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• This week's edition released monthly startup fundraising data and performance trends for India, Greater China, and Southeast Asia. • The reported data indicates that startup funding performance across these three key Asian regions has been "somewhat mixed." • These metrics are critical for investors and entrepreneurs to gauge the current health and investment appetite within the regional venture capital ecosystem.

Randall Lane left his job last month after accepting money from founder of firm that does business with magazineThe top editor of Forbes left his job last month and was reportedly dismissed for accepting $6m from the founder of a firm that does business with the magazine.The New York Times reported this week that Randall Lane was paid by RJ Shook, whose company, Shook Research, worked with Forbes since 2016 to publish rankings of wealth advisers. The payment was made after Shook sold a majority stake in the company to a private equity firm a year ago. Continue reading...

• A series of violent incidents occurred across the U.S., including a police shooting in Glendale, a high school shooting in Georgia that left a student wounded, and the death of a boy at a Las Vegas hospital. • In legal and political developments, a civil rights agency is dropping a subpoena action against Nike regarding its DEI practices, and a judge ruled that Arizona's ESA accountability proposition requires rewriting for the ballot. • Internationally, the Taliban in Afghanistan have detained two members of a United Nations political mission, signaling continued tension with global diplomatic bodies.

Managing director says guidelines will ensure no individual will ‘be the subject of comedy that is violent in its description in our programming’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA pledge by the ABC managing director, Hugh Marks, to change editorial guidelines on satire and violence after the broadcaster aired a program featuring offensive comments about Gina Rinehart, has sparked concerns about overreach.The four-minute film, titled A Very Relaxing Video, ran on documentary-reality show Race Around the World on 12 July and sparked a furore over comments made about the billionaire. Continue reading...

• Liquidators of eFishery’s Singapore holding company have distributed approximately $21.6 million to investors, marking the first confirmed return of capital following a massive accounting fraud. • The distribution comes more than 18 months after DealStreetAsia first reported the fraud, providing a partial recovery for affected stakeholders. • Liquidators are currently evaluating a proposal to leverage eFishery’s existing intellectual property to establish a new business entity.

• Vermonters are preparing to cast their ballots in the upcoming primary election this Tuesday. • The editorial emphasizes the necessity of citizen participation in democracy, especially as voting rights face intense national debate. • Current tensions are highlighted by ongoing court battles, legislative changes, and disputes regarding election administration across the U.S.

• AWS has rebuilt Kiro using the Agent Client Protocol, replacing three separate agent harnesses with a single, unified architecture. • This shift separates coding agents from developer tools, allowing clients to communicate with agents through a shared protocol. • The move is significant because it could eventually enable developers to choose their AI agents and coding tools independently rather than being locked into a single ecosystem.