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(SRN NEWS)- Concerned Women for America calculates that males playing against females in the U.S. have so far taken nearly 2,293 gold medals from the women who would have won them if the males were not present.  CWA President Penny Nance says “Biological men have distinct advantages over biological women. This reality not only puts women in harm’s way, but it eliminates opportunities for biological women to earn a living and win competitions.” Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(SRN NEWS)-The popular evangelist is scheduled to preach the gospel in Manchester on October 3rd.  Graham has a long history with the U.K. as did his father Billy.  Of course there was a problem back in 2020 when several of the venues Graham had planned to visit cancelled their contracts under pressure from LGBT activists.  The evangelist won in court and has been making regular trips to England ever since. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(SRN NEWS)-The Gallup organization has released its 2026 World Happiness report and it reveals that young people in the U.S., U.K., Canada and other parts of the English-speaking world have suffered the biggest decline in well-being of any demographic group.  Gallup says its data points to the use of social media as the primary reason for the growing unhappiness of young people in the Anglosphere — the place where such platforms are used the most. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Iran’s embassy in London on Monday rejected what it described as “unfounded and malicious speculations” linking Tehran to five British nationals who were arrested over the weekend near Britain’s RAF Fairford airbase. In a statement posted on X, the embassy said it “categorically rejects and strongly condemns” attempts to connect Iran to the arrests and said such speculation would only serve to “fuel Iranophobia propaganda” in Britain. British police have not linked Iran to the arrests, and an investigation led by Counter Terrorism Policing was underway. RAF Fairford is a British base that houses US bombers which fly missions against Iran. (Reporting by Sarah Young and Sam Tabahriti; editing by William James and Kate Holton) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Krystal Hu Sept 28 (Reuters) – Seligman Investments has doubled the deployable capital of its venture arm to $1 billion less than a year after launching it, betting that the physical bottlenecks of the artificial intelligence buildout will produce the next wave of large technology companies, its executives told Reuters. Seligman Ventures, the private investment arm of the Silicon Valley-based technology investor, launched in February 2026 with $500 million and has since invested over $300 million across 14 investments in AI hardware, connectivity and cybersecurity. The expansion reflects renewed investor interest in capital-intensive hardware after two decades in which Silicon Valley returns were built largely on software. Venture investment in U.S. and Canadian startups hit a record $392 billion in the first half of 2026, about $10.7 billion of which went into semiconductor startups, on pace to exceed last year’s total, according to Crunchbase. “The amount of deal flow we have gotten is 10 or 15 times more than what I anticipated when I joined,” said Umesh Padval, managing partner at Seligman Ventures. “We didn’t want to lose the AI, cybersecurity or the datacenter train.”  Seligman’s portfolio spans much of what goes into a data center, from Nvidia competitor SambaNova to optical maker Lumilens. The firm is pursuing a barbell strategy, pairing early-stage bets with late-stage and pre-IPO checks, Padval said. It will continue to look for investment opportunities in accelerators, networking, power and cooling, as well as cybersecurity. The capital increase is also part of a broader push by public-market managers to reach technology companies earlier, as startups stay private for longer. Unlike many crossover funds, which are public-market investors that also buy into private companies, Seligman takes an active role, holding six board seats and three board observer seats.  It is a second attempt at venture investing for Paul Wick, chief investment officer of Columbia, Seligman’s technology business. An earlier late-stage effort launched in 1997 was wound down after the dot-com collapse. Wick cited a lack of board representation, reliance on third-party deal sourcing and team selection as the lessons from that period. “This time around we have two people who are going on boards of companies,” Wick said. “Our ability to protect ourselves and to better understand our private-company investments is just so enhanced.” The venture platform draws on a public-markets operation led by Wick, who manages the roughly $29 billion Columbia Seligman Technology and Information Fund. The firm also oversees a $7.5 billion technology hedge fund business. That structure is central to Seligman’s pitch against traditional venture firms. The venture team brings private sourcing and board involvement, and works with public market analysts to assess whether a startup can withstand competition from established players, executives said. “We have a private knowledge of 400 companies in the private world. We marry that with public-market data analysis to bring out a thesis as to which ones we invest in,” said Padval, who expects to make five to 10 new investments over the next 12 months. (Reporting by Krystal Hu in San Francisco; Editing by Jacqueline Wong) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com