Posts by Liam Redmond
Anthropic UK Expansion: Britain Woos AI Firm After Pentagon Blacklisted It
The British government is pitching Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, on a London office expansion and a potential dual stock listing. The approach comes as Anthropic fights a U.S. national-security blacklisting in federal court. The U.S. Defense Department designated Anthropic a supply-chain risk on April 5, 2026, according to…
Read MorePolice Called Him a Man, He Was Actually 14: Here Is What Happened in Woolwich
Fourteen-year-old Eghosa Ogbebor was shot dead on a residential street in southeast London in the middle of a Thursday afternoon. He was a child. For a period after the shooting, London’s Metropolitan Police Service described the victim publicly as a man. The correction, when it came, landed differently than a routine update. It reframed everything:…
Read MoreCalifornia Wildfire: Springs Fire Torches 6.5 Miles near Moreno Vally, Record-Low Snowpack Raises Season Fears
A fast-moving bush fire near Moreno Valley, a city of roughly 210,000 people in Riverside County east of Los Angeles, burned through more than 6.5 square miles within hours of igniting on April 3, 2026, forcing residents to flee. Santa Ana winds, the seasonal offshore gusts that sweep down from the inland mountains and dramatically…
Read MoreSingapore: 2 People Injured After Tow Truck Overturns on BKE Near Mandai Exit
Two people were injured after a tow truck overturned along the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE) on Friday evening, April 3, briefly disrupting traffic in the area. The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said on Sunday, April 5, that they were informed about the accident on April 3 at about 6 pm. The…
Read MoreErrant Landlords Jump 50% in Singapore as IRAS Steps Up Rental Income Checks
A growing number of landlords are falling afoul of tax rules in Singapore, with authorities reporting a sharp 50% increase in cases of under-reported or undeclared rental income. In its latest audit covering 2024 to 2025, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) investigated 793 property owners whose tax filings raised red flags over discrepancies…
Read MoreSingapore: 53-Year-Old Man to be Charged After Allegedly Scratching Police Vehicle in Redhill
A 53-year-old man is set to be charged in court on Monday, April 6, after he allegedly vandalised a police vehicle in Redhill Close. The police said that they were alerted to the case on April 2 at around 7.40 pm, following a report of vandalism at Block 83 Redhill Close. A member of the…
Read MoreSingapore: 23-Year-Old Man Arrested Within Hours Over Suspected Loan Shark Harassment Case
A 23-year-old man was arrested for his suspected involvement in a loan shark harassment case, following swift action by the police. The authorities said that they were alerted on March 31 to an incident at a residential unit along Keat Hong Close, where loan shark-related graffiti had been scrawled on a wall. Such acts, often…
Read MoreFoxconn first-quarter revenue jumps, company cautions on geopolitics
Strong AI demand leads to robust revenue growth for its cloud and networking products division Published Sun, Apr 5, 2026 · 04:48 PM [TAIPEI] Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, reported a 29.7 per cent on-year rise in first-quarter revenue on strong demand for artificial intelligence products, though it cautioned about “volatile” global…
Read MoreThe Iran war is reshaping global aviation
The longer the war persists, the worse it will be for the carriers with bases in the Middle East [LONDON] For years, airlines in the US and Europe have gawked at the rise of Middle East carriers funnelling ever more passengers through their gleaming hubs in Dubai and Doha at competitive prices with the latest…
Read MoreAfter Yeo’s, Tiger Beer: Why some Singapore F&B firms leave – and others stay
Larger-scale manufacturers with overseas markets are more likely to move operations out, say observers [SINGAPORE] The recent moves by two home-grown food and beverage (F&B) firms to downsize their Singapore operations and shift parts of their manufacturing overseas raise questions about whether others might follow. Tiger Beer maker Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore (APBS) said on…
Read MoreAfter Yeo’s, Tiger Beer: Why some Singapore F&B firms leave – while others stay
Larger-scale manufacturers with overseas markets are seen as more likely to move operations out [SINGAPORE] The recent moves by two home-grown food and beverage (F&B) firms to downsize their Singapore operations and shift parts of their manufacturing overseas raise questions about whether others might follow. Tiger Beer maker Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore (APBS) said on…
Read MoreRetail investors are net buyers of S‑Reits in March
[SINGAPORE] S‑Reits, as measured by the iEdge S‑Reit Index, slipped in the first quarter of 2026, as geopolitical tensions weighed on investor sentiment. The index rose slightly in January, but declined 7 per cent in March amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, leading to negative total returns of 6.4 per cent in Q1 2026. …
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