Vladimir Putin has backtracked on pension reforms in Russia that included hikes to the retirement age for men and women and caused an outcry across the country, even hitting his personal approval ratings. The Russian president toned down the controversial proposals in a special address to the nation on Wednesday. He said women would be…
Viktor Orban warned he would never allow Brussels to transform Hungary into “a country of migrants” on Tuesday, ahead of an unprecedented vote tomorrow in the European Parliament that could strip Budapest of its EU voting rights. MEPs will vote on whether to trigger “Article 7”, an EU law drafted to ensure respect for democracy and…
Mario Rabbids will be updated with a new competitive multiplayer mode as of tomorrow, allowing two players to go head-to-head locally. Best of all, it’s free. Versus Mode plays a little differently to the core game, with players being limited to just a handful of actions per turn, helping prevent one player from immediately dominating…
A searing United Nations report on Monday called for the investigation and prosecution of Burma’s top military generals for genocide and accused Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s civilian leader, of failing to use her “moral authority” to prevent violence against the Rohingya minority in Rakhine state. Among the senior military leader who the report by…
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, will meet Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, on Saturday for talks about conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, as well as the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – but not before stopping off to be a surprise guest at a wedding in Austria. Mr Putin will attend the wedding of the country’s foreign…
Microsoft is adding a ‘do not disturb’ option to Xbox One. The feature is designed for people who want to play games without being bothered by friend messages, party invites or other notifications, while still staying connected online. The option is rolling out now to users signed up to the Xbox Insider beta, and will…
Scott Morrison, Australia’s new prime minister, is a sports-obsessed evangelical Christian who describes himself as a “netball dad” but has been ruthlessly preparing for a career in politics since he door-knocked for his father’s local council campaign at the age of nine. A staunch conservative who opposed same-sex marriage, Mr Morrison, 50, had a brief…
THQ Nordic has just shown off a new survival game at tonight’s Game Awards. It’s called Fade to Silence, and is available on 14th December on Steam. It’s an interesting pitch – a survival game where you play as a defined character (he’s named Ash) with a storyline in a semi-fantasy winter world (you fight…
Since the arrival of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, games have skewed towards multi-platform projects, but could it be that we are now moving into a period of multi-generational development? After all, we now have developers targeting console hardware with graphics power at the base Xbox One’s 1.3 teraflops, right the way up to…
The family of the late US musician Prince is suing his doctor over claims he failed to treat him for an opioid addiction. The family’s lawsuit alleges that failures by Dr Michael Schulenberg played a "substantial part" in the star’s death. Prince died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, a powerful opioid, in April 2016….