Amazon has the best Nintendo Switch deal on Cyber Monday
Update 4:20 pm: We’ve gone and posted our top picks for the very best deals Cyber Monday has had to offer. Everything from consoles to TVs to MicroSD cards. Update 10:05 am: And it’s gone.…
Austria rejects asylum claim from 18-year-old Afghan because ‘gait and posture’ were not ‘homosexual’
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…
Israel’s wave of strikes on Gaza ‘kill pregnant woman and toddler’ after militants’ rockets hit town of Sderot
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…
Kremlin accuses Britain of doctoring CCTV in latest far-fetched Novichok denial
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…
Korean singers accused of weight gain to avoid military duty
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…
White farmers warn of ‘new Zimbabwe’ as calls grow for land expropriation in South Africa
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…
Steam now lets you buy digital gift cards
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…
It took Nintendo Switch just six months to hit half the Wii U’s lifetime sales
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…
US recalls top envoys to Panama, El Salvador and Dominican Republic over Taiwan
The United States has recalled its top diplomats from Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Panama for consultations over those countries’ recent decisions to switch their diplomatic allegiance from Taiwan to China. The three US Ambassadors…
Italy mulls massive tax break to lure retirees, including Britons, to its sun-soaked southern regions
British retirees thinking of moving to the sun-soaked south of Italy could soon be able to take advantage of a massive tax break that is being mooted by the country’s new government. The populist administration…