Tag: the buzz
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The Buzz | Former ‘Star Trek’ actress charged with indecent exposure
A former actress on the “Star Trek: Voyager” television series has been arrested in eastern Tennessee and is accused of exposing herself to children. Multiple media ... -
The Buzz | Young migrants applauded by 75,000 fans
Young migrants accompanied Bayern Munich players onto the pitch and took center stage to the applause of 75,000 fans before a Bundesliga game on Saturday. The ... -
The Buzz | USD115.9m awarded to families of 9/11 victims
A private scholarship fund for family members of 9/11 victims says it has awarded USD115.9 million to 2,825 students. The Families of Freedom Scholarship fund distributed ... -
The Buzz | Charities to share in Champions League ticket sales
Europe’s top football clubs will give millions of dollars to charities supporting migrants trying to enter the continent. The European Club Association says its members agreed ... -
The Buzz | Mother headed to jail in custody dispute
A mother who fled with her daughter to Central America more than a decade ago amid a custody dispute is set to report to jail. Genevieve ... -
The Buzz | NYC millionaire bequeaths USD100,000 to 32 cockatiels
A New York City millionaire who died this summer has bequeathed a USD100,000 trust fund to care for her 32 pet cockatiels. The New York Post ... -
The Buzz | 2022 Commonwealth Games awarded to Durban
Durban in South Africa will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first African city to be awarded the four-yearly multi-sports event. The 71 nations and ... -
The Buzz | Japan scraps Olympic logo over plagiarism allegation
Tokyo Olympic organizers yesterday decided to scrap the logo for the 2020 Games following another allegation its Japanese designer might have used copied materials. Reversing their ... -
The Buzz | Golf club owner pays compensation over manure incident
The owner of a Southern California golf club, who raised a stink by spreading chicken manure on the course, has agreed to pay USD100,000 to air pollution regulators. ... -
The Buzz | China, HK, casino stocks rise on Wall Street rally and bargain hunting
China stocks rose yesterday as a strong rally on Wall Street helped calm shaky global markets, prompting Chinese and foreign investors to hunt for bargains after ... -
The Buzz | Macau gaming chips hit 3 year low
Macau gaming stocks hit a three-year low yesterday as reports emerge of an increasing crackdown on money laundering in China’s gambling hub. Shares of the six ... -
The Buzz | Macau: Inflation returns to 4.76 percent in July
The consumer price index last month rose by 4.76 percent year-on-year to 106.13, down from 4.91 percent the preceding month, reported the Statistics and Census Service. ... -
The Buzz | Tourism: Digital forms aim to curb illegal operators
Travel agencies booking group trips to Macau and Hong Kong will be urged to use digital forms for government approval starting on Sept 1, in a ... -
The Buzz | Bon Jovi sings ‘The Moon…’ in Chinese
With a successful career spanning 30 years to date, Bon Jovi’s announcement of their China debut in September has generated a lot of buzz across the ... -
The Buzz | UN warns of risk of Israeli-Palestinian escalation
The U.N. political chief says the risk of escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “is palpable.” Jeffrey Feltman told the U.N. Security Council yesterday that the past ... -
The Buzz | Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister makes bid to be Eurovision singer
Cristiano Ronaldo’s sister, Katia Aveiro, has launched a Twitter campaign asking fans to back her bid to represent Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest. The soccer ... -
The Buzz | Robbery at Mexican silver, gold mine nets USD165,000
A large silver and gold mine in northern Mexico said Wednesday that an organized crime gang robbed almost 4.5 kilograms of gold-silver mix from employees. The Fresnillo ... -
The Buzz | Russian soldier accused of killing family tried in Armenia
A Russian soldier suspected of killing an entire family in Armenia has been convicted of desertion as a precursor to his murder trial. Valery Permyakov, who ... -
The Buzz | Italy seizes cocaine stashed under squid from Argentina
Italian customs police have seized 49 kilograms of pure cocaine hidden in a container transporting frozen totani, a kind of squid, on a cargo ship from ... -
The Buzz | Bangladesh police kill 6 alleged tiger poachers in gunfight
Police in Bangladesh have shot dead six suspected tiger poachers in the world’s largest mangrove forest after a new survey found that the population of the ... -
The Buzz | Packer sells Sydney mansion for Aussie record
Casino billionaire James Packer sold his Sydney harborside mansion for a reported A$60 million (USD44 million), a new record in Australia’s biggest city. The six-level La ... -
The Buzz | Boston mayor wants ban on chewing tobacco at ballparks
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh wants to ban the use of snuff and chewing tobacco in sports venues across the city. The proposal follows passage of a similar ... -
The Buzz | Iran to partially allow BBC to report for a week
An Iranian government official says the Islamic Republic will allow some BBC journalists to report there for a week’s time. The BBC had no immediate comment ... -
The Buzz | Israel: Thousands of rare Hebrew texts soon available online
The National Library of Israel will soon make one of the world’s oldest surviving Hebrew bibles, dating back more than 1,000 years, available online. Aviad Stollman, ... -
The Buzz | 2nd American involved in illegal lion hunt
A second American killed a lion in an illegal hunt with a bow and arrow in Zimbabwe several months ago, amid an international outcry over a ... -
The Buzz | Mob Museum in Las Vegas to open FIFA exhibit
The Mob Museum in Las Vegas is setting up an exhibit dedicated to the FIFA corruption scandal. The permanent display entitled “The ‘Beautiful Game’ Turns Ugly” ... -
The Buzz | US consumer confidence falls to lowest level since September
U.S. consumer confidence fell this month to the lowest level since September. Consumers are worried about the job market and rattled by events in Greece and ... -
The Buzz | LA Special Olympics gets largest single private donation, USD25M
The Special Olympics has received a USD25 million donation, the largest single private gift in the organization’s 47-year history. The donation comes from the philanthropic foundation ... -
The Buzz | Woman gets life after hiring teen who killed wrong man
A U.S. woman was sentenced to life in prison after she hired a teen to kill a man, and he killed the wrong man by mistake. ... -
The Buzz | EU opens antitrust case against 6 major US movie studios
The European Union has opened an antitrust case against six major U.S. movie studios for preventing British satellite broadcaster Sky from showing their products outside the ... -
The Buzz | Rights group: South Sudan troops committed war crimes
An international human rights group says South Sudanese troops committed war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity by killing and raping civilians during an offensive in ... -
The Buzz | Lufthansa plane nearly collides with drone near Warsaw
Polish officials say a Lufthansa plane that was approaching Warsaw’s international airport nearly collided with a drone. The spokesman for Warsaw’s airport, Przemyslaw Przybylski, said yesterday ... -
The Buzz | Cheating website Ashley Madison hacked, personal info posted
The parent company of Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses, says it was hacked and that the personal information of some of its users ... -
The Buzz | Man navigates traffic while filming wife giving birth
Video shows a Houston-area man filming his wife giving birth to their 4.5-kilogram baby son next to him as he drives through traffic in an unsuccessful ... -
The Buzz | FIFA ethics panel wants to lift strict secrecy rules
FIFA’s ethics committee wants to lift secrecy rules that protect accused officials from being identified and keep case details private. FIFA prosecutor Cornel Borbely and judge ...
