West Indies head coach Daren Sammy is maintaining a defiant outlook on his team’s development despite a 2-0 series deficit in India. His assessment follows a second ODI in Guwahati that saw the West Indies reach a significant statistical milestone even as they failed to secure the win. In that contest, the West Indies posted…
The CSS border-image property is one of those features we take for granted. And it’s not new at all! In fact, Andy Clarke has a fairly recent article that “revisits” the property and shows just how creative we can get with it. Go read that article — it’s worth it. The TL;DR is that we…
Downward revisions and finance and insurance job losses paint a pessimistic picture for the U.S. labor market. In the last jobs numbers report before a contentious U.S. mid-term election, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that seasonally adjusted nonfarm payrolls added 29,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate remained stable at 4.2% The…
By Amalie Kestler, editor in chief, Politiken This year marks 60 years since Bob Dylan’s world tour laid bare a collision between the press of the era and a man who had become famous at breakneck speed. At a series of now-famous, elusive press conferences around the concerts, the young musician – his hair growing…
Arnold Schwarzenegger has officially detailed the origin of his 40-year friendship with fellow action icon Dolph Lundgren, clarifying a long-standing piece of Hollywood lore. In a new look at the upcoming documentary Dolph: Unbreakable, Schwarzenegger reveals that the pair first crossed paths not in a gym, but on the rugged film set of Conan the…
Let’s be honest: getting a financial services website to rank is a different game entirely. Google puts every banking, investment, and insurance page under a special microscope because that content can literally affect someone’s savings or wellbeing. The bar for authority is simply higher. That high bar also means the payoff is massive. FirstPageSage found…
“What it took to uncover this story.” On Tuesday, during a visit to The Washington Post, I was introduced to one of the most ambitious projects of this kind I have seen, if not the most ambitious. Showing the work, not just the result The Post has produced two extraordinary special sections that take readers…
A new dispute over Brazilian exports adds to legal and political uncertainty around the pact. This article appears in the October issue of Global Finance Magazine. Just four months into its provisional application, the EU-Mercosur trade deal continues to face increasing pressure, with a new dispute over Brazilian animal products adding to the legal and…
Spain officially set a new world record for the longest unbeaten streak in men’s international football on Tuesday night, reaching 40 games without defeat following a 4-1 victory over Croatia. The milestone surpasses the previous record of 37 matches held by Italy and cements the reigning world champions’ status as the most dominant force in…
Addis Maleda was named for a moment: the Amharic phrase means a dawn of hope and a new beginning, and in October 2018 that felt accurate. Ethiopia had a new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, who had released jailed journalists, replaced the country’s most restrictive laws and opened opportunities that had been seemingly closed for more…