AFCON, more than just football
The Africa Cup of Nations is more than a football tournament., The Africa Cup of Nations is more than a football tournament. Hosted this year in Morocco, it brings together a global African audience. AFCON offers a rare glimpse of how nations connect with each other and the diaspora throughContinue Reading
Yemen’s government, Houthis agree to exchange thousands of prisoners
Nearly 3,000 detainees to be released under latest prisoner swap deal reached during talks in Oman., Nearly 3,000 detainees to be released under latest prisoner swap deal reached during talks in Oman. Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the Houthi group have reached an agreement to free detainees, according to theContinue Reading
Thousands of new US Army recruits head home for Christmas
Thousands of new U.S. Army recruits have begun returning home in time for some Christmas cheer. The trainees arrived at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on December 19, and were given gift bags before their flights out. #usarmy #usa #army #christmas #atlantaContinue Reading
Larian Studios The Latest To Face Backlash Over Use of AI To Make Games
I guess I’m a masochist, so here we go. In my recent post about Let It Die: Inferno and the game developer’s fairly minimal use of AI and machine learning platforms, I attempted to make the point that wildly stratified opinions on the use or non-use of AI was makingContinue Reading
elementary OS 8.1 is Out, Now Uses Wayland by Default
Elementary OS 8.1 has landed, and it’s a much bigger deal than a point release suggests. The update brings Wayland by default, fresh apps, visual polish, and more than a thousand fixes aimed at making the distro smoother, faster and more ‘inclusive’. Building on the Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS base andContinue Reading
Russia’s Christmas-week air assault on Ukraine’s power grid claims civilian lives (MAPS, PHOTOS)
Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s power grid overnight on 22-23 December, killing at least three civilians, including a 4-year-old child. The Christmas-week assault injured at least 13 people across multiple oblasts and triggered emergency blackouts nationwide, according to local authorities and the power gridContinue Reading
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1398: Russia may target Ukraine with massive Christmas strike, as Zelenskyy warns “nothing sacred for them”
Exclusives Russia plays the ultimate squatter card at its closing Gdańsk consulate it never actually owned or paid for. Moscow stationed an embassy worker inside the building, claiming the premises remain inviolable diplomatic property even after the mission shuts down. Is Russia’s LNG “success” in China really just a discountContinue Reading
Vince Zampella, video game pioneer behind Call of Duty, dies at 55
Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind bestselling video games such as Call of Duty, has died. He was 55. Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did not disclose his cause of death. In 2010, Zampella founded Respawn Entertainment, a subsidiary of EA, and heContinue Reading
Chatbots can now get ‘high’ off code-based drugs and alcohol
A creative director from Sweden, Petter Rudwall, devised a method to manipulate the thinking of AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT., A creative director from Sweden, Petter Rudwall, devised a method to manipulate the thinking of AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
‘Peace prospects dire’: More tensions as M23 fights on in DRC despite deal
Hopes that conflict would end this year were dashed after M23 advanced on key city Uvira despite US, Qatar peace deals., When Qatar helped secure a peace deal to end ongoing conflict between the M23 rebel group and Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) government last month, there was hopeContinue Reading
I volunteered at camp for the displaced from el-Fasher. Here is what I saw
I met displaced people who had experienced unimaginable horrors – horrors that the world failed to stop., I was about 13 years old when the conflict in Darfur began in 2003. As a teenager reading and listening to the news before the dawn of social media, I didn’t fully understandContinue Reading
“An embarrassment”: FBI Director Kash Patel has taxpayer-funded luxury, armored BMW
Patel’s use of resources and his professional conduct have come under intense scrutiny Published December 22, 2025 4:01PM (EST) UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 4: FBI Director Kash Patel conducts a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday, December 4, 2025, announcing the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., whoContinue Reading
White House Deputy Press Secretary Called Out For Falsifying Michael Jackson, Diana Ross Photos In Epstein Files
Abigail Jackson posted a photo falsely implying the stars were with Epstein’s victims despite the image being a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring the pop star and Ross’ own children., Read MoreContinue Reading