Beijing has quietly pulled the proposed curbs on the video game industry from the official website, weeks after the draft guidelines wiped tens of billions of dollars off the market value of local titans. The link to the draft rules was no longer accessible as of this morning, as first reported by Reuters. Shares of … Read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia should reintroduce compulsory military service, the defense ministry said Thursday, as tensions continue to escalate in the Balkans. The ministry said in a statement that the proposal for service of up to four months is made “in order to increase the defense capabilities of the Serbian Armed Forces, through the rejuvenation … Read more
UNC is headed to the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, but star quarterback Drake Maye will not be playing alongside his teammates in the postseason matchup against West Virginia. Maye is expected to transition well to the NFL as one of the best quarterbacks in college football, finishing out the season with a 63.3% completion rate, 3,608 … Read more
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chileans are voting Sunday on whether to approve a new constitution that will replace the country’s dictatorship-era charter. The vote comes over a year after Chileans resoundingly rejected a proposed constitution written by a left-leaning convention and one that many characterized as one of the world’s most progressive charters. The new document, … Read more
December 16, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EST A Chilean citizen receives a copy of the proposed new constitution ahead of Sunday’s referendum, outside the presidential palace in Santiago. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave Chileans will vote Sunday on a proposed constitution that contains echoes of U.S. conservatism: the right to religious … Read more
COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber speaks to the media at the U.N. climate conference on Dec. 10, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The draft text for a COP28 climate deal that does not include the phasing out of fossil fuels has … Read more
December 8, 2023 at 1:00 a.m. EST UKRAINE/ROMANIA BORDER, NOVEMBER 29, 2023: Lieutenant Maksym Sidorov, 22, seen during a patrol in the border area, near Veliatyno, Ukraine, on November 29, 2023. (Alice Martins/For The Washington Post)Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave VELIATYNO, Ukraine — Soon after Russia’s invasion in February 2022, Ukraine beefed … Read more
Omid Scobie has just been exposed for sending a second draft that exposed the identity of racist royals Omid Scobie ‘sneaked’ racist-naming draft to Dutch translator? It has just been reported that Omid Scobie did in fact send over a second version of the book Endgame, and this one did include the names of the … Read more
Caleb Williams is regarded as the next elite quarterback prospect in the NFL. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner is the top-rated signal-caller in the 2024 NFL Draft class, and is likely going to be the No. 1 pick. The USC quarterback has had another dominant college campaign, but his individual performance has not translated to … Read more
The U.K.’s newly empowered Internet content regulator has published the first set of draft Codes of Practice under the Online Safety Act (OSA) which became law late last month. More codes will follow but this first set — which is focused on how user-to-user (U2U) services will be expected to respond to different types of illegal … Read more