Tag: the buzz
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Hong Kong court rejects Tiananmen vigil organizer’s bid to quash indictment
A Hong Kong court yesterday rejected a former Tiananmen vigil organizer’s attempt to quash her indictment, pressing ahead with a landmark case widely seen as part ... -
Heist of the century: Five more arrests as Louvre jewel heist probe deepens and key details emerge
The dragnet tightened around the Louvre yesterday. Five more people were seized in the crown-jewels heist — including a suspect tied by DNA — the Paris ... -
Russia targets Kyiv with drones, killing three and wounding at least 30
Russia targeted Ukraine’s capital with drones, killing three people in their homes, authorities said yesterday. At least 30 people were wounded, seven of them children, in ... -
Trump doesn’t want ‘wasted meeting’ with Putin as he confirms talks on Ukraine war are off for now
President Donald Trump said yesterday [Macau time] his plan for a swift meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was on hold because he didn’t want it ... -
Massive Amazon cloud outage has been resolved after disrupting internet use worldwide
Amazon says a massive outage of its cloud computing service has been resolved as of yesterday [Macau time], after a problem disrupted internet use around the ... -
Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped 60,000 kids avoid allergies, study finds
A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a ... -
Nestlé cuts 16,000 jobs as part of an intensifying cost-cutting campaign
Nestlé is cutting 16,000 jobs globally as the Swiss food giant cuts costs as part of its efforts to revive its financial performance. Nestlé, which makes ... -
Robotaxi pioneer Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to London in 2026
Robotaxi pioneer Waymo plans to expand to London next year, marking the company’s latest step in rolling out its driverless ride service internationally. Waymo said yesterday ... -
Nobel economics prize goes to three researchers for explaining innovation-driven economic growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics yesterday for explaining how innovation creates new products and promotes economic growth ... -
Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly as 8 people are killed in separate shootings
High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least eight ... -
New US sanctions target 50 people, companies and ships for allegedly aiding Iran’s oil and gas trade
The Trump administration yesterday imposed sanctions on a group of 50 people, companies and ships largely out of the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and China, ... -
Buildings are turning to ‘ice batteries’ for sustainable air conditioning
Every night some 74,000 gallons of water are frozen at Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The hospital used to get all of its air conditioning ... -
Father and son caught stealing hotel cables in Cotai
Police have arrested a father and son suspected of repeatedly stealing spare electrical cables from a Cotai hotel, with the stolen goods later sold for about ... -
China court sentences 11 members of Myanmar-based crime syndicate to death
A court in China sentenced 11 people to death this week for their roles in a family-run crime syndicate accused of running illegal gambling and scam ... -
Pfizer amps up push into obesity treatments with $4.9B deal for Metsera
Pfizer is doubling down on obesity treatments by spending $4.9 billion on the development-stage drugmaker Metsera. The COVID-19 vaccine and treatment maker said early Monday that ... -
UK set to recognize Palestinian state despite opposition from the US
The U.K. was expected to recognize a Palestinian state yesterday despite opposition from the U.S., after judging that Israel has not met conditions it set over ... -
US Federal Reserve wrestles with how many interest rate cuts to make and how fast
With the Federal Reserve widely expected today [Macau time] to reduce its key interest rate by a quarter-point to about 4.1%, economists and Wall Street investors will be ... -
F1 in 2026 to have six sprint events including three new locations
Six sprint events, including three at new locations, are on next year’s Formula 1 calendar. The total number of sprints stays the same, with the first ... -
Pakistan’s security forces kill 31 insurgents in overnight raids in northwest, military says
Pakistan’s security forces raided two separate militant hideouts in the country’s northwest, killing 31 insurgents, the military said yesterday. The overnight raids took place in the ... -
Ukrainian drones strike one of Russia’s top oil refineries, sparking fire
Ukrainian drones have struck one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, sparking a fire, Russian officials and Ukraine’s military said yesterday. The overnight strike on the Kirishi ... -
London fires ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson over his links to Jeffrey Epstein
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday fired the country’s ambassador to the United States, Peter Mandelson, over his links to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. ... -
Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills 24 people collecting their pensions
A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension. The blast killed at ... -
Apple to unveil next iPhone amid Trump trade war that could result in higher prices
Apple today [Macau time] will unveil its next line-up of iPhones amid a global trade war that’s added a potential price increase to the usual intrigue ... -
Trump’s push to change Department of Defense to ‘War Department’ would turn back the clock to WWII
President Donald Trump’s push to rename the Department of Defense goes beyond subjective word choices about whether to change a name that’s been in place since ... -
Powerful rain and floods devastate northern India as experts blame climate change
Relentless monsoon rains have unleashed some of the worst flooding and landslides in decades across northern India, killing at least 90 people and displacing hundreds of ... -
Putin says Trump administration is listening to Russia’s arguments on Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin said yesterday that U.S President Donald Trump’s administration is listening to the Kremlin’s justifications for its invasion of neighboring Ukraine and claimed that Moscow ... -
A downturn in international travel to the US may last beyond summer, experts warn
For a few hopeful weeks this summer, a bright billboard on the major highway linking Toronto to New York greeted Canadian drivers with a simple message: ... -
Gambia’s fishermen are caught in a ‘sea war’ with foreign vessels
Video exclusively obtained by The Associated Press documents an emerging problem in the fight for dominance between Gambian fishermen and foreign-owned commercial vessels in West African ... -
A royal pardon frees a Thai woman serving a 43-year prison term for defaming the monarchy
A woman in Thailand sentenced to a prison term of more than four decades on a charge of royal defamation was released yesterday by a royal pardon after ... -
Trump envoy says officials working ‘very, very hard’ on ending Russia-Ukraine war
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Keith Kellogg said in Kyiv earlier this week that officials are “working very, very hard” on efforts to end the ... -
‘KPop Demon Hunters’ gives Netflix its first box-office win
Netflix appears to have its first No. 1 box-office title in the streaming company’s 18-year history thanks to the sensation of “KPop Demon Hunters.” Rival studios on Sunday ... -
Typhoon Kajiki drenches southern China’s Hainan island and heads toward Vietnam
Strong winds and heavy rain whipped southern China’s Hainan island and nearby parts of Guangdong province yesterday, as Typhoon Kajiki passed over open waters to the ... -
Xi Jinping makes a rare visit to Tibet to mark 60 years of rule in the autonomous region
Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet (Xizang) yesterday to mark the 60th anniversary of the consolidation of Beijing’s rule over the Himalayan ... -
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and European leaders meet with Trump on ending Russia’s war
Ukraine’s future could hinge on a hastily assembled meeting today [Macau time] at the White House as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brings an extraordinary cadre of European leaders ... -
Protesters go on strike in Israel demanding ceasefire and release of Gaza hostages
Protesters in Israel demanding the government makes a deal to secure the release of hostages held by militants in Gaza escalated their campaign yesterday, staging a ...
