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Between a constant flow of meetings and life distractions, employees can easily start to burn out and feel “Zoom fatigue.” One way to address this is by ensuring every meeting held is intentional, purposeful and engaging for all attendees. Below, members of Newsweek Expert Forum share insights for how they believe leaders can improve meetings and make sure each one held is worthwhile. 1. Hold a Weekly Meeting About Core Company Values Work life is more meaningful with a weekly meeting that identifies company core values and asks an employee to discuss one each week....

Talk about a tough audience. The task of winning back people like Franklin now falls to the Gap’s new CEO, Paul Pressler, a former Disney exec who ran the Magic Kingdom and other theme parks. Pressler said last week the new job’s a natural fit, since theme parks and retailing have a lot in common. Then again, nobody’s lining up to get into a Gap store like they do for Space Mountain....

The battle for the 2017’s Best Coach in the National Football Awards (ABK) is down to the last three candidates after Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP) revealed the remaining contenders. Two of the coaches nominated ply their trade in the Premier League in 2017 while only one was in the Super League. The winner from B. Sathinathan (Felda United), Irfran Bakti (Terengganu) and Abu Bakar Fadzim (PKNP FC) will be known when the awards ceremony take place this Friday....

Oh, wait, there’s one: Kansas sophomore Malik Newman. MORE: KU overcomes Duke, past history to reach Final Four Technically, you can’t be a one-and-done if you’re a sophomore, especially not a redshirt-sophomore, which Newman is. He spent a year in residence at KU after transferring from Mississippi State, where he originally committed to play coming out of Callaway High School in Jackson, Miss. It was widely assumed Newman, the star of USA Basketball’s U-17 world champions, a McDonald’s All-American and easily the top guard of the 2015 recruiting class, would torch Southeastern Conference defenses and jet to the 2016 NBA Draft....

These games will surely be exciting to watch, especially with Gonzaga just two wins away from potentially pulling off the first undefeated season since the 32-0 Indiana Hoosiers in 1976. Cord-cutters will want to get in on the action, and luckily, there are plenty of ways for them to experience the end of March Madness without a TV. The Final Four and national title game will be broadcast on CBS this year....

Making his way to final day play of the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship, Shack-Harris hopes to add a second WSOP gold bracelet this summer. He won his first ever bracelet in a Pot-Limit Omaha event at the very start of this year’s Series. He also already has a runner-up and third place finish to his credit this summer, in Razz and in Limit Hold’em. Shack-Harris will bring over 4M chips to the table today....

Having covered Bush for years, I know where that dismissive attitude comes from: his family, Texas, his inner circle and his own experience—or lack of it. Bushes see themselves as men of action and profit. As a rule, they tend to loathe or dismiss people who monitor and measure thought and behavior: reporters, shrinks, accountants and lawyers. Bushes go into business (sometimes with M.B.A.s), never law. (Maybe the next generation will have a different attitude: George P....

Roma’s 1-0 win over Udinese earlier in the day cut Juve’s lead to a single point and they rarely looked like providing a response, as Paulo Sousa’s men dominated for much of the match and deservedly secured a rare victory over their fierce foes. Juve were guilty of a particularly limp showing in the first half, as Fiorentina took control with an intense display and carved open numerous chances....

The “forward spread [of the fire] has stopped” and 40 percent of the fire has been contained as of Tuesday morning, according to a post on the official Twitter account of Camp Pendleton. The fire broke out Monday evening in the Mike Training Area at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, a spokesperson for the base, 2nd Lt. Charlotte M. Dennis, confirmed to San Diego’s NBC 7. It is unknown whether any evacuations had taken place....

The charming village of Wengding, a tourist attraction in China’s southwestern Yunnan province, has since been evacuated, with no deaths or injuries reported thus far. According to local media reports, the blaze began in an unoccupied thatch home at 5:40 p.m. local time, with strong winds spreading it to neighboring huts belonging to members of the Wa people. The Wa reside mostly in northern Myanmar, but they also live across the border in northern Thailand and southwestern China....

In an update posted on the InciWeb national wildfire information system, fire officials said, “About two miles south of the Grantham Ranch dozers constructed a containment line from SR 77 east to the San Carlos Reservation boundary. The containment line was extended into the Reservation to the edge of the Mescal Fire by hand crews.” “Firefighters will improve, mop up, and hold this containment line today,” the update said....

The photo, which was shared by the Singapore Civil Defence Force’s Facebook page, shows firefighters gathered around a group of felines that were rescued from a building fire. According to the photo’s caption, the firefighters managed to save 13 cats. Keeping pets safe from potential building fires may come down to a few important choices. Per the American Kennel Club, pet owners should try to keep their pets near the entrance of their home when they’re not home....

In fact, the entire Clinton administration-studded with mediocrities appointed because of what rather than who they are–is a compelling case study in the perils of affirmative action. “There are times when some employers don’t use it the tight way,” the president said last week. “They may . . . treat a flexible goal as a quota. They may give opportunities to people who are unqualified instead of those who deserve it....

That seems to be the motto of Jim Rutherford, the Pittsburgh Penguins general manager, in regards to the pursuit of Jason Zucker. Rutherford has had his eye on the 28-year-old left wing for a while now, and after a failed attempt to acquire Zucker last summer, the Penguins can finally say they have their man. Late Monday, Pittsburgh announced that it had traded for Zucker, sending a big package to the Minnesota Wild in return....

The bridge which spans the Amur River, and links the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk with the Chinese city of Heihe, was completed in 2019. First mooted in 1988, an agreement between the countries was made in 1995 but construction of the $254 million bridge did not begin until December 2016, according to The Moscow Times. The project involved building 12.5 miles of new roads, with work on the Chinese side finishing in October 2018....

A body has recently been exhumed a half a kilometer away, where, until recently, the Dzerzhinsky Division of Russia’s Special Purposes Forces had been stationed. Stray dogs have been digging around the large but shallow holes here, used by the military to camouflage their equipment. The behavior of the dogs, and sad experience, led the villagers to conclude that more bodies must be buried here. So they dig. First, they extract three beheaded corpses....