When the economy struggled during David Cameron’s premiership, he and his family would eschew foreign holidays and staycation in Cornwall instead. Today, with global oil prices falling, even the King of Saudi Arabia is opting for a local break. Known for his extravagant summer holidays in Morocco and the French Riviera, 82-year-old King Salman bin
Maura Sullivan served as a marine in Iraq. Chrissy Houlahan worked on America’s response to nuclear attacks. Pam Keith defended troops who were court-martialed. All three women dedicated years of their lives to the American military. All three are now running for seats in the US Congress. The candidates are part of a new wave
Côte d’Azur authorities have issued a warning to beware of potentially deadly stingrays spotted by the dozen off France’s southern coast this summer due to unusually warm waters. The rays spend most of their life in the open water and it is very unusual to see them so close to the shore. In a warning
With Star Wars Battlefront 2 looming over the horizon, EA’s cross-promotion work is fully operational. First up, we have a Star Wars kit for use in FIFA 18. The Inferno Squad-inspired kit is available from today, 7th November until 28th November in FIFA Ultimate Team. (All you have to do to get the kit is
Earlier this month, Take-Two interactive chairman and CEO Strauss Zelnick told investors to expect “recurrent consumer spending” to be a key part of every game the company published. “It may not always be an online model,” said Zelnick, “it probably won’t always be a virtual currency model, but there will be some ability to engage
Thatgamecompany has shown off an extended look at its upcoming social mobile game Sky, in a new video narrated by creative director Jenova Chen. The six minutes of gameplay, published by IGN, show what look like Sky’s opening moments, where you wake alone, on a beach, and play as the silhouette of a small child.
Not everyone is complaining about the heatwave sweeping northern Europe. Germany is set for its earliest ever grape harvest — and the country’s winemakers are delighted. While German farmers are warning of failed crops and calling for compensation from the government to cover the costs of the drought, the vineyards are gearing up for what
The Indonesian island of Lombok was shaken by a third big earthquake in little more than a week Thursday as the official death toll from an earlier quake topped 300. The 5.9-magnitude quake struck at a shallow depth in the northwest of the island, the US Geological Survey said, even as relief agencies raced to
Sony’s announced Concrete Genie, a new adventure game where your paintings come to life. In the video below we see the player character graffiti street walls and interact with his creations. The art style looks lovely. Here’s the official blurb: “Concrete Genie is an action adventure game about a boy called Ash who discovers he
They have clashed over immigration, vaccinations and big infrastructure projects, but now the two parties in Italy’s fractious coalition have their claws out over wolves. Sharply differing stances have emerged between the hard-Right League and the populist Five Star Movement over what to do about the country’s burgeoning wolf population. Driven almost to extinction in