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Canadian challenger bank Koho raised a CA$130M Series E at a CA$1.33B valuation, up from $800M in 2023, as it nears obtaining a Canadian banking license (Josh Scott/BetaKit)
https://betakit.com/koho-becomes-canadas-latest-unicorn-following-130-mi…

Koho becomes Canada’s latest unicorn following $130-million Series E round | BetaKit
The FinTech firm has passed 2.5 million users as it navigates the “final stages” of acquiring a banking licence.

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Rain of Fire Falling: The crash of American Airlines flight 191.
https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/rain-of-fire-falling-the-crash-of-american-airlines-flight-191-e17ffc5369e5
saved 202…

Rain of Fire Falling: The crash of American Airlines flight 191
Corner-cutting at American Airlines leads to a spectacular crash at Chicago O’Hare, killing 273 in America’s worst air disaster.

Is the Stockholm-Berlin #NightTrain by non-SJ RDC, starting on September 1st, really not bookable in *any* of the usual places? When the press release https://www.

Germany takes over the EuroNight Berlin-Hamburg-Stockholm from 1 September 2026
Night train connection remains on track – ticket sales start on 1 June From 1 September, RDC Deutschland will take over the operation of the RDC EuroNight Berlin-Hamburg-Stockholm as the responsible railway undertaking and will continue the established night train service commercially. Following the announcement by the Swedish state railway SJ to discontinue the SJ EuroNight from Berlin to Stockholm in summer 2026 due to the expiry of funding by the Swedish Transport Administration Trafikver…

Zoox, the Amazon-owed autonomous taxi company founded in 2014, will launch its first paid rides in Las Vegas on Monday.
The company’s robotaxis differ from others already on the road because they do not have driver’s controls such as a steering wheel or gas pedal.
The pill-shaped vehicles can drive in either direction and include interior seats facing each other.
Zoox received a first-of-its-kind exemption from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last mont…

Zoox to begin paid rides following regulatory approval
Amazon's robotaxi company Zoox will launch paid rides in Las Vegas on Monday after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration granted it a commercial exemption for purpose-built robotaxis.

How do we stop prosecutors from lying about evidence?
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/in-new-filing-dna-experts-recanted-testimony-further-undermines-the-conviction-and-death-sentenc…

In New Filing, DNA Expert’s Recanted Testimony Further Undermines the Conviction and Death Sentence of Texas Prisoner Jeffery Prible | Death Penalty Information Center
A foren­sic DNA ana­lyst whose tri­al tes­ti­mo­ny helped secure the 2002 con­vic­tion and death sen­tence of Ronald ​“Jeffery” Prible has now...

The IPO of SpaceX including xAI is scary, because it is clear pure evil, in the form of extreme rightwing and racist Elon Musk is becoming more powerful then ever.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/busines

How SpaceX’s IPO Compares With Saudi Aramco, Uber and Others
The previous record was set over six years ago. But SpaceX, whose stock begins trading on Friday, is on track to raise tens of billions of dollars more.

Sources: David Sacks' Craft Ventures is targeting around $1B for a new fund, its first since Sacks stepped down as the White House AI and crypto czar (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/sacks-craft-targets-1-b…

Sacks’ Craft Targets $1 Billion in First Fund Since White House Stint
Craft Ventures, the VC firm helmed by former White House AI czar David Sacks, is raising its first fund since Sacks stepped away from the Trump Administration role earlier this year, according to a securities filing and two people with knowledge of the effort. The firm is targeting around $1 ...

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first time in nearly 1,000 years following a secret journey from France.
The priceless 70-metre-long medieval artwork depicting the Norman conquest of England
was discreetly delivered to the British Museum in London in a high-security operation overnight on Friday.
Crafted from wool thread stitched onto linen, the tapestry accurately depicts the intertwined – sometimes bloody – histories of Britain and France, and is symboli…

Bayeux Tapestry smuggled into Britain for first visit in 1,000 years
The loan of the artwork is seen as symbolic of French-British relations as London works to mend ties post-Brexit.

Thousands of people remain missing or unaccounted for following the Rapid Support Forces' capture of El Fasher, according to new findings published by the UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan.
Following the takeover in late October 2025,
the International Organization for Migration estimated that more than 127,000 people were displaced from the city and surrounding villages.
The mission noted that humanitarian organizations later described El Fasher as a "ghost town,&…

Thousands remain missing after El Fasher takeover in Sudan | News.az
The report states that before the city's fall, El Fasher had an estimated population of about 260,000 people, News.az reports, citing reports of the U...

This week, Reform UK leader Nigel Forage set out his plans
to resign as the MP for Clacton and stand again for his seat,
following a scandal over undeclared gifts, including £5m from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne,
which is being investigated by the parliamentary standards commissioner.
His intention, he has said, is to be judged by his constituents rather than “the establishment”,
arguing that he has done no wrong and that the probe is a “p…

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