Posts by Liam Redmond
Read the heartbreaking Christmas card NASCAR legend Greg Biffle sent just before family died in plane crash
Friends and relatives of NASCAR legend Greg Biffle have begun receiving his family’s Christmas cards that were mailed shortly before a horrific plane crash killed him, his wife and kids, according to a heart-crushing post. Biffle, his wife, their two children and three friends were all killed when their private jet crashed in North Carolina…
Read MoreChina’s CNOOC makes second big oil find in Bohai Sea
[BEIJING] China’s oil major CNOOC Limited said on Wednesday (Dec 24) it has discovered an oilfield with proved in-place volumes exceeding 100 million tons of oil equivalent in its second big find in the central Bohai Sea. The discovery in a shallow slope zone highlights “considerable exploration potential” for other similar zones, which have typically…
Read MoreHugh Jackman tours Midwest, meets fans for ‘Song Sung Blue’
“Marty Supreme” isn’t the only Christmas Day movie opening with marketing chops. While the Timothée Chalamet film has been a viral hit with the cool kids, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson’s “Song Sung Blue” has been courting America with a grassroots campaign. Jackman and Hudson play a pair of hometown heroes in the movie, and…
Read MoreTyler Kolek delivers Knicks silver lining with career night in road loss
MINNEAPOLIS — Tyler Kolek took his opportunity and ran with it. He was a silver lining to the Knicks’ 115-104 loss to the Timberwolves on Tuesday night at Target Center. With Jalen Brunson out for load management, Kolek got his first-career start. And had a career night as a result. He recorded 20 points and…
Read MoreSingapore stocks end slightly lower before festive break; STI down 0.06%
Meanwhile, the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index rises 0.1% or 1.61 points to 1,448.61 [SINGAPORE] Singapore shares ended slightly lower on Wednesday (Dec 24) before investors took a break for Christmas, even as Wall Street closed higher on the back of a strong growth forecast for the US. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) slipped…
Read MoreMalaysia’s Petronas signs LNG supply deal with China’s CNOOC
[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian state-owned energy firm Petroliam Nasional said on Wednesday (Dec 24) it would supply Chinese offshore oil and gas company CNOOC with 1 million metric tons per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The agreement between Petronas LNG and CNOOC Gas and Power Singapore Trading & Marketing builds upon existing cooperation between the…
Read MoreBukele challenges Hillary Clinton to take El Salvador’s entire prison population after criticism
El Salvador president responded to former secretary of state’s criticism of CECOT prison housing US deportees. Source link
Read MoreSean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument
Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a federal appeals court in New York late Tuesday to order his immediate release from prison and reverse his conviction on prostitution-related charges or direct his trial judge to lighten his four-year sentence. The lawyers said in a filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
Read MoreS Korea pension fund initiates new round of strategic FX hedging to support won
The won sharply reverses course on the news to rally as much as 1.6% to 1,458.0 per dollar [SEOUL] South Korea’s national pension fund has initiated a new round of strategic foreign exchange hedging operations on Wednesday (Dec 24), two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, sending the won to its highest level against…
Read MoreSouth Korea pension fund initiates new round of strategic FX hedging to support won
The won sharply reversed course on the news to rally as much as 1.6% to 1,458.0 per dollar [SEOUL] South Korea’s national pension fund has initiated a new round of strategic foreign exchange hedging operations on Wednesday (Dec 24), two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, sending the won to its highest level against…
Read More‘Slender Man’ stabber Morgan Geyser sent back to mental institution after escaping Wisconsin group home
“Slender Man” stabber Morgan Geyser will be sent back to a Wisconsin mental institution after her conditional release was revoked following her brazen escape from a group home last month. The 23-year-old — who viciously knifed a fellow sixth-grade student over a decade ago to please a made-up internet boogeyman — appeared in Waukesha County…
Read MoreColorado mom accused of killing 2 kids, fleeing to UK arrives back in US to face murder charges
A Colorado mom who is accused of stabbing her two young children to death and then fleeing the country after trying to frame her ex-husband finally arrived back in the US on Tuesday — almost two years after she was arrested in the UK. Colorado District Attorney Michael Allen announced Kimberlee Singler’s return to the…
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