Four years ago global leaders announced bold plans to wipe out Aids by 2030. Huge global progress has been made in tackling an epidemic which has claimed over 35 million lives since the 1980s. But there’s…
Triumph through adversity. Such has always been the way of Final Fantasy, which seems to exist in its own perpetual struggle. Indeed, it thrives off it – the series name famously originated from creator Hironobu…
Authorities in Austria have come under scrutiny after they reportedly rejected a gay asylum-seeker because he didn’t walk or dress “like a homosexual”. The unnamed 18-year-old claimed he faced persecution in his native Afghanistan because…
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Israel carried out a major wave of strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight in response to some 150 rockets fired at its territory, leaving three Palestinians including a toddler dead in another severe flare-up of…
The Kremlin has accused British authorities of doctoring evidence as it unsurprisingly contested Russian involvement in the Salisbury attempted assassination plot. On the day two Russian spies became Britain’s most wanted men, in Moscow, foreign…
Twelve South Korean music students have been accused of conspiring to gain weight to avoid compulsory military service. The authorities said that the students, who have not been named, discussed on a social media messaging app…
Valve has introduced Steam Gift Cards, so you can send Steam Wallet currency to a friend. You’ll need to be friends with the recipient on Steam, and have had them on your friends list for…
Any aspiring farmer would envy Nick Serfontein. The Bonsmara cattle he rears on 15,000 acres of pasture in the high plains of South Africa’s Free State province are fat and sleek, prize-winning specimens of arguably…
Nintendo has raised its Switch hardware sales forecast and now expects to shift 14m consoles before the end of the financial year. The company’s previous estimate was 10m. Nintendo Switch has, in six months, clocked…