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Ottawa Senators pending UFA Claude Giroux wants to return next season  Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: Was told on Monday that Ottawa Senators forward Claude Giroux wants to play another season. The 38-year-old and is a pending UFA. Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen: Claude Giroux has spent his past four years with the Senators, and he isn’t ready to hang them up just yet. Agent Pat Brisson, in a text, “He wants to play for sure.” Giroux said on exit day that if he plays next year, he wants to play in Ottawa. The sides haven’t spoken about a…

Albert Manifold said no-one should be “allowed to hide behind anonymity” when commenting on his time at BP.

As I write this in 2026, the world is becoming more multipolar, and I expect that trend to continue over the next decade through 2036. In reality, it was this recent unipolar period that was historically anomalous. Starting from the end of World War II in 1945 and especially since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States has existed as the world’s sole hyperpower. For the first time in history, telecommunications and industry connected the whole world, enabling a truly global reach. Prior to that point, multipolarity was the norm. Even during the height of the…

The music legend on delivering “memory songs” for his 20th solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane – and why he’s intrigued by the new Beatles biopics.

Virat Kohli, widely regarded as one of the greatest Test batters of his generation, continues to earn admiration for his deep love and passion for the longest format of the game. Even after retiring from Test cricket in May 2025, Kohli has repeatedly spoken about how much the format means to him, something that recently drew huge praise from England legend Ian Botham.Kohli brought down the curtain on his illustrious Test career on May 12, 2025, finishing with 9,230 runs in 123 matches along with a remarkable legacy as one of India’s most successful Test captains. Despite stepping away from…

HPBOSE releases application process for June/July 2026 supplementary and improvement examinations The Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education (HPBOSE), Dharamshala, has released the application process, fee structure and eligibility conditions for the Matriculation and ‘Jam-2’ supplementary, compartment and improvement examinations scheduled for June/July 2026.The announcement was made by HPBOSE Chairman Dr Rajesh Sharma, who stated that candidates seeking to appear for the examinations can now submit applications through their respective schools and institutions. The Board has also issued category-wise eligibility details and examination fee information for students applying under different sections.Eligibility criteria for Matriculation candidatesAccording to the Board, Matriculation students…

In XRP news today, Ripple has filed two new US trademark applications spanning treasury operations, prime brokerage, hedge fund management, and securities lending, on top of a $500M Wall Street funding round that valued the company at roughly $40Bn, and yet XRP’s price remains locked in a multi-month range that has frustrated retail holders watching the company grow around them. The headline expansion story is real. The price of non-reaction is equally real. The actual implication is more nuanced than either camp wants to admit. This article unpacks why on-chain liquidity and institutional infrastructure can surge simultaneously while spot price…

The United States (US) Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will publish the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index data for April on Thursday at 12:30 GMT. The PCE Price Index is closely watched by market participants because it is the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) preferred measure of inflation and could influence the policy outlook.Anticipating the PCE: Insights into the Federal Reserve’s key inflation metricThe core PCE Price Index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is expected to advance 0.3% month-over-month (MoM) in April, matching March’s increase.In 12 months to April, the core PCE inflation is set to edge higher to 3.3%.…

Why The ADDIE Process Still Defines Instructional Design The ADDIE process remains one of the most widely used Instructional Design frameworks because it provides learning teams with a clear, repeatable way to build effective training. Even as agile learning methods and rapid development models become more common, many organizations still rely on the ADDIE model of Instructional Design to create structured, measurable, and scalable learning experiences. So, what is the ADDIE model, and why does it continue to matter? The ADDIE acronym stands for Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. Together, these five ADDIE model steps form a systematic Instructional…

Gwyneth Paltrow has a legen-dairy cooking hack.  The Oscar winner—who founded her health food chain Goop Kitchen in 2021—revealed the unexpected ingredient she recommends using in place of dairy. “If you want to avoid dairy,” Paltrow, 53, told Today Show cohosts Savannah Guthrie and Carson Daly during a May 27 cooking segment, “one trick that I do is I dice up arugula and I put it in.” She put her culinary tip to the test while making gluten-free, grain-free turkey meatballs on air, noting that the greens would work as a substitute for the cup of parmesan cheese she used…