Posts by Liam Redmond
Did Noel Fielding jinx the first baker eliminated on ‘The Great British Baking Show’ 2025?
It’s always sad to see anyone leave The Great British Baking Show, but there’s something extra tragic about bidding farewell to the first eliminated baker. Not only have we hardly gotten the chance to get to know them, but you also always wonder if they were just struck by first week nerves. While watching the…
Read MoreIran paves over mass grave of 1979 revolution victims, turning it into a parking lot
A desert-like patch of sand and scrawny trees in the largest cemetery in Iran’s capital has been the final resting place for decades for some of the thousands killed in the mass executions that followed Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. Now, Lot 41 at the sprawling Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran is becoming a parking lot,…
Read MoreChina joins big oil in opposition to Trump’s biofuel proposal
[NEW YORK] US oil refiners have found an unlikely ally in their opposition to US President Donald Trump’s proposed changes to biofuel policy: China. A plan to slash incentives for renewable diesel produced from imported feedstocks will disrupt trade, harm US fuelmakers and undermine efforts to slash carbon emissions, a Chinese government agency said in…
Read MoreMauricio Pochettino putting Christian Pulisic-USMNT drama ‘in the past’
Mauricio Pochettino is putting the summer drama with Christian Pulisic in the rearview mirror ahead of Saturday’s U.S. Men’s National Team friendly against South Korea. Sitting in the ballroom of the team hotel in Morristown, N.J., the head coach of the USMNT — which has spent the past week training at the Red Bulls facility…
Read MoreRobinhood, AppLovin, Emcor to join S&P 500 in rebalancing
[NEW YORK] Robinhood Markets has been added to the S&P 500, marking a new phase for the retail trading platform that helped define the pandemic-era boom in individual investing. The company will join the benchmark in the latest quarterly rebalance, S&P Dow Jones Indices said on Friday (Sep 5). AppLovin and Emcor Group will also…
Read MoreRussian gas sales to China would not harm US, energy secretary says
Since coming back to the office, Trump has not imposed direct sanctions on Russian energy entities Published Sat, Sep 6, 2025 · 10:10 AM [WASHINGTON] Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Friday (Sep 5) that he is not worried that any Russian sales of gas to China would harm US exporters of the fuel. Russia…
Read MoreUS immigration agents arrest hundreds at Hyundai plant, mostly South Koreans
[ATLANTA/WASHINGTON/SEOUL] Hundreds of workers at a Hyundai Motor car battery facility under construction in Georgia were detained in a raid by US authorities on Thursday (Sep 4), stopping work on a plant that is one of the Korean automaker’s major investments in the US. About 475 workers, most of whom were South Korean nationals, were…
Read MoreTrump says Hassett, Warsh and Waller are finalists for US Fed chair
The timetable for selecting a successor to Powell, whose term as chair expires in May, remains unclear Published Sat, Sep 6, 2025 · 08:01 AM [WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump said that he saw White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett, Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller and former Fed governor Kevin Warsh as the finalists to…
Read MoreUS Fed rate-cut expectations climb following weak job market report
[NEW YORK] Disappointing employment data released on Friday (Sep 5) validated fears that the US labour market may be on the brink of a downturn and lifted expectations for how much the US Federal Reserve will lower interest rates this year. Investors are now fully pricing in a quarter-point rate cut at the Fed’s Sep…
Read MoreRFK Jr. has turned health services into a goat rodeo
During the Biden years, Republicans skewered Xavier Becerra — a career litigator and politician — as incompetent and unsuited to serve as health and human services secretary. Oh, for the days of mere incompetence. Donald Trump’s HHS presents something far more absurd. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has married ineptitude to pet obsessions, producing…
Read MoreEurope: Stocks retreat at close as weak US payrolls stoke slowdown fears
[BENGALURU] European stocks surrendered early gains to finish lower on Friday (Sep 5), dragged by energy and financial shares, as investors turned cautious after softer-than-expected US payrolls data heightened concerns about cracks in the world’s largest economy. The pan-European Stoxx 600 ended 0.16 per cent lower at 549.21, with the energy index weighing heavily with…
Read MoreUS: Stocks dip after poor jobs data
Published Sat, Sep 6, 2025 · 06:05 AM [NEW YORK] Wall Street stocks finished lower on Friday (Sep 5) as markets grappled with worries about the latest weak US labour market data, which was offset somewhat by expectations for US Federal Reserve monetary easing. The US economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, while unemployment…
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