The Buzz | Climbers nearing Everest summit after 2 years of disasters

Climbers are making good progress on Mount Everest and the first group could reach the summit as early as tomorrow, following two years of disasters on the world’s highest mountain,

The Buzz | Lucky seven: Indie bookstores rise for seventh straight year

Independent bookselling remains on a roll. The American Booksellers Association has grown for the seventh consecutive year. Core membership increased to 1,775, up by 63 over the previous year and by

The Buzz | Afghanistan: 52 dead after buses collide with tanker

Two buses and a fuel tanker collided yesterday on a major highway in Afghanistan, killing 52 people, officials said. Another 73 people who had been on the buses were wounded

The Buzz | Rainstorm kills seven, injures 65 during Hindu pilgrimage

A heavy rainstorm yesterday collapsed several tents, sheds and gates at a sprawling Hindu pilgrimage site with hundreds of thousands of devotees in central India, killing at least seven people

The Buzz | Southeast European business forum draws global investors

The countries of southeastern Europe are aiming to attract more investment from international business executives gathered at a conference in Sarajevo. The annual event, which opened yesterday, this year has gathered

The Buzz | Atlantic City pays interests as mayor averts a default

Atlantic City made USD1.8 million in interest payments, averting what would have been New Jersey’s first municipal default since the Great Depression as state lawmakers bicker over how to assist

The Buzz | Companies crucial to energy exploration abandon USD34b merger

Two companies crucial to the business of U.S. energy exploration have abandoned their planned USD34 billion merger, the Justice Department said yesterday. The department filed suit April 6 to block the

The Buzz | Defense publisher leaving Hong Kong over safety concerns

The publisher of a leading magazine on Chinese and regional defense issues says he’s leaving Hong Kong out of concern he could be targeted by China’s state security bodies, a further sign of how Beijing’s growing presence is

The Buzz | China human rights campaigner Harry Wu dies

Harry Wu, a former political prisoner who dedicated his later life to exposing abuses in China’s brutal prison labor camp system, has died. He was 79. Wu died yesterday (Macau time) while on vacation in Honduras,

The Buzz | Walt Disney cruise ship rescues fugitives off coast of Cuba

A Walt Disney Co. cruise ship has rescued three fugitives off the coast of Cuba who were wanted in New Orleans. U.S. Marshal Amos Rojas Jr. said in a news release

The Buzz | Painting looted by Nazis is coming to auction in NYC

A 17th century Dutch painting looted by the Nazis and recovered by the Monuments Men is going to auction. Sotheby’s is offering Gabriel Metsu’s “An Officer Paying Court to a Young

The Buzz | China warns citizens of risks tied to buying Hong Kong insurance

China warned residents of risks connected with buying insurance products in Hong Kong after previously tightening restrictions on such purchases as part of efforts to control capital outflows. Products denominated in

The Buzz | Leibovitz images mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday

grandchildren in 90th birthday portraits by photographer Annie Leibovitz. One of the images, released yesterday by Buckingham Palace, shows the queen with two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The queen cradles Prince William’s

The Buzz | Museum gets only known film of Louis Armstrong in studio

The Louis Armstrong House Museum has acquired the only known film of the jazz great in a recording studio after it was discovered in a storage facility. The 33-minute film captures

The Buzz | Taiwan protests ejection from OECD steel talks

Taiwan says its delegation was ejected from a meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s steel committee after China complained, part of an apparent hardening of Beijing’s attitude toward

The Buzz | Brazil: Rousseff loses lower house impeachment vote

Parliament in Brazil yesterday has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts. The “yes” camp comfortably won the required two-thirds majority in the

The Buzz | Kenya shocks Fiji to win Singapore Sevens

Kenya shocked Fiji 30-7 in the final of the Singapore Rugby Sevens yesterday to claim its first World Series title. Collins Injera scored two of six tries as Kenya won the

The Buzz | China pulls license of prominent rights lawyer

Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang has been disbarred, a further step in what rights groups call a relentless crackdown by Beijing on efforts to establish an independent rule

The Buzz | US troops, Philippine police in bar brawl face sanctions

American troops involved in a bar brawl with Filipino policemen face possible disciplinary sanctions in an incident earlier this month that the Philippine military says has no bearing on ongoing

The Buzz | Turtle smuggler from Canada faces sentence in US court

Prosecutors in Michigan are seeking a five-year prison sentence for a Canadian man who says he smuggled more than 1,000 turtles to China to help pay for his college education. Kai Xu is

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