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Jess Thirlby has resigned as head coach of England Netball four months before the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Assistant coach Anna Stenbridge was head coach from 2011 to 2015, during which time she led the team to gold at the 2011 Liverpool World Netball Series, and will take over as head coach during the competition, which runs from July 25 to August 2. Thirlby, who replaced Tracy Neville in July 2019, said in a statement that he was stepping down to focus on supporting his family. “I regret to share my decision to step down as head coach of England…
A view of the Ant Group building on March 23, 2025 in Chongqing, China.Photo | Future Publishing | Getty Imagesshares of Bright Smart Securities Shares soared as much as 82% on Tuesday after the Ant Group unit completed the necessary formalities to acquire a Hong Kong-listed securities company.The stock has since trimmed its gains, rising 70% as of 10:45 p.m. ET, its highest since July 2025.The rise came after Ant Group subsidiary Wealthiness and Prosperity Holding said it had completed the necessary reporting procedures with Chinese regulators for its big-ticket overseas investment project, clearing the way for the deal to…
Thoma Bravo co-founder Orlando Bravo said Tuesday that artificial intelligence will disrupt software companies faster and that some of the hit to valuations is “very justified.””There are so many software companies in the public markets that will be disrupted by AI,” he told CNBC’s Leslie Picker at the Thoma Bravo investor conference in Miami. “Those companies will be destroyed anyway.”Bravo did not name any companies he thought deserved lower valuations or were at risk of disruption.Thoma Bravo is a software-focused investment firm founded in 2008. As of December, the firm managed more than $183 billion in assets across 77 companies.Software…
Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice” on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, at the Rayburn Building. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Inc. | Getty ImagesThe House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced Tuesday that it has subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to appear for an April 14 deposition regarding the Justice Department’s handling of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) specified the deposition date in a new letter to Bondi, nearly two weeks after the committee voted to issue a subpoena to Congress.The committee wants…
Defense officials told Congress that 47 suspected drug-trafficking vessels have been attacked since the operation began.Published March 17, 2026March 17, 2026The U.S. military has confirmed that at least 157 people were killed in a deadly attack on a suspected drug-trafficking vessel off the coast of Central and South America, described by legal experts as an extrajudicial killing operation.Senior defense official Joseph Humia said in a written statement to U.S. members of Congress that 47 “drug-trafficking ships” have been attacked in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean since the operation began in September.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listAsked by…
Red Bull manager Laurent Mequise has admitted there were “serious flaws” in his team’s car at the Chinese Grand Prix.After making a promising start to F1’s new rules era in pre-season testing ahead of its first season as an engine manufacturer, Red Bull faced reliability and pace issues with its RB21 car throughout the opening two race weekends. Engine-related reliability issues stopped Australia’s Isaac Hajar and China’s Max Verstappen, but the latter’s sixth-place finish in the opening race was Red Bull’s best result to date. The team’s 12 points after two races of the season is its lowest return since…
World, co-founded by Sam Altman, is focused on developing what it calls “human proof” technology, or identity verification tools for an internet increasingly populated by AI-generated content of questionable quality. The connection is not lost on Altman’s other company, OpenAI, which is widely blamed for much of it (although some might argue that Altman foresaw the trouble when he founded World). This week, Tools for Humanity (TFH), the startup behind World, released a beta version of its new validation tool. This tool is designed to help build agent commerce, the rapidly growing practice of using AI programs to browse the…
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Michelle Bullock speaks at a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 8, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAustralia’s central bank on Tuesday raised its benchmark policy rate for the second time in a row to 4.1%, its highest level since April 2025, as inflation continues. The 25 basis point hike was in line with analyst expectations polled by Reuters and comes as Australia’s inflation rate remains above the central bank’s 3% limit and there is a risk of further price increases amid Middle East wars. “Inflation has fallen significantly from its peak in…
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-Wyo., speaks next to Senate Republican Leader John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) during the Senate Republican Press Conference after the weekly policy lunch on February 10, 2026, at the Capitol in Washington, DC. February 10, 2026.Kent Nishimura | ReutersThe Senate is poised to begin what could be a daylong debate Tuesday afternoon over the SAVE America Act, a controversial voter ID bill backed by President Donald Trump.”We’re not going to pass this bill. We’re going to fight it tooth and nail,” Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., said Tuesday morning ahead of the vote. “We stand ready to…
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and Congressman Greg Cassar are planning to introduce legislation to rein in prediction markets after bettors have profited from geopolitical conflicts such as the joint attack launched by the U.S. and Israel against Iran and the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.On Tuesday, both senators announced their intention to introduce the No Trading in Sensitive Activities and Federal Functions Events Act (BETS OFF), which would prohibit betting on “government actions, terrorism, war, assassinations, and events whose outcome is known or controlled by an individual.”Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”Our law is very simple. It…