The Buzz | Hong Kong’s zero-covid approach meets growing frustration

Hong Kong residents expressed growing frustration yesterday after new, tighter coronavirus restrictions went into effect, imposed by city leaders in line with Beijing’s zero-COVID policy. Hong Kong

The Buzz | UK to require porn sites to verify users are 18 or older

Britain’s government said all pornography websites will be legally required to verify that users are 18 or older as part of new online safety rules. Under the

The Buzz | Retired pope asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing

Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness yesterday for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denied any personal or specific wrongdoing after an

The buzz | Taiwanese supplier to chip producers announces expansion

GlobalWafers Co., which supplies silicon wafers to semiconductor manufacturers, says it will invest $3.6 billion in facilities in Asia, the United States and Europe after its attempt to

The buzz | Schools in Nepal demand reopening as virus cases decline

Schools in Nepal yesterday demanded the government open up physical classes that were shut down for weeks as the number of COVID-19 cases began to decline. 

The Buzz | Beijing seals off more residential areas, reports 12 cases

Beijing officials said yesterday they sealed off several residential communities in the city’s northern district after two cases of COVID-19 were found. Residents in the Anzhenli neighborhood in

The Buzz | World remembers Holocaust as antisemitism rises in pandemic

Holocaust survivors and politicians warned about the resurgence of antisemitism and Holocaust denial as the world remembered Nazi atrocities and commemorated the 77th anniversary of the liberation of

The Buzz | China starts three-year crackdown on money laundering

China will start a nationwide crackdown on money laundering from 2022 to 2024 after stepping up regulatory efforts in recent years, Bloomberg has reported. According to Bloomberg, eleven

The Buzz | Australian opposition leader: China relations won’t change

The opposition leader in Australia said yesterday its relationship with China will remain difficult even if his center-left Labor Party wins power at elections for the first time

The Buzz | UAE bans flying of recreational drones after fatal attack

The United Arab Emirates has banned the flying of drones in the country for recreation after Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed a fatal drone attack on an oil facility

The Buzz | Several return to live in Fukushima’s last deserted town

Several former residents of Futaba, the only remaining uninhabited town in Japan still recovering from effects of radiation from nuclear plant meltdowns in 2011, have returned to live

The Buzz | Pakistan court sentences woman to death for blasphemy

A Pakistani court sentenced a Muslim woman to death after finding her guilty of blasphemy for insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad in text messages she sent to a friend,

The Buzz | UK’s Johnson faces Parliament as ouster bid gathers steam

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a grilling from opponents in Parliament today — and a more worrying threat from his own party’s restive lawmakers, dozens of

The Buzz | Out of this world: 555.55-carat black diamond lands in Dubai

Auction house Sotheby’s Dubai has unveiled a diamond that’s literally from out of this world. Sotheby’s calls the 555.55-carat black diamond — believed to have come from

The Buzz | Philippine dictator’s son defeats bid vs. presidential run

The son of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos defeated yesterday a bid to disqualify him from the May 9 presidential race but still faces other petitions from human rights

The Buzz | Woman killed in subway shove at Times Square

A woman was pushed to her death in front of a subway train at the Times Square station yesterday (Macau time) police said, a little more than a

The Buzz | Rat who detected land mines in Cambodia dies in retirement

A land mine-detecting rat in Cambodia who received a prestigious award for his life-saving duty has died in retirement, the charity for which he had worked has announced.

Harvard doesn’t have to pay prof’s legal fees, court finds

Harvard University is not required to pay legal defense fees for a professor who was found guilty of hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program, Massachusetts’ highest

The Buzz | Michael Lang, Woodstock festival co-creator, dies at 77

Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, has died.  Michael Pagnotta,

The Buzz | UK gov’t advisers recommend against fourth vaccine dose

U.K. government advisers have recommended against giving a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to nursing home residents and people over 80 because data shows that a third shot

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