Posts by Liam Redmond
Pharrell gifts Beyoncé a straight-off-the-runway bag at Louis Vuitton show
On Tuesday, Beyoncé and Jay-Z attended Louis Vuitton’s spring 2026 menswear show in Paris. AFP via Getty Images Beyoncé is the ultimate muse. On Tuesday, the musician took a break from her “Cowboy Carter” tour to attend the Louis Vuitton spring 2026 menswear show in Paris, where the French fashion brand’s men’s creative director, Pharrell…
Read MoreWary of Washington, Europe frets it will be left behind on an AI battlefield
THE HAGUE — Days before NATO was set to convene in the Netherlands, one of its top commanders, Pierre Vandier, tasked with transforming the alliance for the next fight, put out a call: Britain will need to step up its intelligence contributions to the alliance going forward. “The UK has this in its DNA,” Vandier said. It…
Read MoreJames Webb Space Telescope discovers its first exoplanet as stunning image is revealed
This discovery is out of this world. For the first time since its operations began in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a direct image, published by the journal Nature, of a new exoplanet — a planet that orbits outside the solar system. This discovery marks a major breakthrough in astronomy and…
Read MoreOpenAI Developing Productivity Suite to Compete with Microsoft and Google in AI Workspace Battle
Generative AI pioneer OpenAI is heating up the productivity suite race by reportedly building a ‘productivity’ platform to rival Microsoft and Google, among others. The company is currently working on a productivity application similar to Microsoft Office and Google Workspace (formerly G Suite). X The Information reports that OpenAI is also adding collaborative tools for editing documents…
Read MoreUS: S&P 500, Nasdaq approach record high as Middle East tensions ease
Published Wed, Jun 25, 2025 · 09:45 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes rose on Wednesday (Jun 25), hovering near a record peak, as a ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding and investors awaited more comments from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose…
Read MoreWhen do new episodes of ‘Countdown’ premiere? How to watch all the episodes of Jensen Ackles’ new show
The countdown to Countdown is over. If you’ve seen the photos on social media of Jensen Ackles back with a gun in his hand five years after Supernatural came to an end, you probably have been waiting impatiently for this new series to make its debut. Good news: it’s time. In the new show, Ackles…
Read MoreAmbani and Adani team up to use each other’s fuel pumps
Published Wed, Jun 25, 2025 · 08:29 PM [NEW DELHI] Billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani have partnered to sell transportation fuels using their respective groups’ retail stations across India, bolstering their distribution network across the world’s third largest oil consumer. Reliance Industries’s Jio-bp venture will set up petrol and diesel dispensers at compressed natural…
Read MoreBoard directors must be mindful of family dynamics in businesses, says panellist
[SINGAPORE] Independent directors serving on boards of listed family businesses need to be sensitive to power dynamics within the family, and identify the decision-maker in the business, said one academic specialising in family business and strategy. Although the role of board directors is limited to business matters, family conflicts can spill over into these…
Read MoreFour dead, five injured in fire at ASL Marine unit’s Batam shipyard
All work on the affected vessel will be suspended until the cause of the fire is established [SINGAPORE] Four workers have died and five were injured after a fire at a Batam shipyard belonging to a unit of Singapore-listed shipbuilder ASL Marine on Tuesday (Jun 24). The fire occurred at or around 2.15 pm (Indonesian…
Read MoreKane Brown pokes fun at Taylor Swift’s surprise Nashville performance: Thought I was ‘the special guest’
Kane Brown had the best reaction to his surprise duet with Taylor Swift at the Tight Ends & Friends concert. kanebrown/Instagram No bad blood here. Kane Brown hilariously reacted to his surprise duet with Taylor Swift at Travis Kelce’s Tight Ends & Friends concert in Nashville Tuesday night. “When you think you’re the special guest…
Read MoreTSMC unit to issue US$10 billion of stock to counter forex swings
The moves grant TSMC Global more capital flexibility in managing exchange rate risks Published Wed, Jun 25, 2025 · 07:14 PM [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co’s overseas unit is set to issue US$10 billion worth of new stock to shore up its forex hedging operations, making its biggest such move to counter a volatile local…
Read MoreThailand moves to recriminalise cannabis, shaking US$1b industry
[BANGKOK] Thailand’s government is moving to recriminalise cannabis, plunging into limbo an industry estimated to be worth over US$1 billion that has boomed since the substance was taken off the country’s narcotics list in 2022. The push to impose new controls on recreational use of cannabis comes after the Bhumjaithai Party, which championed its legalisation,…
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