Posts by Liam Redmond
OCBC mobile app hit by outage; PayNow transfers disrupted
Over 570 outage reports were lodged on tracking site Downdetector from around 11 am [SINGAPORE] Customers of OCBC experienced difficulties making payments via the bank’s mobile apps on Friday (Jun 13) afternoon. Over 570 outage reports were lodged on tracking site Downdetector from around 11 am, with most complaints relating to mobile login and banking…
Read MoreOCBC users hit by log-in, payment issues; services restored by 2.30 pm
More than 1,000 outage reports were lodged on tracking site Downdetector from around 11 am [SINGAPORE] Customers of OCBC experienced difficulties making payments via the bank’s mobile app and Internet banking services on Friday (Jun 13) afternoon, but access was restored by 2.30 pm. More than 1,000 outage reports were lodged on tracking site Downdetector…
Read MoreTrump says he is hoping Iran gets back to negotiating table after Israel attack
US President Donald Trump said that Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb and that the United States was hoping to get back to the negotiating table, in an interview with Fox News following the start of Israeli airstrikes on Iran. A map showing the cities that Israel targeted during the first wave of Operation Rising…
Read MoreIsrael Launches Massive Airstrikes on Iran’s Nuclear Program and Kills Several Top Military Officials as Khamenei Vows ‘Harsh Punishment’
Israel has carried out “preemptive attacks” on Iran, targeting its nuclear program and killed several senior military officials in a bid to stop Tehran from advancing its development of weapons of mass destruction. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the strikes would continue “for as many days at it takes to remove this threat” posed…
Read MoreIsrael is serving the entire world — taking huge risks to stop Iran from going nuclear
Late last night the IDF began what it said would be several days of airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear program and associated assets. Good for Israel, acting as it has before (the 1967 war, the takedown of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program in 1981 and strikes on Syria in 2007) to preempt a clear existential threat to…
Read MoreUnagi specialist Man Man’s Singapore operator sinks into red less than a year after listing
[SINGAPORE] Japanese food and beverage (F&B) operator Food Innovators Holdings (FIH) posted a net loss of S$4.1 million for FY2025 ended Feb 28, in a company report on Thursday (Jun 12) with its audited financial statement for the period. The loss was attributed to the underprovision of certain expenses, such as unrealised foreign exchange losses,…
Read MoreOil jumps more than 7% as Israel strikes Iran, rattling investors
OIL prices jumped more than 7 per cent on Friday, hitting their highest in months after Israel said it struck Iran, dramatically escalating tensions in the Middle East and raising worries about disrupted oil supplies. Brent crude futures rose US$5.29, or 7.63 per cent, to US$74.65 a barrel by 0142 GMT after hitting an intraday high of US$75.32,…
Read MoreOil soars more than 9% after Israel strikes Iran, rattling investors
OIL prices surged more than 9 per cent on Friday, hitting their highest in almost five months after Israel struck Iran, dramatically escalating tensions in the Middle East and raising worries about disrupted oil supplies. Brent crude futures jumped US$6.29, or 9.07 per cent, to US$75.65 a barrel by 0315 GMT after hitting an intraday…
Read MoreAngels call up Christian Moore — 2024’s No. 8 draft pick — in bold move
Well, that was fast. The Angels are calling up infielder Christian Moore, who was the No. 8 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported Thursday. Moore, 22, has played in just 79 minor league games over the past two seasons, where he swiftly rose to the Angels’ No. 1-ranked prospect,…
Read MoreMeta finalises investment in Scale AI, valuing startup at US$29 billion
META Platforms has finalised an investment in Scale AI that values the startup at over US$29 billion, Scale AI said on Thursday. Two sources familiar with the matter said that Meta’s investment in Scale AI amounts to US$14.3 billion. The sources said that Scale CEO and co-founder Alexandr Wang will join a new “superintelligence” unit…
Read MoreSingapore Airlines tumbles 2.1% after Air India plane crash
SIA holds a 25.1% following a merger of its full-service airline Vistara into the Indian national carrier [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singapore Airlines (SIA) dived on Friday (Jun 13) morning after an Air India plane bound for London crashed on Thursday. SIA holds a 25.1 per cent stake in the Indian flag carrier. At around 9 am…
Read More‘I got up and ran’: How one man survived the Air India crash that killed 241
AS AIR India Flight AI171 descended toward its doom on Thursday, Ramesh Vishwaskumar sat in the first row of economy class – headed for one of the most harrowing and luckiest moments of his life. After the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed into a densely populated district of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Vishwaskumar managed…
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