## US employers cut more jobs last month than any February since 2009

Authored by cnn.com

The Trump administration’s massive federal cuts and swelling feelings of economic uncertainty helped fuel a recession-level spike in layoff plans last month, new data showed Thursday.

US-based employers last month announced plans to slash 172,017 jobs, a 103% increase from a year ago and the highest February total since 2009, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas’s latest monthly job cuts report released Thursday.

The 11 others (four came during the Covid-19 pandemic) all occurred when the US was in a recession, Challenger data shows.

The largest share of job cut announcements came in the government sector, where the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency has axed jobs, slashed federal spending and scrapped contracts.

Outside of the government, the next largest cuts were in retail (38,956), technology (14,554) and consumer products (10,625).

“That in itself is something that is concerning and does portend a shift in the way employers are approaching this labor market,” he said.

It’s more likely, economists have told CNN, that federal cuts will be more visible in the March and April jobs reports. »

### Fight between bald eagle and Canada goose in Burlington bay 'very symbolic,' says photographer

Authored by cbc.ca

"We were there, and we saw this bald eagle coming in and going in to attack a Canada goose that was on the ice," the 74-year-old told CBC Hamilton.

The bald eagle made "several attempts" to attack the goose, Sequeira said.

"When we thought that it was really over for the goose, strangely, the bald eagle just gave up and left," said Sequeira, who's from Oakville, Ont. »

### Until Dawn remake studio reportedly "effectively closed", with all developers gone

Authored by eurogamer.net

Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon has reportedly "effectively closed", amid claims only a handful of employees "at most" remain - none of them developers.

However, a new report by Insider Gaming claims the studio quietly made a second round of redundancies toward the end of last year.

According to the publication's sources, roughly 40 employees were let go in October, with remaining staff kept on to provide post-launch support for Ballistic's Until Dawn remake. »

### France providing intelligence to Ukraine, minister assures after US freeze

Authored by kyivindependent.com

France is providing military intelligence to Ukraine, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said after the U.S. halted intelligence sharing with Kyiv, the BFM TV channel reported on March 6.

"We have intelligence resources that we are providing to the Ukrainians," Lecornu said on air on France Inter.

The U.S. stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine on March 5, shortly after it froze all military assistance as part of an effort to pressure Kyiv into quick negotiations with Russia. »

### Watch The Exact Moment John Roberts Realizes He Whored Himself Out

Authored by abovethelaw.com

No, it’s not the plot of Best Picture winner Anora — I mean, it is that too — but the very real human drama of Chief Justice John Roberts.

Instead, he had the emperor’s robes ripped off him by a bumbling chief executive who doesn’t understand the conservative judicial pantomime:.

Won’t forget it,” Trump says while shaking the hand of Supreme Court Justice John Roberts after the State of the Union. »

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