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World markets dive as Trump sparks trade, North Korea worries

Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain...
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Conte won’t be sacked for now.

Antonio Conte won’t be sacked as Chelsea manager in the short term at least after being granted a stay of execution by Roman Abramovich, according to reports on Tuesday. Conte’s future with the troubled Premier League champions was cast into doubt on Monday after a dismal 4-1 defeat against Watford. Fourth-placed Chelsea are languishing 19 points behind leaders Manchester City after a turbulent campaign marred by Conte’s squabble with his club’s hierarchy over their transfer policy. Blues owner Abramovich has never been shy about wielding the axe when his managers under-perform and it was suggested the debacle at Vicarage Road, coming hot on the heels of a wretched home loss to Bournemouth, could prompt Conte’s dismissal. But widespread reports in the British media on Tuesday claimed former Juventus and Italy manager Conte is now expected to remain in charge for Monday’s game against West Bromwich Albion. While there were meetings between various Chelsea board memb...
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Bones clue to 'lost' Viking army which made England.

A lost Viking army which was a "key part" of the creation of England may have been identified by archaeologists. More than 250 skeletons found at St Wystan's church, Repton, Derbyshire, have been dated to the 9th Century. Chronicles state a "large heathen army" began to hack its way across England in AD866, toppling Anglo-Saxon kings until being halted by Alfred the Great. Cat Jarman from the University of Bristol said: "This army had left almost no trace, but maybe here it is." Image copyright Image caption The mass grave was first excavated in the 1970s and 80s In AD866 the Vikings went from ferocious raiders to an invading force - the Viking Great Army had arrived. Ms Jarman, from the department of Anthropology and Archaeology, said: "This was a key part in the story of how England was made. "The defeat of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, the creation of a Viking state and Alfred's reaction to it were all major parts of this. Its ech...
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Best Programming Languages to Learn in 2018.

One of the most common questions I get asked is this: “What programming languages should I learn in 2018?” It’s a valid question of course, but it’s almost like someone asking: “What car should I buy?” The answer depends on a lot of things in this case. What is your budget? Do you want new or old? Must it be big or small? What specs would you like? etc. Bringing it back to web development terms, it follows the same principle of the car scenario. - What is your current web development knowledge? - What is the purpose of you studying programming? - How much time do you have available? - Do you want to work for yourself or for a company? - Do you prefer frontend or backend? - How much are you willing to invest on learning? etc. Before getting started, I must mention that programmers / web developers / software engineers are interesting people... If I were to mention ‘x’ programming language, you will get those who say, “but what about ‘y’ programming l...
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