Posts by Riah Marton
Xiaomi launches YU7, undercutting Tesla’s Model Y on price
[BEIJING] Chinese EV and smartphone maker Xiaomi on Thursday (Jun 26) priced its new electric YU7 SUV from 253,500 yuan (S$45,102), almost 4 per cent below Tesla’s Model Y, stepping up the challenge to the US firm in the world’s largest auto market. The YU7‘s base model costs 10,000 yuan less than the starting price…
Read MoreUS Federal Reserve releases plan to relax key bank capital rule
[WASHINGTON] The US Federal Reserve unveiled plans to roll back an important capital rule that big banks have said limits their ability to hold more Treasuries and act as intermediaries in the US$29 trillion market. The Fed board voted 5-2 on Wednesday (Jun 25) to propose changes to what’s known as the enhanced supplementary leverage…
Read MoreHere’s How Each Zodiac Sign Will Be Affected This Cancer Season, According to Your Horoscope
Still, there’s some growing pains. Saturn and Neptune square the Cancer Sun, stirring up confusion and emotional tests. But Lisa assures us, “This square isn’t here to punish—it’s here to help you reorganize what supports you, from within and without.” And let’s not forget Mercury retrograde in Leo, running June 30 through August 23. Lisa…
Read MoreBillionaire Richard Li’s FWD Group seeks to raise HK$3.47 billion in Hong Kong IPO
Published Thu, Jun 26, 2025 · 06:38 AM INSURER FWD Group, backed by billionaire Richard Li, is looking to raise HK$3.47 billion (S$565.3 million) through a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday (Jun 26). The pan-Asian insurer is offering 91.3 million offer shares in total at an offer price…
Read MoreUS Federal Reserve’s Powell says tariff-driven inflation remains a big question
[NEW YORK] US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday (Jun 25) said the US central bank is still struggling to determine the impact of tariffs on consumer prices. “The question is, who’s going to pay for the tariffs?” Powell said in response to a question during his testimony before the Senate Banking Committee. “How…
Read MoreWho Is Brett Cooper? What to Know About the Conservative Podcaster Joining Fox News
Girl, watch your mouth. It all started when the Girl, Wash Your Face author posted about her house cleaner and it got increasingly dirty. In a clip of the since-deleted post resurfaced by Angie Treasure, Hollis referenced an April 2021 livestream where she spoke about a woman who “cleans the toilets,” noting that “someone commented and…
Read MoreLiam Payne’s Girlfriend Kate Cassidy Defends Love Island USA’s Vanna Einerson Amid “Hurtful” Comments
Kate Cassidy is asking for kindness. The influencer—who dated One Direction singer Liam Payne for two years before his death in October—expressed empathy for new Love Island USA star Vanna Einerson whose appearance has been subject to scrutiny online since she joined season seven of the Peacock dating competition show during the June 23 episode. “People are brutal…
Read MoreNetflix’s “Liver King” Brian Johnson Arrested for Allegedly Threatening Joe Rogan
Where “Liver King” Brian Johnson Is Now After Eating Only Raw Meat and Testicles for Years The “Liver King” is living some legal drama. Brian Johnson—the subject of Netflix’s Untold: The Liver King documentary—has been arrested in Texas on June 24 after threatening Joe Rogan on Instagram, the Austin Police Department confirmed to E! News.…
Read MoreWary of Washington, Europe frets it will be left behind on an AI battlefield
THE HAGUE — Days before NATO was set to convene in the Netherlands, one of its top commanders, Pierre Vandier, tasked with transforming the alliance for the next fight, put out a call: Britain will need to step up its intelligence contributions to the alliance going forward. “The UK has this in its DNA,” Vandier said. It…
Read MoreTaylor Swift, Travis Kelce Make the Whole Place Shimmer During Double Date With BFF Abigail Anderson
“We’re up there, me and Kane are having some drinks,” Taylor explained, “and we were thinking like how loud could this place get? Theoretically, how loud could the singing get in here? And I was like, ‘I’d go up but I don’t have a guitar,’ and then Chase Rice said, ‘You could use mine.’” After…
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