Posts by Liam Redmond
Louisiana husband allegedly killed wife, propped her body in passenger seat and drove through several states before being arrested
A Louisiana man allegedly shot and killed his wife, propped her body up in the passenger seat and drove through several states before he was nabbed during a traffic stop. Tyronne Brazille, 50, was arrested Thursday night after police stopped him in downtown Memphis and found his 50-year-old wife, Lanessa Bradford, dead in the passenger…
Read MoreAtlanta drug trafficker pardoned by Biden arrested again for selling fentanyl: feds
An Atlanta drug trafficker whose prior fentanyl-trafficking charges were pardoned by former President Joe Biden was arrested on new charges alleging he once again slang the deadly opiate Thursday, prosecutors said. Walter Lee Muhammad, 46, appeared in federal court on possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances charges in the Northern District of Georgia…
Read MoreHayden Panettiere’s life in photos: Remembering the actress before her death at 36
From charming child star to Hollywood powerhouse, Hayden Panettiere left her mark on both television and film. Whether she was stealing the spotlight as a country superstar in “Nashville,” defying gravity as a cheerleader in “Bring It On: All or Nothing,” or opening up in her bestselling autobiography “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” she proved…
Read MoreBank of Japan should raise rates at every meeting, ex-currency chief says
Published Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 12:47 PM THE Bank of Japan should raise its benchmark interest rate at every meeting, with the goal of taking the rate above 2 per cent in order to narrow the rate differential with the US and ease pressure on the yen, a former Finance Ministry official said. “Real…
Read More‘Dim sum’, ‘panda’, ‘kangaroo’: Why foreign borrowers are flocking to Asia-Pacific bond markets
Chinese onshore “panda” and offshore “dim sum” yuan bond sales reached record highs of in the first half Published Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 12:07 PM [LONDON/SYDNEY/HONG KONG] Foreign borrowers are ploughing into once-niche Asia-Pacific bond markets, demonstrating that it’s not just Big Tech grabbing funding wherever it can in a world of rising uncertainty…
Read MoreGiants’ John Harbaugh suspects ‘history’ informed Jaxson Dart’s latest medical tent visit
Looking back on it, Giants head coach John Harbaugh thinks Jaxson Dart’s “history” of visits to the medical tent as a rookie might have had something to do with Dart being summoned Saturday to the tent in the second quarter of the afternoon’s 13-10 preseason loss to the Vikings. Dart took a big hit from…
Read MoreCaitlin Clark caught smiling with Angel Reese in anguish over missing potential game-winning layup
Maybe it was relief from Caitlin Clark. Maybe it was disbelief. Or maybe it was something different altogether. But the Fever star was caught grinning while walking back to the bench behind a distraught Angel Reese, who had just missed a putback under the basket that would have won an intense game for the Dream…
Read MoreCXMT’s rise to China’s most valuable firm signals new era for country’s tech sector
AI boom is delivering runaway demand to suppliers of the hardware required, but the market is harder to navigate on the software side Published Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 10:47 AM CXMT’s ascent to the pinnacle of Chinese markets heralds a potentially consequential shift away from private-sector giants toward a new generation of hardware companies…
Read MoreAustralia shares fall after NAB results offset miners, Middle East tensions drag
Published Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 10:20 AM AUSTRALIAN shares fell on Monday (Aug 17) as a slew of weaker earnings, including those of NAB and JB Hi-Fi, overshadowed gains in miners and energy stocks, while no interim peace deal emerged between the US and Iran. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.3 per cent to…
Read MoreAlibaba to sell gaming arm for US$1.5 billion in boost to AI pivot: Bloomberg
Published Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 10:18 AM ALIBABA Group Holding is selling its gaming arm in a deal worth at least US$1.5 billion that will boost the Chinese e-commerce leader’s pivot to AI. Asian private equity firm Trustar Capital has reached an agreement to acquire Lingxi Games, according to an internal memo distributed on…
Read MoreAlibaba said to be selling gaming arm for US$1.5 billion in boost to AI pivot
Published Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 10:18 AM ALIBABA Group Holding is selling its gaming arm in a deal worth at least US$1.5 billion that will boost the Chinese e-commerce leader’s pivot to artificial intelligence. Asian private equity firm Trustar Capital has reached an agreement to acquire Lingxi Games, according to an internal memo distributed…
Read MoreThai baht rally may fade on dovish central bank, analysts say
The currency has strengthened 0.9% so far in August, ranking as the second-best performer among South-east Asian peers Published Mon, Aug 17, 2026 · 10:12 AM [SINGAPORE] A nascent rally in the Thai baht may be short-lived as the central bank is likely to maintain a dovish policy stance to support an economy hit by…
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