Posts by Liam Redmond
Belgian academic who accused late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended from his university
An academic who accused former Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarizing his thesis before the educator quit his job and later found dead has been suspended from his role at a Belgian university. Nathan Cofnas, a postdoctoral researcher in Ghent University’s philosophy and moral sciences department, said Thursday he had been suspended – less than…
Read MoreLuxury sales plunge in China as tax push hits rich shoppers
Published Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 04:57 PM [BEIJING] Global luxury brands are facing a deepening sales slump in China, as the country’s campaign to tax offshore wealth sends ripples from stock markets to casino floors and dampens spending by the country’s richest consumers. Sales at the 25 biggest luxury labels in China dropped more…
Read MoreMiss Grand USA Mekyla Li stripped of title after alleged hit-and-run, previous marriage revelations
Miss Grand USA Mekyla Li was stripped of her title just one week after she was crowned amid revelations of an alleged 2024 hit-and-run and a previous marriage. Li’s short-lived reign was terminated, and she was released from the “Miss Grand USA Title and all associated duties” for violating the pageant’s rules, the organization announced…
Read MoreMichelle Rodriguez says Hollywood felt like the ‘devil’s world’ after religious upbringing
Michelle Rodriguez has been working in the entertainment industry for more than 25 years and has starred in dozens of movies, including eight “Fast and the Furious” films, but she admitted this week that her religious upbringing left her feeling like she was in the “devil’s world” when she first came to Hollywood. “I came from…
Read MoreCharter plane crash kills 8 near remote radar site in western Alaska, military says
A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing all on board, the US military said. The crash happened at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska. “This is a devastating loss for our military family and the communities…
Read MoreLabubu maker Pop Mart shares fall as it warns 2026 growth target likely to be missed
Firm still struggling to build a lasting entertainment franchise beyond its one hit product Published Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 01:46 PM POP MART International Group’s shares fell the most in nearly five months after the Labubu toymaker said it will likely miss its 2026 sales-growth target, citing a far tougher-than-expected first half. The Hong…
Read MorePastor unleashes on Dearborn as religious tensions erupt at city council meeting: ‘Enough is enough’
What started as a regularly scheduled town hall in Dearborn, Michigan, erupted into a flashpoint over the influence of Muslim culture in American civic life Tuesday as the pastor of a local church accused the town of operating under Sharia law. “America, we have lost this city. This is a city that is no longer up…
Read More‘How come you’re so young?’: Gen Z couple takes on Singapore’s established bullion dealers
Big Bullion wants to carve a niche for itself in a gold and silver industry dominated by established players [SINGAPORE] In his final year as an undergraduate at the National University of Singapore (NUS), 26-year-old Ian Chan took a gap semester to open a physical store for Big Bullion, the precious metals startup he first…
Read MoreMore products, more risks? South Korea’s leveraged ETF experience offers lessons for Singapore’s retail fund push
MAS in July had proposed a more flexible framework that could allow retail investors to access new fund types [SINGAPORE] Singapore’s push to broaden the range of investment products for retail investors could deepen markets, but South Korea’s recent experience with leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) highlights the risks that Singapore will have to manage, observers…
Read MoreLong Island sicko undressed pair of young girls’ social media photos using AI in twisted child porn scheme: cops
An alleged sicko from Long Island was caught with more than 50 AI-generated images of child porn using the likeness of two real girls’ photos he pulled from social media, according to local authorities. Nicholas Zavesky, 43, took images of a pair of real-life girls from social media platforms and uploaded them into an AI…
Read MoreSamsung set to overtake Apple in 2026 smartphone market amid memory crunch: Counterpoint
Leading Chinese smartphone manufacturers are expected to experience substantially greater shipment pressure Published Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 12:01 PM SAMSUNG Electronics will regain the top position in the smartphone market in 2026, in a sign of its greater resilience to higher memory-chip prices, market intelligence firm Counterpoint Research predicted. The memory supply crunch has…
Read MoreDigital Realty, STT GDC among data centre operators awarded 50 MW of new capacity in Singapore
Keppel and Equinix are the other two awarded out of over 20 applications received from global and local players [SINGAPORE] The Singapore government on Friday (Aug 21) has awarded a total of 200 megawatts (MW) in new data centre capacity to four data centre operators through its latest round of tender. Digital Realty, Equinix, ST…
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