Gaming giant Embracer Group is splitting into three companies

Swedish gaming conglomerate Embracer Group announced plans on Monday to split itself into three distinct games and entertainment companies: Asmodee Group, Coffee Stain & Friends, and Middle-earth Enterprises & Friends. These will be separate, publicly listed companies, according to Embracer’, which says the move will allow “each entity to better focus on their respective core … Read more

Armenian victims group asks International Criminal Court to investigate genocide claim

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A human rights organization representing ethnic Armenians submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court on Thursday, arguing that Azerbaijan is committing an ongoing genocide against them. Azerbaijan’s government didn’t immediately comment on the accusations. The neighboring countries have been at odds for decades over the territory of Karabakh, and are already … Read more

The Latest | Officials at Group of Seven meeting call for new sanctions against Iran

Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented weekend attack, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of fighting in Gaza. Israel’s allies have been urging Israel to hold back on any response to the attack that could spiral. Officials at a Group of Seven meeting in Italy on Thursday are calling for … Read more

Experts group says abortion in Germany should be decriminalized during pregnancy’s first 12 weeks

BERLIN — An independent experts commission recommended Monday that abortion in Germany should no longer fall under the country’s penal code and be made legal during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Currently, abortion is considered illegal in Germany but not punishable if a woman undergoes mandatory counseling and a three-day wait period before she … Read more

Black-led women’s running group sues Boston Marathon organizers and Newton police chief for alleged racial discrimination

A Black-led running group is suing the organizers of the Boston Marathon as well as the city of Newton, Massachusetts, and the Newton police chief over alleged racial discrimination that took place in a cheer zone at last year’s race. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the all-women running group TrailblazHers, just days before the 2024 … Read more

Pope Francis sides with Peruvian villagers who accused Catholic group of trying to steal their land

QUITO, Ecuador — QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday sided with a group of Peruvian villagers who have complained that companies linked to a powerful South American church group have tried to evict them from their land using lawsuits and obscure land titling schemes. In a video recorded at his residence in the … Read more

A journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights group details gang toll

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A photographer slain in a drive-by shooting. An 80-year-old patient executed in a hospital surgery room. A couple decapitated as they closed their small store for the day. A new report released by a Haitian human rights group details the horrific violence unleashed this year by gangs who kill, rape … Read more

It Looks Like The Walking Dead Already Revealed Its Next Villain Group After The CRM

Summary Designation 2 emerges as the next major villain group after the CRM is defeated by Rick and Michonne. Uncertainties surrounding Designation 2 set them up perfectly to take over as the franchise’s next villains. The CRM’s defeat leaves The Walking Dead in need of new antagonists for the core survivors to face next. SCREENRANT … Read more

Brazil’s Krenak Indigenous group gets literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship crimes

RIO DE JANEIRO — It was a monumental week for Brazil’s Krenak Indigenous group after decades of being overlooked at best, and at worst, subjugated and tortured. On Tuesday, the Krenak people received a formal apology for human rights abuses they suffered during the military dictatorship (1964-1985) — a first in Brazil. Then on Friday … Read more

Bombing kills co-founder of Syria’s main al-Qaida-linked group, once known as Nusra Front

IDLIB, Syria — A suicide bomber set off his explosives late on Thursday in northwestern Syria, killing the co-founder of the country’s main al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of the northwest, a war monitor said. Some activists disputed the source of the explosion, saying instead that a remotely detonated bomb killed Abu Maria al-Qahtani, whose … Read more