North Korea has agreed to permanently dismantle engine testing facilities and missile launch pads in the presence of international inspectors and to move towards the decommissioning of a major nuclear enrichment site. The announcement followed two days of talks between Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president, who arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a…
Even when six feet under, Chinese just cannot escape the long arm of the state. Elaborate private funeral rites, which can last days with chanting monks, dancing strippers, and wailing mourners, are now banned in parts of Wenzhou, a southeastern coastal city of nine million. Starting this week, wakes must be state-sanctioned. Families can choose from…
Call of Duty: WW2 is my first Call of Duty. This, I’m told, is an odd thing. How could I possibly have managed to avoid playing a Call of Duty game over the last 10 years? Well, Activision’s mega shooter series has never sparked an interest in me before. Modern Warfare? I was too busy…
Najib Razak, Malaysia’s former prime minister, had been charged with 21 counts of money-laundering in a case linked to a multi-million dollar fraud scandal centred around a state fund. Mr Najib was arrested on Wednesday and charged on Thursday in relation to the alleged transfer of close to £500m from the 1Malaysia Development Fund into his…
Australia’s leadership roundabout has already been described as a “Muppet Show” by its new prime minister but the nation has now been forced to endure taunts from New Zealand, whose former prime minister said “you’re looking a bit like Italy”. Joking about the difficulties of keeping up with Canberra’s chaos, Sir John Key, who led…
PlayStation’s official Nike trainer launched on Saturday – but many fans were left unable to buy a pair of the limited edition shoes. For starters, PlayStation had promised the shoes, which light up and feature a PSN Store code for an exclusive console theme, would be available worldwide. Alas, this was not the case. Eurogamer…
A man shot seven police officers in South Carolina, killing one, in a standoff so dangerous that police had to use a bullet-proof vehicle to rescue the wounded. The man also held children hostage for two hours in his Florence home on Wednesday afternoon, but they were released safely as the suspect was taken into custody, Florence…
Microsoft has added another round of games to its Xbox Games Pass subscription service, including Rise of the Tomb Raider, Super Lucky’s Tale and Resident Evil Revelations 2. Rise of the Tomb Raider was, infamously, an Xbox timed exclusive. Super Lucky’s Tale is published by Microsoft Studios, meanwhile. More surprising are the additions from third…
Vladimir Putin has called Sergei Skripal a “traitor to the motherland” and scoffed at allegations Moscow poisoned him in his first comments since one suspect was outed as a Russian military intelligence colonel. “If we’re talking about the Skripals being poisoned there, are you trying to say that we also poisoned some homeless person?” Mr…
Will Monster Hunter World be the game to finally cement the series in the West? The big-bucks PS4 and Xbox One instalment is off to a strong start, recording a series-best UK launch, topping the UK retail video game chart. GfK Chart-Track counted “far higher” week-one sales for Monster Hunter World than any other Monster…