Posts by Liam Redmond
Exclusive | Honduran anti-ICE agitator snared on voter fraud charges as FBI begins crackdown: ‘First of many to come’
A Honduran agitator arrested earlier this year at an anti-ICE protest in Southern California was busted by the FBI Friday on charges of illegally registering to vote — part of a crackdown on suspected election fraud in California. Darwin Jonathan Rivera Flores, 30, a Honduran national living in the San Fernando Valley, is accused of…
Read MoreData Center Power Startup Emerald AI Raises $150M
Emerald AI closed a $150 million Series A on August 25, 2026, at a valuation of $1.05 billion. Energize Capital and DCVC co-led the round, and the raise lifts the company’s lifetime funding above $220 million. Infrastructure rounds rarely feel urgent when you are running a ten-person company. This one should. Emerald AI builds software…
Read MoreHow Did King Oyo Nyimba Die? World’s Youngest Monarch Dies at 34
King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the Omukama of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom and a Guinness World Records holder as the world’s youngest reigning monarch, died at approximately 10 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026, at age 34. The official Tooro Kingdom announcement did not disclose a cause of death. The death followed weeks of uncertainty…
Read MorePitch Competition Wins: 5 Lessons From Veteran Founders
VetsinTech named the winners of its most recent Startup Pitch Contest (which marks its sixth annual contest) August 26, 2026, after five veteran-founded companies presented at Andreessen Horowitz’s San Francisco office on August 20. J.P. Morgan sponsored the event, and $40,000 went out across three prizes. I used to tell founders that contests were a…
Read MoreNew Seahawks owner Vinod Khosla admits to being ‘big fan’ of another NFL team in bizarre twist
Money can buy an NFL franchise at a $9.612 valuation, but can it buy fandom? Vinod and Neeru Khosla were approved as the new majority owners of the Seahawks this week, but Vinod’s introductory press conference on Wednesday came with an odd admission. “I also happened to come to this country in ’76 when the…
Read MoreWall Street opens subdued ahead of Warsh’s speech
Published Fri, Aug 28, 2026 · 09:42 PM [NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened muted open on Friday (Aug 28), as an AI-fuelled rally fizzled out ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s much-anticipated Jackson Hole appearance. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 42.5 points, or 0.08 per cent, at the open to 53,611.94.…
Read MoreJax Taylor allegedly threatened to ‘gut’ estranged wife Brittany Cartwright ‘like a fish’: protective order
Brittany Cartwright was granted a temporary restraining order against estranged husband Jax Taylor amid their contentious divorce, Page Six can confirm. In a bombshell declaration submitted to the L.A. Superior Court on Thursday, Cartwright described years of alleged abuse by her ex — including an instance when he allegedly threatened to “gut [her] like a…
Read MoreGood Good Golf CEO attacks Callaway for ‘media blitz,’ threatens lawsuit in late-night tweet storm as fallout from ad worsens
Good Good Golf wants to get into the rough with Callaway after being dumped. Matt Kendrick, CEO and co-founder of Good Good Golf, tweeted for the first time in 11 years to rip his company’s former partner and hint at a potential lawsuit after Callaway split with his company following the backlash from an advertisement…
Read MoreHow Shein had to make peace with China to finally go public
It is set to raise US$1.7 billion in its IPO at a valuation of just US$26.5 billion WHEN Shein makes its market debut on Tuesday (Sep 1), it will be in Hong Kong and not New York or London like it once dreamed – symbolic of the long journey the fast-fashion online retailer has had…
Read MoreTrump’s mail ballot executive order blocked in ruling that will likely be quickly appealed
A federal judge on Thursday halted — at least for now — attempts to implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting. The move stalled the directive for a second time only about a week before the first mail ballots are due to be sent out for the rapidly approaching midterm elections. U.S. District…
Read MoreAdrian Chui steps down as CEO of ESR-Reit
[SINGAPORE] The manager of ESR Real Estate Investment Trust ( ESR-Reit ) on Friday (Aug 28) announced that Adrian Chui will step down as its CEO and executive director. Chui, who has held his roles since 2017, will “continue to carry out his duties… and will work closely with the board and ESR Group representatives…
Read MoreSingapore shares rise ahead of key Fed conference; STI up 0.3%
Published Fri, Aug 28, 2026 · 06:27 PM [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Friday (Aug 28), as investors await US Federal Reserve chairman Kevin Warsh’s speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, an annual gathering for central bankers. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) gained 0.3 per cent or 15.81 points to finish at…
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