Posts by Liam Redmond
Vietnam’s Smartphone Shipments to US Plunge to Lowest Level Since 2020
[ad_1] US imports of telephones and components from Vietnam, one of its key suppliers, dropped to a five-year low in November, according to official Vietnamese data, as exporters, including Samsung Electronics, grappled with trade uncertainties and softening consumer demand. Smartphones are exempt from US tariffs, but trade-related uncertainty this year affected shipments from Vietnam, according…
Read MoreTennessee inmate Harold Wayne Nichols’ final words revealed as he’s executed for 1988 killing of college student
[ad_1] A Tennessee death row inmate used his last words to apologize to the people he harmed before he was executed nearly three decades after he raped and murdered a “gentle, sweet, and innocent” college student. Harold Wayne Nichols declared he was “ready to go home” as he was administered a lethal injection of pentobarbital…
Read MoreTaxi Driver Season 3 Episode 7 to Feature Ahn Go Eun as Campus Queen
[ad_1] Taxi Driver season 3 episode 7 will air on SBS on Friday (December 12) at 9:50 PM KST. The chapter will focus on Ahn Go Eun, the youngest member and the genius hacker of the Rainbow Taxi team. The newly released stills feature her in a university cafeteria, a quintessential campus queen. She confidently…
Read MoreICA Seizes Vape, 849 Heat Sticks from Japanese Traveller at Singapore’s Changi Airport
[ad_1] The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has stopped a Japanese man from bringing an e-vaporiser and more than 800 heat sticks into Singapore. ICA said in a Facebook post on Thursday, December 11, that the incident took place on November 30 at Changi Airport Terminal 1, when ICA officers selected the traveller for baggage…
Read MoreWisconsin Church Elder Arrested for Raping 13-Year-Old Girl, Incest
[ad_1] A Wisconsin church leader was arrested this week after a young girl reported him for years of sexual abuse, which started when she was as young as six years old and spanned several years. Greg R. Douma, 58, has been charged with one count of repeated sexual assault of a child, three counts of…
Read MoreAustralia unveils rescue bid for Rio Tinto’s Tomago aluminium smelter
[ad_1] “If Australia doesn’t produce aluminium, then the knock-on effect in other industries is significant,” warns Prime Minister Anthony Albanese [SYDNEY] Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday (Dec 12) a rescue effort to keep open Australia’s largest aluminium smelter, the struggling Tomago facility majority-owned by Rio Tinto, after its current power contract expires in…
Read MoreMoon River Episode 11 to Feature Secret Team-up Between Lee Gang, Park Dal I, Lee Woon
[ad_1] Moon River episode 11 will air on MBC on Friday (December 12) at 9:50 PM KST. The MBC drama, starring Kang Tae Oh and Kim Se Jeong, will feature a secret team-up between Lee Gang, Park Dal I, and Lee Won. The trio will devise a solid plan to trap Kim Han Cheol and…
Read MoreTwo People, Including Woman, Arrested for Loan Shark Harassment Within 12 Hours in Singapore
[ad_1] Two people, including a 22-year-old man and 24-year-old woman, were arrested for their suspected involvement in a case of loan shark harassment. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) said that they were informed about a case of loan shark harassment along Woodlands Avenue 4 on December 9. According to the authority, the walls near the…
Read MoreSingapore: Two Men to be Charged over Suspected Government Official Impersonation Scam
[ad_1] Two men, aged 24 and 47, will be charged in court on Friday, December 12, for their suspected roles in multiple government official impersonation scam (GOIS) cases. The police said that the case began on December 3, when a victim reported receiving a video call from an individual posing as a Singapore Police Force…
Read MorePorn star Bonnie Blue handed light punishment after Bali ‘Bangbus’ stunt
[ad_1] Bonnie Blue has been slapped with a $13 fine for flouting Bali’s road rules – and will now be deported from Indonesia after being banned from returning for at least a decade. The British porn star, whose real name is Tia Billinger, faced Denpasar District Court on Friday accused of a string of road…
Read MoreST Engineering’s US unit among defendants in UPS plane crash lawsuit
[ad_1] Lawsuit alleges negligence in maintenance checks by ST Engineering subsidiary VT San Antonio Aerospace [SINGAPORE] ST Engineering’s United States subsidiary, VT San Antonio Aerospace (VT SAA), was one of several companies named in a wrongful death lawsuit on Dec 3. The lawsuit, filed in a Kentucky court on Dec 3, alleged that the maintenance,…
Read MoreTaylor Swift was riddled with anxiety, scared to continue Eras Tour after Vienna terror threat: ‘Dodged a massacre’
[ad_1] Taylor Swift’s new “End of an Era” docuseries doesn’t shy away from her tour’s darker moments. In episode one, Swift got emotional as she addressed the thwarted terrorist plot that led her to cancel her three scheduled Eras stops in Vienna in August 2024. “We dodged a massacre situation,” Swift said, before expressing her…
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