Tag: the buzz
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The Buzz | Portugal’s prime minister cites Greece as warning for voters
Portugal’s prime minister is pointing to Greece’s troubles as he seeks to persuade voters to re-elect his center-right coalition government and reject anti-austerity proposals from the ... -
The Buzz | Microsoft to launch Windows 10 on July 29
The upgraded operating system will allow users to switch seamlessly between personal computers, tablets, smartphones and other gadgets. Windows 10 is intended to give apps a ... -
The Buzz | Cairo explosion destroys parts of Italian consulate
A blast rocked central Cairo on Saturday, destroyed parts of the Italian consulate, said Gamal Halawa, deputy head of Cairo’s Civil Defense. The blast was caused ... -
The Buzz | Italy seizes wealth of Sicilian builders linked to Mafia
Italian authorities have seized 1.6 billion euros (USD1.76 billion) in wealth from Sicilian construction company officials with alleged ties to Mafia crime families in Corleone, a longtime ... -
The Buzz | USA: Teen catches math error in golden ratio at Boston museum
A 15-year-old student visiting Boston’s Museum of Science has uncovered a math error in the golden ratio at a 34-year-old exhibit. Virginia resident Joseph Rosenfeld was ... -
The Buzz | High-tech Marvel theme park cuts summer tour short
The indoor high-tech traveling theme park “The Marvel Experience” has stumbled and will cut short its summer tour. Producers of the show that includes 360-degree projections, ... -
The Buzz | Girl killed after being struck by jumping sturgeon
A 5-year-old Florida girl riding in a boat has died after a sturgeon leaped from the Suwannee River and struck her. Wildlife officials said Jaylon Rippy ... -
The Buzz | No compensation over faulty breast implants
A French appeals court ruled yesterday that a German product-testing company does not have to compensate more than 3,000 women with leak-prone breast implants — and ... -
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 ...
