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In a drastic move to shrink the federal workforce, thousands of government employees have been handed layoff notices, igniting widespread confusion and frustration. Among the hardest hit are special educators, veterans, and medical researchers, many of whom had dedicated their careers to public service. According to a report by the Associated Press, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced late Thursday that over 1,000 employees, including researchers studying cancer treatment, opioid addiction, prosthetics, and burn pit exposure, were dismissed. US Senator Patty Murray voiced concerns over the abrupt decision, calling it a setback for critical medical research.The layoffs extended beyond…

Latest in crypto Africa from across the Africa crypto industry, the CAR crypto meme coin is now a scandal. Nigeria has an epidemic of crypto scams, and DCI was hacked in a Kenya crypto scam. Crypto is indeed a hotbed of innovation, but being a community-led industry, controversy is inevitable. The launch of MELANIA and TRUMP meme coins inspired many, including the president of the Central African Republic (CAR). After launching the CAR meme coin, prices soared before crashing in a classic shitcoin spectacle, drawing criticism. Meanwhile, Kenya and Nigeria face different challenges, mostly related to crypto-related hacks, which dent…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Libra price has crashed 77% in the last 24 hours to trade at $0.01891 as of 11:30 a.m. EST, driven by a 70% increase in trading volume to 1.59 billion. The LIBRA coin was initially endorsed in a now-deleted Tweet by Argentina’s President Javier Milei and exploded after listing. It was purportedly launched to help the nation’s economy grow and fund small businesses. But when it crashed, Milei withdrew his support. That prompted allegations on X of a rug pull. Javier Milei just DESTROYED the memecoin…

The Dow Jones index remained stuck below 44,750 on Friday. Retail Sales missed forecasts, prompting investor caution. The Dow is still poised to end the week in the green, but headwinds are building. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) cooled on Friday, shedding around 160 points and waffling into the 44,600 region after US Retail Sales missed the mark in January. US data broadly came in below previous figures, except for the Export Price Index, which accelerated at its fastest pace in nearly three years. US Retail Sales came in well below expectations in January, contracting by 0.9% versus the forecast…

You may know one or more people in your life who went to college or university many years ago and who are now working in an entirely different professional arena than their degree subject.  Alternatively, perhaps you are from a particularly academic family and are convinced that the successful acquisition of a degree is essential for a prosperous future. Whichever way you look at it, going to college will serve you well in your future career and here is how! Whether or not you are someone who believes that higher education is essential should you want to live a fulfilling…

At first glance, Jesse Welles resem­bles noth­ing so much as a time trav­el­er from the year 1968. That’s how I would open a pro­file about him, but The New York Times’ David Peis­ner takes a dif­fer­ent approach, describ­ing him record­ing a song in his home stu­dio. “Welles, a singer-song­writer with a shag­gy, dirty-blond mane and a sand­pa­pery voice, has risen to recent promi­nence post­ing videos to social media of him­self alone in the woods near his home in north­west Arkansas, per­form­ing wry­ly fun­ny, polit­i­cal­ly engaged folk songs,” Peis­ner con­tin­ues. This prac­tice has pro­duced “viral hits on Tik­Tok and Insta­gram, build­ing…

Taye Diggs may have exited All American, but his influence still lives on. Speaking with PEOPLE in promotion of the latest season of The CW drama, Michael Evans Behling says there were things he learned from the veteran actor, 54, during their time starring as father and son together. “You see bits and pieces of Billy in every episode that Jordan has, the ability to kind of bring down the hammer as a coach,” Evans Behling, 28, explains, referring to Diggs’ Billy Baker, who was the head football coach at Beverly High, as well as a husband and father to…

Short films like My Boo exist for no other reason than to show the creativity that lies in the world of independent cinema which we’re failing to observe. This is a short feature with a running time of less than eight minutes, which is better made than many feature films you can see on your nearest multiplex. My Boo is exciting proof that the industry mechanisms of franchises, sequels and IPs are not scary enough to drive natural storytellers away from trying to materialize their ideas into films. Is a creative story enough? Absolutely not. But it helps, and writer/director…

In November 2023, the warning came, as clear as an omen.  A political upstart was seeking office and, if elected, his policies were likely to cause “devastation” in his own country and “severely reduce policy space in the long run.”  The threat was a chainsaw-wielding disciple of Austrian economics from Argentina who embraced laissez-faire economics. The predictions of doom came not from Old Testament prophets, but 108 economists who signed a public letter saying his anachronistic ideas had long ago been discredited. “As economists from around the world who are supportive of broad-based economic development in Argentina, we are especially…

Source: Aswath Damodaran