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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Three people died in flooding Tuesday as New Mexico’s Rio Ruidoso’s banks swelled amid the summer rainy season. The village of Ruidoso and other parts of New Mexico have received more warnings in the past few years as catastrophic wildfires have left vast swaths of once forested land without enough vegetation…

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Starbucks receives bids for stake in China business: US media | News

Starbucks receives bids for stake in China business: US media | News

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Hong Kong home sales surge among lower-priced units thanks to stamp-duty adjustment

Hong Kong home sales surge among lower-priced units thanks to stamp-duty adjustment

Hong Kong’s residential property market recovery is gaining traction, with transactions of lower-priced homes rising sharply on the back of improved sentiment and recent government tax relief measures. From March to May, 3,780 residential properties priced between HK$3 million (US$382,000) and HK$4 million were sold, a 73 per cent increase from the same period last…

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Hundreds of earthquakes detected at Mount Rainier in Washington, "most significant seismic activity" since 2009

Hundreds of earthquakes detected at Mount Rainier in Washington, “most significant seismic activity” since 2009

Mount Rainier was experiencing “the most significant seismic activity” at the volcano in more than 15 years as an “earthquake swarm” hit the site starting on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory. The swarm — hundreds of small earthquakes hitting the same area in quick succession — started around 1:30 a.m….

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