The Buzz | Charity Walk raises MOP16.5 million

The Buzz | Russians read Tolstoy’s War and Peace in 60-hour TV marathon

More than 1,300 Russians are reading Leo Tolstoy’s notoriously lengthy novel “War and Peace” aloud in a 60-hour marathon on national television. The public readings, pre-recorded at locations all over Russia,

The Buzz | Wine photo exhibition to be held at MUST today

French photographer, author and director, Jean-Yves Bardin is opening a photography exhibition at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) today, from 6 p.m. Bardin received recognition in 2014 for

The Buzz | American lawyer Lenard to head arbitration panel at Olympics

American lawyer Michael Lenard will head the arbitration panel that will hear any legal disputes at next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced yesterday

The Buzz | Challenge for socialists as Venezuelans elect legislature

The socialist system built by Hugo Chavez is facing its gravest electoral test as Venezuelans cast ballots in what seems to have become a tightening race for control of the

The Buzz | Morrissey wins annual ‘Literary Review Bad Sex’ award

Maybe he should have stuck to writing songs — former Smiths frontman and lyricist Morrissey has won the annual award for the poorest quality writing about sex. The award that writers

The Buzz | French Prime minister threatens Benzema

French Prime minister Manuel Valls has threatened Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema with the loss of his spot on the national squad due to his involvement in a sex-tape case. Facing

The Buzz | Singapore to get Michelin Guide in 2016

The Michelin Guide, long regarded as the world’s foremost authority of culinary merit, is set to put out a Singapore edition in 2016, The Straits Times reported yesterday. “This will be

The Buzz | Betting company to sponsor Davis Cup and Fed Cup tennis

A leading online betting company has become an international sponsor of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup tennis competitions. The International Tennis Federation says Betway will sponsor the men’s and women’s

The Buzz | First Japanese rocket with commercial payload launched

The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries rocket took off at 3:50 p.m. from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launch pad on the island of Tanegashima, off Japan’s southernmost main island of Kyushu. It

The Buzz | Prosecutors say jewel heist was largest in British history

A prosecutor said yesterday that an Easter weekend break-in to a vault in London’s Hatton Garden diamond district was the largest burglary in English legal history, with a haul estimated

The Buzz | Record number of stranded seal pups

Unhealthy northern fur seal pups have been found stranded on beaches in record numbers, newly weaned and weighing little more than the typical birth weight for the species, experts at

The Buzz | Watchdog group seeks probe of Adelson’s US political donations

A U.S. government watchdog group has asked two federal oversight agencies to investigate Sheldon Adelson. According to a Reuters report, the probe intends to determine if any money he donated

The Buzz | Marvel, Transformers display heads to Vegas’ Treasure Island

Batman has his bat cave. Superman has his fortress of solitude. And soon the Avengers and a team of Transformers will call a corner on the Las Vegas Strip home. Treasure

The Buzz | US: Police stop Google self-driving car for going too slowly 

A car built by Google that drives itself around city streets had a brush with the law for driving too slowly. A police officer in the tech giant’s Silicon Valley hometown

The Buzz | Romania: 3 handball players die after team bus hit by truck

The Romanian handball federation says three players died and 11 were injured when the bus they were traveling in was hit by a truck. The accident occurred late Sunday outside the

The Buzz | Macau Yearbook English edition launched

The bureau says that “meticulous efforts” have been made to ensure accurate translations of the names of organizations and locations in the edition. The yearbook is priced at MOP 120,

The Buzz | Economists: Trump’s charges against China are obsolete

Donald Trump’s latest attack on China is about three years too old. In a column in The Wall Street Journal, the Republican presidential candidate writes that “the worst of China’s sins”

The Buzz | UM swimming team makes a splash

The University of Macau (UM) swimming team recently broke 8 records and won 11 gold medals and a silver at a national inter-varsity swimming competition. This year’s five-day competition was

The Buzz | Future Bright expects profit nosedive

Future Bright Holdings Ltd stated yesterday that it expects to revert to a loss for the full year of 2015, following last year’s profits of HKD168.8 million. The Hong Kong-listed

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