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The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) soured sharply on Friday, plummeting to its lowest bids in nearly three weeks and declining over 900 points top-to-bottom after US President Donald Trump pulled out of trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and vowed to sharply increase import tariffs on all Chinese goods. According to Trump, China is holding the rest of the world hostage with its protectionist rare earth materials policies.Market-wide expectations of a potential tariff-easing trade deal between the US and China were demolished by Trump’s fresh tariff proclamation, sending investors scurrying into safe havens to cap off an already…

Traditional training is too long, too static, and too easy to forget. Microlearning flips the script—delivering short, focused lessons in the flow of work. By making learning accessible, actionable, and repeatable, microlearning equips teams to adopt new behaviors faster and sustain those results. This post was first published on eLearning Industry.

Princess of Norway Märtha Louise Addresses Allegations She’s in a “Lavender Marriage”Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett are showing off their romance.  Days after the Princess of Norway and her husband slammed claims that they were involved in a “lavender marriage”—or a union of heterosexual spouses to conceal their true sexual orientation—they shared a glimpse into their truly romantic summer together.  In a video the couple shared to Instagram in a joint Oct. 10 post, they posed in sweet selfies as well as flaunting their outings with Martha’s daughters Maud, 22, Leah, 19, and Emma, 16—whom she shares with ex…

The idiom ​“you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” has felt especially relevant in regards to horror lately – every hyped film of 2025 so far has ended up relying on some form of diabolical cult or yet another evil hag, resulting in more yawns than screams from avid sickos at the cinema. While aiming for viral success the genre seems to have forgotten that the horrifying can just be that, and not every mystery needs to be unraveled by the final act, ready to be easily dissected in another ​‘Ending Explained!’ YouTube video. Thankfully there are still some filmmakers…

Baso Aci, siapa yang belum pernah mendengarnya? Makanan khas Garut ini kini menjadi salah satu camilan favorit di seluruh Indonesia. Awalnya, baso aci hanya dikenal di daerah Jawa Barat, terutama Garut. Namun, seiring dengan berkembangnya tren kuliner pedas dan kenyal, makanan ini menyebar dengan cepat ke berbagai kota besar seperti Bandung, Jakarta, dan Surabaya.Pada dasarnya, baso aci terbuat dari tepung tapioka (aci) yang dicampur dengan sedikit tepung terigu, bumbu, serta tambahan penyedap seperti bawang putih, garam, dan kaldu ayam. Cita rasa gurih dan kenyalnya menjadi ciri khas yang membuat siapa pun sulit berhenti mengunyah. Selain itu, kuah pedas segarnya pun…

Some off beat reads for the weekend: Starmer’s desperate dash to India (FP) India faces Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence pact (FP) Why America will lose to China (Japan Times) Twitter & Saudi Arabia (Guardian) Javier Milei has led to Argentina to ruin (RT) Thai students and their hair checks (NY Times) Settlers bursting Tel Aviv’s bubble (New Lines) Azerbaijan is new faultline in US-China confrontation (NI) Pakistan’s Gaza assignment (Cradle) Preparing for the death of Putin (RAND) The roots of Kurdish discontent (Engelsberg) How Mangalore has become the Silicon Beach of India (GC) Chile’s Route 7 (BBC Travel) Road Trip: Iceland…

India produced a near-perfect batting display on Day 1 of the second Test against West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Opting to bat first on a true surface, India ended Day 1 strongly at 318/2, powered by Yashasvi Jaiswal’s unbeaten 173 and Sai Sudharsan’s composed 87. The duo shared a mammoth 193-run partnership for the second wicket, flattening a hapless West Indian bowling unit that toiled for long spells without much success. India’s dominant start has already placed them in a commanding position in this five-day contest.IND vs WI: Yashasvi Jaiswal’s marathon knock anchors India’s inningsJaiswal once…

The San Jose Sharks have plenty of free agents they could look to move at any point Marco D’Amico: The San Jose Sharks acquired the contracts of Carey Price and Ryan Ellis, so they have the cap cushion to move out some veterans at any point. The Sharks have nine pending UFAs and a couple of RFAs that teams might be interested in. Will the Florida Panthers target Evgeni Malkin? NHL Rumour Report: Greg Wyshynski on the Halford & Brough Show on the Florida Panthers: “The growing narrative in the league right now with Barkov going out and Malkin having…

Hayley ClarkeEducation reporter andEmily DoughtyPA MediaUniversity and College Union (UCU) members at Edinburgh University took industrial action in SeptemberUniversities have collectively announced more than 12,000 job cuts in the last year, new analysis from the University and College Union (UCU) suggests.Additional cost savings announced in the same period are equivalent to a further 3,000 jobs, the union says, but universities have not confirmed whether these savings will be made by cutting staff.UCU members will vote on potential UK-wide strike action later this month over a 1.4% pay offer made over the summer.Employers say that offer “clearly does not reflect the…

Roger Ver — once dubbed “Bitcoin Jesus” for his early evangelism of bitcoin — has reached a tentative deal with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve criminal tax fraud charges, according to The New York Times reporting. The agreement, still awaiting court approval, would require Ver to pay roughly $48 million in back taxes. In return, prosecutors would drop the case if he meets the terms of a deferred-prosecution deal. The case against Ver, filed in 2024, accused him of evading taxes tied to his massive bitcoin holdings before renouncing his U.S. citizenship in 2014. He was arrested in Spain…