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Katie Taylor announced her intention to retire after the summer’s game in Dublin.Taylor, 39, retained her undisputed world super lightweight title by winning her third fight against Amanda Serrano in New York last July. The format of her final contest and opponent is yet to be confirmed, but Taylor hopes it will be held in July at Croke Park, where the All-Ireland Hurling and Football Championships will be held. “We’re still trying to figure out the details, but we have one more game this year,” Taylor told RTE Sport.”This is kind of my retirement game. It’s all been a great…

After graduating from Cornell University, Christophe Gerlach spent nearly two years investing exclusively in HR technology startups at General Atlantic. Although the investment was exciting, Gerlach was eager to get back into entrepreneurship. While attending Cornell University, Gerlach (pictured above, right) founded and sold a food delivery startup with Pedro Bobrow (pictured above, left), a classmate from Brazil. And in late 2022, Gerlach and Bobrow (formerly a product manager at Lyft) teamed up again, combining their domain expertise and cultural roots to launch Comp, a Brazil-focused HR technology startup. Comp builds AI-powered HR software that can assist with tasks such…

A wheel loader operator loads ore onto a truck at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, USA, January 30, 2020. Steve Marcus | ReutersA new race to secure critical minerals is unfolding across the global economy.From Washington’s proposed $12 billion Project Vault stockpile to expanded buffers in Asia and the European Union, governments are moving to secure access to metals increasingly seen as critical to national security and industrial policy.”Metals and minerals is where the latest wave of stockpiling is most evident,” said Patrick Schroeder, a senior fellow at Chatham House. He said the government was…

Rick Smith, CEO of Axon Enterprises.Adam Jeffrey | CNBCaxon enterpriseShares of the maker of Tasers, body cameras and drones rose more than 20% after the company beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter forecasts as artificial intelligence accelerated demand for its software products.The company reported adjusted earnings of $2.15 per share on revenue of $797 million, beating the estimates of analysts surveyed by LSEG of $1.60 per share and revenue of $755 million. Axon also announced a positive earnings outlook for 2026, calling for growth of 27% to 30% compared to the expected 25.8%.CEO Rick Smith said that since the company’s founding in…

After spending nine winters in Puerto Vallarta, a sunny resort city on Mexico’s Pacific coast, Berl Schwartz has heard plenty of rumors about cartels. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is said to be laundering money in the luxury hotel and construction industries. Sometimes businesses close down suddenly. Many people thought they had not paid the extortion fee. But for Schwartz, a 79-year-old American retiree, the cartels were largely invisible. Things changed on Sunday. Cartel operatives went on a rampage after killing leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, setting fire to cars and buses and attacking stores. Schwartz heard blaring alarms and…

The consortium aiming to take over Sheffield Wednesday has announced they have withdrawn from the process.The consortium, which includes Dunfermline co-owner James Board, was given exclusive rights by the club’s management in December. However, the company has now released a statement confirming that interest has ended. A spokesperson for the consortium said: “Throughout the process of acquiring Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, we have always respected the integrity of the process and worked professionally, constructively and transparently with the administrators, EFL and IFR to provide the necessary details to meet our tests.” Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player…

Enterprise software giant Atlassian is rolling out a new way for humans and AI agents to work together, which it hopes will help teams create “10x more work without 10x more disruption.” Atlassian announced Wednesday Agents for Jira. The update will allow users of the company’s project management software Jira to assign and manage work for digital agents from the same dashboard they use for human employees. Agents in Jira allows businesses to assign tasks and tickets to AI agents just like they would to humans. Also, track work progress and set metrics such as deadlines. Users can now loop…

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the opening bell rings on January 7, 2026 in New York. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty ImagesU.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, supported by: Nvidia and oraclebecause the stock price is trying to add on gains from the previous trading day.of S&P500 Add 0.5%, Nasdaq Composite It increased by 1%. of Dow Jones Industrial Average Increased by 102 points (0.2%).Nvidia stock rose 1% ahead of the software giant’s earnings report, which is expected to be released after the bell. sales force and snowflakewith an expiration date…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After Israeli settlers killed 19-year-old U.S. citizen Nasrullah Abu Siyam in the occupied West Bank last week, the U.S. Department of State Oruf State said “nothing takes precedence over the safety and security of Americans.”But as the number of Americans killed by Israel continues to rise, human rights activists say the U.S. government’s failure to ensure accountability is creating a deadly cycle of impunity.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listAbu Siyam, who was shot dead in the village of Mi’kmas near Jerusalem, is among at least 11 Americans killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers since 2022.”It’s…

Global Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage (46) is deeply invested in the future of African music. She launched the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation and is partnering with Berklee College of Music to expand access to world-class music education in Nigeria. The foundation’s first initiative is the Berklee, Nigeria: Tiwa Savage Intensive Music Program. Berklee faculty will be in Lagos from April 23-26, 2026, to lead a fully-funded four-day intensive training session for 100 emerging Nigerian music creators. The program is the first Berklee College of Music event in West Africa and a milestone for a region that is driving the rapid…