Buzz Today

Buzz Today

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  • Donald Trump and Memorial Day
    Memorial Day in the United States marks an annual long weekend for Americans to remember and honor those killed while serving in the military. This year's holiday comes as the nation is grappling with its number of coronavirus deaths.
    With that number approaching 100-thousand, more Americans have died from COVID-19 than soldiers in both the Vietnam and Korean wars combined. The timing of this milestone is being observed differently by the president…and the press. While the New York Times listed one-thousand names of those killed by the coronavirus, President Donald Trump spent the weekend playing golf and criticizing his political adversaries on Twitter.
    6 min
  • Luckin Coffee resumes trading at Nasdaq
    The Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee, which has been suspended since early April, resumes trading Wednesday at Nasdaq. The company received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq on May 15, due to “public interest concerns” related to “fabricated” transactions disclosed by the company in its annual report.
    7 min
  • To mask or not to mask
    As the COVID-19 outbreak is largely under control in China, and temperatures increase as summer arrives, many people wonder whether they should continue to wearing face masks.
    7 min
  • To mask or not to mask
    As the COVID-19 outbreak is largely under control in China, and temperatures increase as summer arrives, many people wonder whether they should continue to wearing face masks.
    7 min
  • Georgia attorney general asks for federal investigation of Ahmaud Arbery killing
    The attorney general of the American state of Georgia is asking the US Justice Department to investigate how local authorities handled the killing of an African American man.
    In February, Ahmaud Arbery was shot to death after being chased by two white men in a pickup truck. The black man's family says he was jogging at the time of his death.The two killers thought Arbery was a burglar. The suspects were not arrested until 74 days after the killing.
    6 min
  • Twitter will let some employees work from home 'forever'
    Twitter will allow some employees to continue working from home forever if they want. The company doesn't specify which roles will qualify for the treatment. However, it says the experience of working from home over the past several months shows that it can work at scale.
    6 min
  • Interpol issues red notice for American diplomat's wife wanted in UK teen's death
    The Interpol has issued a red notice seeking the arrest of a U.S. citizen charged in the UK of causing the death of a 19-year-old boy by dangerous driving. Anne Sacoolas, wife of an American intelligence official working at a U.S. military base in central England, was allegedly driving on the wrong side the road when she hit the motorbike of the boy in August last year. However, she claimed diplomatic immunity and returned to the United States, sparking an international outcry.
    8 min

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Buzz Today brings you the day's news that has the world buzzing...and what it means for China's evolving influence around the globe. Monday through Friday.

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