Posts by Liam Redmond
Hotel 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…
Read MoreGotham FC enter break on high note with comeback win over Bay FC
In a way, the first part of Gotham’s season ended Saturday, with a 2-1 win over Bay FC at Sports Illustrated Stadium, with a veteran and a newcomer — Esther González and Geyse, respectively — staging a comeback after they fell behind in the 12th minute. González capitalized on a 30th-minute turnover by Bay in…
Read MoreCircle gets buy rating after Senate passes stablecoin bill
The company behind USDC has seen its shares rise more than 600% since they started trading earlier this month Published Sun, Jun 22, 2025 · 10:00 AM [NEW YORK] Circle Internet Group’s shares jumped 20 per cent on Friday (Jun 20) after Seaport Global gave the stablecoin issuer its first buy rating in the wake…
Read MoreBianca Censori dares to bare in sheer black top and tiny shorts on NYC outing with Kanye West
Bianca Censori left very little to the imagination during a NYC outing on Saturday. The Australian model was pictured wearing a sheer black top, teeny tiny shorts and stilettos while walking around the city with husband Kanye West. The 30-year-old appeared to be having a deep conversation with the “Gold Digger” rapper as they strutted…
Read MoreApple sued by shareholders for allegedly overstating AI progress
The company shares have lost nearly one-fourth of their value since their Dec 26, 2024 record high Published Sun, Jun 22, 2025 · 08:30 AM [NEW YORK] Apple was sued on Friday (Jun 20) by shareholders in a proposed securities fraud class action that accused it of downplaying how long it needed to integrate advanced…
Read MoreJonquel Jones expected to miss at least a month in Liberty crusher
SEATTLE — Liberty center Jonquel Jones is expected to be out for at least a month after she re-sprained her right ankle this week, the team announced Saturday. That means Jones could be sidelined until or through WNBA All-Star weekend, which is scheduled for July 18-19. Jones stayed back in New York to undergo more…
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