia services before dawn yesterday, after the country’s media regulator blocked the site last week for not removing purportedly blasphemous content, ... -
Biden’s State of the Union to tout policy wins on economy
U.S. President Joe Biden will use his second State of the Union address today to remind Americans of how their lives have been improved over his first two ... -
Tokyo Olympic bribery scandal rolls on; company apologizes
A Japanese company embroiled in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic corruption scandal said yesterday it would strengthen oversight to prevent further wrongdoing. Takeshi Natsuno, president of the Japanese entertainment ... -
Italy on alert amid anarchist attacks on diplomatic missions
Italy’s government has increased security at its diplomatic missions around the globe in response to “a crescendo of terroristic attacks” by an informal anarchist network acting ... -
Dutch electronics giant Philips to cut 6,000 jobs worldwide
Dutch consumer electronics and medical equipment maker Philips said yesterday it is cutting 6,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years as it revealed a net ... -
China gives conditional approval to two homegrown Covid antivirals
China gave conditional approval for the use of two locally made Covid-19 antivirals as the nation struggles with limited drugs following the end of virus restrictions, ... -
Donald Trump to be allowed back on Facebook after 2-year ban
Facebook parent Meta said it will restore former President Donald Trump ‹s personal account in the coming weeks, ending a two-year suspension it imposed in the wake of the Jan. ... -
UNESCO seeks to prevent trafficking of looted Ukrainian art
The United Nations cultural organization is training law enforcement and judiciary officials from countries on Ukraine’s western borders, seeking to prevent the trafficking of looted cultural ... -
Swift guitar, Eminem shoes among items in charity auction
Taylor Swift’s acoustic guitar, Eminem’s signed tennis shoes and an ensemble worn by a BTS member are among the items to be auctioned for charity next ... -
US inflation report could show another month of cooling prices
The U.S. inflation report for December being released yesterday could provide another welcome sign that the worst bout of spiking prices in four decades is slowly ... -
‘No amnesty!’: Brazilian protests demand jail for rioters
“No amnesty! No amnesty! No amnesty!” The chant reverberated off the walls of the jam-packed hall at the University of Sao Paulo’s law college yesterday [Macau ... -
Seattle schools sue tech giants over social media harm
The public school district in Seattle has filed a novel lawsuit against the tech giants behind TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat, seeking to hold them ... -
Germany: Former Nazi camp secretary, 97, appeals conviction
A 97-year-old woman is appealing her conviction in Germany of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders when she was a secretary to the commander ... -
EU leaders seek to stand up to US and avoid trade war
European Union leaders yesterday sought ways to stand up to the United States over its new green technologies plan that they say unfairly discriminates against Washington›s best global ... -
US military creates space unit in S.Korea amid North threats
The U.S. military formally launched a space force unit in South Korea yesterday, a move that will likely enable Washington to better monitor its rivals North ... -
Indonesia’s Parliament votes to ban sex outside of marriage
Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously passed a long-awaited revision of the country’s penal code yesterday that criminalizes sex outside of marriage for citizens as well as foreigners, prohibits ... -
American Hess to buy $750 million in carbon credits from Guyana
U.S.-owned Hess Corporation, a consortium partner in Guyana’s offshore oil sector, has agreed to buy $750 million worth of carbon credits from the South American nation ... -
Gold Rush treasures from 1857 shipwreck up for Reno auction
Since the recovery of sunken treasure began decades ago from an 1857 shipwreck off the coast of South Carolina, tens of millions of dollars worth of ... -
Polio is back in Indonesia, sparking vaccination campaign
Children in school uniforms and toddlers with their parents lined up this week for polio vaccinations in the Sigli town square on the northern tip of ... -
Japan births at new low as population shrinks and ages
The number of babies born in Japan this year is below last year’s record low in what the the top government spokesman described as a “critical ... -
Monkeys in central Thailand city mark their day with feast
A meal fit for monkeys was served yesterday at the annual Monkey Feast Festival in central Thailand. Amid the morning traffic, rows of monkey statues holding ... -
Germany rejects Boris’ claim on Ukraine war stance
The German government yesterday [Macau time] rejected former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim that Berlin initially wanted Ukraine to quickly “fold” following Russia’s invasion in ... -
King Charles III welcomes S. African leader for state visit
King Charles III welcomed South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to London yesterday [Macau time] for the first state visit of his reign, which will include a ... -
Australia ratifies free trade deals with India and Britain
Australia’s Parliament passed bilateral free trade agreements with India and Britain yesterday, leaving those partner nations to bring the deals into force. The deals are crucial ... -
Collection of love letters written by Dylan sold for $670K
A collection of touching and sometimes prescient personal letters written by a young Bob Dylan to a high school girlfriend has been sold at auction to ... -
Two volcanoes rumble into action in Russia’s far east
Towering clouds of ash and glowing lava are spewing from two volcanoes on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula and scientists say major eruptions could be on the way. ...
