Posts by Liam Redmond
Israeli forces recover bodies of three hostages from Gaza
Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of three hostages which had been held in the Gaza Strip since the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas’ 2023 attack, the military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. The hostages were identified as civilians Ofra Keidar and Yonatan Samerano, and soldier Shay Levinson. Yonatan Samerano was a civilian…
Read MorePope Leo XIV says there should be no tolerance for abuse of any kind in Catholic Church
Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse – sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority — and called for “transparent processes” to create a culture of prevention across the church. Leo made his first public comments about the clergy sex abuse scandal in a written…
Read MoreSI Swimsuit model Camille Kostek claims NFL wives judged her for not having wedding ring
Camille Kostek is opening up about the not-so-glamorous side of dating a professional athlete. The Sports Illustrated model, 33, claimed she was judged by other NFL wives for not being married to boyfriend and former NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski, 36. “I felt like I was seen as a lesser-than girlfriend because I didn’t have…
Read MoreTesla to roll out robotaxis in overdue step towards Musk dream
Tesla is rolling out its first robotaxis on the streets of Austin after almost a decade of hype from Elon Musk, kicking off a precarious new era for the carmaker. The launch of a driverless taxi service on Sunday (Jun 22) is set to begin modestly, with a handful of vehicles in limited areas of…
Read MoreWhat Are Bunker Busters? 15-Ton GBU-57A/B Bomb that Cost $500 Is the Only Weapon that Could Destroy Fordow Nuclear Facility
A 15-ton “bunker buster” bomb was likely needed to destroy Iran’s final remaining nuclear facility — a weapon only the United States possesses. The extremely powerful weapon is the largest conventional (non-nuclear) bomb in the U.S. military’s arsenal. The bomb was necessary because the target — the Fordow uranium enrichment plant — is buried roughly…
Read MoreHotel in China rapped by wildlife officials for using endangered red pandas to wake up guests
They’re alarmingly cute. A hotel in China has been rapped by local wildlife officials for using endangered red pandas during wake-up calls for guests, according to a report. The Lehe Ledu Liangjiang Holiday Hotel, located in the mountains near Chongqing, offered boarders the option of a “red panda-themed holiday,” which included bringing the endangered species…
Read MoreUS Drops Six ‘Bunker Bombs’ on Iran’s Highly Secretive Fordow Nuclear Facility as Trump Declares Site Is ‘Completely and Totally Obliterated’
The U.S. military dropped six “bunker buster” bombs on Iran’s Fordow nuclear enrichment facility on Saturday night, along with strikes on two other key facilities, as President Trump announced that the underground plant, buried nearly 300 feet beneath a mountain, had been “completely and totally obliterated.” Trump stunned the world just before 8 p.m. on…
Read MoreFedEx founder, executive chairman Fred Smith dead at 80: ‘Pioneer of an industry’
FedEx Corp’s founder and former CEO Frederick Smith, who started the global delivery conglomerate with more than a dozen planes in the 1970s, has died, the company’s CEO Raj Subramaniam said in memo to staff posted on its website on Saturday. He was 80 years old. Born in 1944, Smith was most recently serving as…
Read MoreUS investors, Asia’s ultra-rich drive growth in Asia-Pacific private credit
[SINGAPORE] A slight uptick in private-credit fundraising in Asia-Pacific (Apac) last year has given market players optimism for a positive 2025, even as investors continue to avoid China. They said deals in India and Australia can fill the gap, while more investors within and outside Apac are allocating capital to private credit in the region. And…
Read MoreSunMoon Food CEO Zhang Ye boosts interests
[SINGAPORE] Over the four trading sessions from Jun 13 to 18, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks, with net institutional outflow of S$42 million following the S$80 million net outflow in the preceding five sessions. This takes the net institutional outflow for the year to Jun 18 to S$1.88 billion. Institutional flows In the…
Read MoreWorld Bank and IMF climate snub ‘worrying’, says COP29 presidency
[BONN] The hosts of the most recent UN climate talks are worried international lenders are retreating from their commitments to help boost funding for developing countries’ response to global warming. Major development banks have agreed to boost climate spending and are seen as crucial in the effort to dramatically increase finance to help poorer countries…
Read MoreTesla to build first grid-scale power plant in China
Published Sun, Jun 22, 2025 · 11:00 AM [NEW YORK] Tesla announced on Friday (Jun 20) that it signed an agreement to build its first grid-scale energy storage power station project in mainland China. The project will help with the flexible adjustment of grid resources, and “effectively solve pressures relating to urban power supply”, Tesla…
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