@if($latestNews->count() > 0)
<section class="section similar-blog">
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-12 text-center">
                <h2>Latest News Posts</h2>
                <p class="tagline gray">Improve your knowledge and skills and get the best in industry</p>
            </div>
            @foreach($latestNews as $news)
            <div class="col-md-4">
                <div class="blog-img-wrapper">
                    <a href="{{route('home.newsdetail',['slug' => $news->slug])}}"><img src="{{asset(config('custom.download.url').config('custom.upload.blog.cover_image') .'/'.$news->image)}}" alt="{{$news->title}}"></a>
                </div>
                <a href="{{route('home.newsdetail',['slug' => $news->slug])}}">
                    <p class="gray bold">{{$news->title}}</p>
                </a>
                <p class="name gray small-font-size semibold mb-2">By @if($news->author_name){{$news->author_name}} @else anonymous @endif on {{$news->posted_date_front_formatted}}</p>   
                <span class="gray em-badge">{{$news->news_category->name}}</span>
                <a href="{{route('home.newsdetail',['slug' => $news->slug])}}" class="btn btn-transparent float-right mr-2 mb-2">{{ @trans('client_welcome.read_now') }}</a>
            </div>
            @endforeach
        </div>
    </div>
</section>
@endif