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That’s a big fish.Follow Fodor’s editor, Yoojin Shin, to Leland Eating and Drinking House, an American fusion restaurant in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, that hosts butchery classes followed by a tasting dinner centered around the protein of the day. She will give an insider’s look at what you can expect, including the setting, the class, and the meal. The class rotates between tuna, goat, turkey, pig, and duck—but today, it’s a big tuna.

China on Friday took its feud with Tokyo over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Taikachi’s recent comments on Taiwan to the United Nations, as tensions between the East Asian neighbours deepened and ties plunged to their lowest since 2023.“If Japan dares to attempt an armed intervention in the cross-Strait situation, it would be an act of aggression,” China’s permanent representative to the UN, Fu Cong, wrote in a letter on Friday to the global body’s Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, referring to the strait that separates mainland China from self-governing Taiwan, which Beijing insists belongs to China. Beijing has not ruled out the…

new video loaded: What the Jobs Report Tells Us About the EconomyWhat does the September jobs report, delayed by six weeks because of the government shutdown, say about the economy? Lydia DePillis, our economics reporter, describes how the report, which was better than expected, comes at a moment of deep uncertainty.By Lydia DePillis, Claire Hogan, Stephanie Swart, Gabriel Blanco and Jacqueline GuNovember 21, 2025

Do your LinkedIn followers consider you a “thought leader”? Do hordes of commenters applaud your tips on how to “scale” your startup? Do recruiters slide into your DMs to “explore potential synergies”?If not, it could be because you’re not a man.Dozens of women joined a collective LinkedIn experiment this week after a series of viral posts suggested that, for some, changing their gender to “male” boosted their visibility on the network.Others rewrote their profiles to be, as they put it, “bro-coded” – inserting action-oriented online business buzzwords such as “drive”, “transform” and “accelerate”. Anecdotally, their visibility also increased.The uptick in…

Sophisticated and deadly “brain weapons” that can attack or alter human consciousness, perception, memory or behaviour are no longer the stuff of science fiction, two British academics argue.Michael Crowley and Malcolm Dando, of Bradford University, are about to publish a book that they believe should be a wake-up call to the world.They are this weekend travelling to The Hague for a key meeting of states, arguing that the human mind is a new frontier in warfare and there needs to be urgent global action to prevent the weaponisation of neuroscience.“It does sound like science fiction,” said Crowley. “The danger is…

Etiquette Respect and restraint are deeply woven in Japanese culture. A few small gestures can go a long way toward showing appreciation and courtesy.You’ll often need to remove your shoes when entering homes, some restaurants, temples, traditional accommodations and even some store changing rooms. It’s to keep spaces clean and to show respect, and it is seen as rude and unhygienic not to do so. Carry clean socks or bring easy-to-remove shoes.Eating or drinking while walking (or riding the train) is considered impolite. Eat or drink in designated areas or near vending machines.For transactions, place your money or card on…

A person in the US is believed to be the first human to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said on Friday the risk to the public is low.The person in Washington state, an older adult with underlying health conditions, was being treated for a bird flu strain called H5N5 after becoming seemingly the first known human infected by the strain, according to a statement from the Washington State Department of Health.The patient had been in hospital with the disease since early November after developing a high fever, confusion and respiratory problems, health officials…

DOHA, QATAR – NOVEMBER 21: (L-R) Opponents Arman Tsarukyan of Georgia and Dan Hooker of New Zealand face off during the UFC Fight Night ceremonial weigh-in at ABHA Arena on November 21, 2025 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)Zuffa LLCThe UFC Qatar fight card takes place today, Saturday, November 22, from ABHA Arena in Doha, Qatar. The UFC Fight Night event is the final fight card on the promotion’s schedule for November. The next UFC card on the schedule is UFC 323, a pay-per-view on December 6. We look at the lineup for the UFC Qatar event and…

Two teenagers accused of being involved in hacking Transport for London’s computers have both pleaded not guilty to computer hacking charges during a hearing at Southwark Crown Court.Thalha Jubair 19, from East London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall in the West Midlands spoke only to confirm their names and enter pleas at the brief hearing.They are both charged with conspiring to commit unauthorised acts against Transport for London (TfL) under the Computer Misuse Act.In addition, Mr Flowers is accused of attempting to hack computer systems belonging to California-based Sutter Health and another US company, SSM Healthcare Corporation.Mr Jubair has…

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, according to new data from its Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP), which monitors the spread of drug-resistant gonorrhoea. The report highlights the need to strengthen surveillance, improve diagnostic capacity and ensure equitable access to new treatments for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The release of the new data coincides with World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week, reinforcing the importance of global action against drug-resistant infections. EGASP, launched by WHO in 2015, collects laboratory and clinical data from sentinel sites around the world to…