Posts by Liam Redmond
Frasers Property shareholders approve S$2.1 billion hospitality portfolio revamp
[SINGAPORE] Shareholders of real estate giant Frasers Property approved at a Friday (Aug 28) extraordinary general meeting a proposed portfolio optimisation of its hospitality assets under Frasers Hospitality Trust (FHT), which was taken private in 2025. Some 99.07 per cent of the shareholders present and voting, representing more than 159 million shares, signalled their approval…
Read MoreVenezuela’s interim president says US energy deal will last 25 years
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the US would remain in force for 25 years, target an increase in crude output to 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) and preserve the country’s sovereignty over its natural resources. Rodriguez hailed the accord in a late-night address as a “historic”…
Read MoreNorway’s King Haakon honors ‘dear father’ Harald in first speech as sovereign
King Haakon VIII of Norway paid homage to his late father as “such a good dad” in his first address to the nation since becoming sovereign, his voice briefly filling with emotion when evoking his widowed mother Queen Sonja. King Harald, who emerged from the shadow of his own well-loved, extrovert father to become a reformer…
Read MoreDear Abby: Am I wrong for leaving my physical therapy center when my therapist doesn’t listen to me?
DEAR ABBY: I am receiving physical therapy at a center with a huge TV on the wall. It is on the entire time, playing stuff like sports and home improvement shows. I find it tedious, stressful and distracting. Importantly, due to my declining hearing, the TV makes it difficult to understand the young physical therapist…
Read More‘Too much of a hassle’: Why investors are abandoning South Korean chip leveraged ETFs in droves
Regulatory tightening moves, including a rule to complete five-day simulated trading, key to sapping demand Published Sun, Aug 30, 2026 · 02:14 PM AN ONEROUS mock trading course is becoming an effective tool for South Korea to cool investor fervour over risky products that have turned the country’s US$4.3 trillion stock market extremely volatile. Leveraged…
Read More‘Too much of a hassle’: Tougher rules drive retail investors from South Korean leveraged chip ETFs
Regulatory tightening moves, including a rule to complete five-day simulated trading, key to sapping demand Published Sun, Aug 30, 2026 · 02:14 PM AN ONEROUS mock trading course is becoming an effective tool for South Korea to cool investor fervour over risky products that have turned the country’s US$4.3 trillion stock market extremely volatile. Leveraged…
Read MoreSeveral victims reported in Switzerland shooting incident, police say
Several victims have been reported following a shooting in the early morning at an event in Switzerland, local police said on Sunday. Cantonal police in Aargau said a large scale operation was underway and they appealed to the public for any film or pictures of the incident, which the mass market Blick tabloid said had…
Read MoreColorado politician Joe Anderson, 45, dies while hiking on mountain
A Colorado politician died suddenly Friday after collapsing as he hiked one of the state’s highest mountains. He was 45. Joe Anderson — the mayor pro tem of Englewood, Co., south of Denver — was struggling to breathe before he lost consciousness while exploring the lower slopes of Quandary Peak in Summit County, the Denver…
Read More13-year-old stabbed in broad daylight attack in the Bronx
A teenage boy was stabbed in broad daylight outside a Bronx supermarket Saturday and left wounded, police sources said. The 13-year-old was stabbed in the stomach outside C-Town at 1612 Westchester Avenue in the Bronx’s Soundview neighborhood at 5:23pm, police sources said. He was taken to Jacoby Hospital on Pelham Parkway by EMS workers after…
Read MoreYankees salvage Red Sox doubleheader with late-inning offensive surge after ugly Game 1 loss
All over The Bronx on Saturday night was relief. From a Yankees offense that finally awoke, first with a three-run third inning and later a five-run eighth. From a Yankees, well, relief corps that did not bend. From a Yankees club that escaped a very long day of baseball with the Red Sox no closer…
Read MoreFlorida man attacked by 7-foot shark said he’d ‘100% be dead’ without help of nearby boaters
A man who was savagely attacked by a seven foot shark in Florida said he would “100% be dead” if it wasn’t for nearby boaters providing life-saving assistance after the gruesome mauling. While fishing in shallow water at sandbar in Key West, Fla. on Aug. 23, Dave Daniel, 43, was viciously bitten by what he…
Read MoreYankees rookie George Lombard Jr. exits game with possible knee injury
The Yankees may have another injury to deal with. George Lombard Jr. left the second game of a doubleheader against the Red Sox Saturday night at the Stadium with what appeared to be a right knee injury. In his first at-bat, Lombard awkwardly checked his swing and didn’t seem right. George Lombard Jr., who exited…
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