Posts by Liam Redmond
Exclusive | Trump’s Truth Social post on Ukraine surprises Zelensky’s chief aide pushing for Mar-a-Lago peace deal
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — President Trump dashed Kyiv’s hopes of a peace summit this week to end the nearly three-year war with Russia – in an instant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief advisor, Andriy Yermak, was in the middle of an interview with Post on Tuesday when Trump posted on Truth Social that he was sending Army…
Read MoreAustralia’s Optus suffers emergency call outage
[ad_1] [SYDNEY] Australian telco Optus said on Wednesday it had suffered an emergency call outage near Melbourne impacting around 14,000 users, two months after a broader disruption that probably caused four deaths when customers failed to get timely aid. Optus, owned by Singapore Telecommunications, said an “aerial fibre break” could be the cause of the…
Read MoreAustralia’s Optus suffers call outage, vandalism blamed
[ad_1] Published Wed, Nov 26, 2025 · 07:51 AM — Updated Fri, Nov 28, 2025 · 09:52 AM [SYDNEY] Australian telco Optus said on Wednesday it had suffered a service outage near Melbourne impacting around 14,000 users, two months after a disruption to emergency calls that probably caused four deaths when customers failed to get timely…
Read MoreWarner Bros to ask bidders to submit sweetened offers
[ad_1] [NEW YORK] Warner Bros Discovery, the parent of HBO and CNN, has asked potential buyers to submit new, sweetened offers after receiving an initial round of bids, sources familiar with the matter said. The company, which put itself up for sale last month, has asked the bidders to provide improved offers by Dec 1,…
Read MoreGoogle, the sleeping giant in global AI race, now ‘fully awake’
[ad_1] Several tech companies have plotted ways to develop their own semiconductors or forge ties that make them less reliant on Nvidia’s bestsellers [LONDON] Since the launch of ChatGPT three years ago, analysts and technologists, even a Google engineer and the company’s former chief executive officer, have declared Google behind in the high-stakes race to…
Read MorePatriots’ spending spree success a stark contrast to Giants’ free agency failure
[ad_1] While the Patriots bought wins in free agency, the Giants should be looking into the NFL’s return policy. Spoiler: All sales are final. After the Giants and Patriots elbowed each other for positioning at the top of the draft each of the past two seasons, Monday’s matchup will pit one team whose rebuild is…
Read MoreDell forecasts upbeat growth targets on strength in AI server sales
[ad_1] DELL forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, as increasing investments in data centres to support artificial intelligence applications boost demand for its servers. The company also announced the permanent appointment of David Kennedy as its finance chief. Dell, which raised its annual revenue and profit expectations, offers AI-optimised severs…
Read MoreGambling, prediction markets create new credit risks, Bank of America warns
[ad_1] The bank says that there are already worrisome signs in some indicators of consumer stress, citing a US News survey [NEW YORK] Bank of America (BOA) is sounding the alarm over the explosive growth of prediction markets and sports gambling, warning it could lead consumers to take on too much debt and default on…
Read MoreCrypto crash weighs on US IPOs as candidates push out timing
[ad_1] The 14-day average trading volume in Bitcoin this month hit its highest level since March [NEW YORK] Returns from new US listings have waned considerably this quarter and the crypto crash has made recent initial public offerings (IPOs) in the sector among the biggest casualties, creating a higher bar for companies such as Grayscale…
Read MoreBoston mayor doesn’t want Trump ‘bromance’ after Zohran Mamdani’s chummy White House visit
[ad_1] Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she isn’t “interested in a bromance with the federal regime” days after New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s chummy visit with President Trump. The progressive Democrat — whose policies Mamdani has praised — told local news outlets Monday she wasn’t looking to replicate Mamdani and President Trump surprisingly buddy-buddy…
Read MoreUS: Wall Street ends higher as Federal Reserve rate cut bets gather momentum
[ad_1] [NEW YORK] Wall Street extended its rally on Tuesday as a spate of economic data appeared to support the case for the US Federal Reserve to implement its third and final rate cut of the year in December, while softness in the tech sector limited the Nasdaq’s gains. All three major US stock indexes…
Read MoreEurope: Shares jump on Ukraine peace prospects, US rate cut hopes
[ad_1] EUROPEAN shares extended gains on Tuesday, led by materials and financial stocks, as investors continued to draw optimism from prospects of a ceasefire in Ukraine and expectations of interest rate cuts in the world’s largest economy. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed up 0.91 per cent at 568.01 points. Major regional bourses also ended higher, with Germany’s…
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