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Quote of the Day

Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. - Coco Chanel

Word of the Day

Elucidate -To give a clarifying explanation

In the news...

Italy holds a general election.Italians will vote for a new parliament on Sunday, with former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi back in the game and leading the center-right Forza Italia party. Right-wing parties are tapping into anti-immigrant sentiment and Eurosceptism for votes.

Germany’s Social Democrats vote. The SPD party will on Sunday announce the result of a weeks-long postal ballot on whether its members back the decision to renew the “grand coalition” with Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats.

The UK’s central bank meets. The Bank of England is expected to hold rates steady and signal it will raise them up to three times over the next several years. But the future of UK monetary policy ultimately depends on the path of Brexit (paywall).

New Zealand’s prime minister surveys the South Pacific.Jacinda Ardern will lead a delegation to multiple island-nations to witness recovery efforts following the damage wrought by tropical cyclone Gita last month.

South Korea plans to send a special envoy to the North.In a phone call with Trump, president Moon Jae-in said that he wants to capitalize on the momentum in diplomatic relations between the two countries. The White House said that its ultimate goal remains North Korea’s denuclearization.

Bangladesh builds an island camp. On a 7.75-square-km (3-square-mile) island in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladeshi officials are erecting flood barriers, laying out roads, and building structures. Seventeen years ago, this island didn’t exist—but it’s now being readied to house around 100,000 Rohingya who have fled Myanmar.

Levi’s is breaking in your jeans—with lasers. The brand was trying solve an environmental problem—a harmful chemical used to lighten denim—when it stumbled upon a transformative labor-saving tech innovation. Now, a system of powerful digital tools and lasers that burn precise wear patterns on jeans in minutes are changing the way Levi’s designs, makes, and sells its iconic product.