Banking giant HSBC is selling off its business in Argentina at a $1bn (£790m) loss after years of battling with the country's unstable exchange rate. HSBC Argentina, which has more than 100 branches and 3,100 employees, will be bought by Grupo...
Vax has been chosen as the word of the year by lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Words related to vaccines have spiked in frequency in 2021 due to Covid, with double-vaxxed, unvaxxed and a...
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Vaccines to be required for businesses with 100-plus employees: Biden...
PresidentJoe Bidenannounced on Thursday that federal government employees and contractors will now be required to be fully vaccinated againstCOVID-19, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will create a rule ...
ABC News’ Clayton Sandell reports on a video showing a packed Colorado restaurant open over Mother's Day weekend despite the state's ban on in-person dining....
In the new reality presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurant and food service workers have found themselves on the front lines, stocking shelves and preparing deliver orders to keep communities fed....
Canada's Quebec province has denied immigrant status to a French citizen because she was unable to demonstrate adequate French-language proficiency. Quebec rejected Emilie Dubois' application apparently because part of her university thesis ...
A US university professor has been removed as director of a graduate programme, amid a furore over an email she sent urging students not to speak Chinese. Megan Neely, an assistant professor at Duke University in North Carolina, said in an e...
What do you call the colorful topping you put on your ice cream？ Jimmies or Sprinkles? ...
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Gal Gadot’s adorable broken english...
Images of three revered Chinese deity statues went viral on social media after they were seen travelling in business class on a flight from China's port city of Xiamen to the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. But what is the story behind it? W...
Taxi-booking app Uber has agreed to sell its business in China to rival Didi Chuxing. The two firms have been fierce competitors, but Didi Chuxing dominates the Chinese market with an 87% share. Uber China launched in 2014 but has failed to...
Steve Jobshad a vision beyond our understanding. His idea right from the beginning was to change everything. During his life he changed at least 4 things that most of the population in the world uses every day – he developed thePC, ...
'Clueless James Bond' back to save his country...
By Tim Bowen Tim Bowen again reflects on the substantial damage sustained in the UK’s recent riots as inspiration for some collocations. If a lot of damage is caused, it can be described as considerable, ext...
By Tim Bowen Type: Article Have you ever experienced a slip of the tongue or set tongues wagging? Tim Bowen articulates his thoughts on some idioms. If something is easy to pronounce, it can be said to trip of...
http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/english-suffers-collateral-damage Posted by Michael Rundell on September 11, 2011 Kerry Maxwell’s next BuzzWord article will be discussing the term&n...
How to improve your communication skills by speaking better English? Practice makes perfect, especially when you want to improve your communication skills. You can find help to polish(润色) your English in a host of(一大群) environments, and a wide a...