Tag: the buzz
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The Buzz | Saudi prince vows to donate USD32b fortune
Saudi Arabia’s billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world’s richest people, has announced he will donate all of his wealth to charity over the ... -
The Buzz | President admits fixing 5 Serie B matches
The president of Catania has admitted to fixing five Serie B matches aimed at preventing the Sicilian club from relegation to the third division. Antonino Pulvirenti ... -
The Buzz | Spain, Portugal face heat wave
Spain and Portugal both issued weather alerts yesterday, advising residents to take extra care as temperatures soared above 40 C in some southern areas. The Iberian ... -
The Buzz | Flu breakout in Macau prison
H3N2 influenza has broken out in Macau Prison with at least 83 inmates being infected within the past two weeks. According to the prison authorities, the ... -
The Buzz | Man arrested for playing porn on advertising screen
A man in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province has been arrested after he accidentally played porn movies on an outdoor screen, local police said yesterday. The man, ... -
The Buzz | Hungary to build fence on Serbian border
Hungary’s foreign minister says the government has decided to build a temporary fence on the border with Serbia as fast as possible to stop the flow ... -
The Buzz | Facebook now worth more than Wal-Mart
Facebook is now bigger than Wal-Mart, at least when it comes to its value on the stock market. The world’s biggest online social network knocked the ... -
The Buzz | 66 surfers set record for most people riding a board at once
Sixty-six surfers have set a world record for most people riding a board at once. Surf champions and local heroes were among those who hung loose ... -
The Buzz | Puerto Rico looks to slot machines for cash
Facing a cash crisis, Puerto Rico is turning to desperate measures to pay the bills: It’s delaying tax refunds, borrowing from its insurance company and may ... -
The Buzz | Delivery by drone in 30 minutes
Online U.S. retail giant Amazon says it is developing the technology to use drones to deliver packages in 30 minutes or less, a broad expansion of ... -
The Buzz | UnionPay expands Hong Kong presence
China UnionPay Co. acquired a stake in Hong Kong’s Joint Electronic Teller Services Ltd. as the bank-card payments processor seeks a greater presence outside the mainland. ... -
The Buzz | Jeb Bush unveils ‘Jeb! 2016’ graphic on Twitter
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is putting the finishing touches on his expected presidential campaign rollout, and took to Twitter yesterday to release a “Jeb! 2016” ... -
The Buzz | Mourinho banned from driving for 6 months
A British court has banned Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho from driving for six months after he was caught speeding. The Portuguese coach pleaded guilty to the ... -
The Buzz | Prosecutor in Charles Manson trial dies at 80
Vincent Bugliosi, a prosecutor who parlayed his handling of the Charles Manson murder trial into a career as a bestselling author, has died, his son said ... -
The Buzz | Kate Moss escorted off plane after being disruptive
Supermodel Kate Moss has been escorted off a plane after reportedly being disruptive while traveling from Turkey to London’s Luton airport. The 41-year-old was escorted off ... -
The Buzz | Women’s rights miniskirt protest fizzles in Tunisia
Only a handful of women have answered a call by a Tunisian rights’ group to protest the repression of women in the Muslim world by demonstrating ... -
The Buzz | Farmer who killed alleged truffle thief gets 8 years
A court in southeast France has sentenced a farmer to eight years in prison for the shooting death of a suspected truffle thief. Laurent Rambaud was ... -
The Buzz | EA Sports adding women’s game to FIFA 2016
Women’s teams have joined EA Sports’ popular soccer video game, making their debut this September in FIFA 2016. Twelve women’s national teams, including the United States, ... -
The Buzz | Jaguar Land Rover profit falls most in 2 years
Jaguar Land Rover became the latest casualty of a slowdown in Chinese auto demand, reporting its steepest drop in quarterly profit in two years after retail ... -
The Buzz | Court awards some USD1.8 million to phone hacking victims
Britain’s High Court has awarded actress Sadie Frost, sports star Paul Gascoigne and a group of other claimants some 1.2 million pounds (USD1.8 million) in damages ... -
The Buzz | Australia: Melbourne Victory win A-League title
Albanian striker Besart Berisha added to his team-leading goal total in the biggest match of the season, helping the Melbourne Victory to a 3-0 win over ... -
The Buzz | The richest exaggeration: Website wrongfully claims Stanley Ho’s death
In a profile of Angela Leong described as a “Macau-based entrepreneur [who] has an estimated net worth of USD2.3 billion as of March 2013 according to ... -
The Buzz | Chinese Olympic table tennis players in town
The Chinese national table tennis team arrived in Macau yesterday for a four-day official visit. Tonight the legion of Olympic gold medalists, led by their coach ... -
The Buzz: Huge magma chamber spied under Yellowstone supervolcano
Scientists have spied a vast reservoir of hot, partly molten rock beneath the supervolcano at Yellowstone National Park that’s big enough to fill the Grand Canyon ... -
The Buzz | Ford unveils new Taurus influenced by China
With its newest Taurus, Ford is joining the race to appeal to Chinese business buyers by offering bigger, more luxurious back seats. The Taurus, Ford Motor ... -
The Buzz | Average US rate on 30-year mortgage edges up to 3.67 percent
Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose slightly this week but remained close to historically low levels with the spring home-buying season underway. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac ... -
The Buzz: Education consultant convicted of cheating HK couple
An educational consultant who accepted more than USD2 million from a Hong Kong couple then failed to a deliver on his promise to get their sons into ... -
The Buzz: Ukrainian leader lifts objections to vote on regional power
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that he does not object to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than ... -
The Buzz: Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal director, dead at 106
Manoel de Oliveira, a celebrated Portuguese movie director believed to be the world’s oldest filmmaker, has died. He was 106. The city council of Porto, where ... -
The Buzz: Foreign adoptions by Americans reach lowest mark since 1982
The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 9 percent last year to the lowest level since 1982, according to new State Department ... -
The Buzz: Wild rhino enters Nepal city, killing 1 and injuring several
A wild rhino has entered a city in southern Nepal, killing a woman and injuring several other people. Government administrator Ram Prasad Thapaliya says the rhino ... -
The Buzz: Kenya’s president apologizes for government’s past wrongs
Kenya’s president has apologized to the Kenyan people for past wrongs committed both by his government and past regimes. President Uhuru Kenyatta told parliament during his ... -
The Buzz: Belgian foreign minister causes stir with blackened face
Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders has come under criticism for appearing with a blackened face at a charity event, raising questions about Belgium’s sensitivity toward racism. ... -
The Buzz: Bhutan wins on 1st day of 2018 World Cup qualifying
FIFA’s lowest-ranked team won on the first day of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup. Bhutan, ranked 209th by the governing body of world soccer, beat ... -
The Buzz | Virgin founder: Former cruise CEO’s lawsuit without merit
Virgin Group founder Richard Branson says a USD300 million lawsuit filed against the company by a former cruise line executive has no merit. London-based Virgin released ...
