German government wants games like Baldur's Gate 3 to 'also go on to be developed in Germany' (www.pcgamer.com)
Iran: Rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death, says lawyer (www.dw.com)
Popular rapper Toomaj Salehi wrote songs in support of the protest movement in Iran following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022. He has been in jail for over a year....
Unreal Engine 5.4 released: improved TSR, higher performance and faster hardware ray tracing - VideoCardz.com (videocardz.com)
Biden signs TikTok “ban” bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it (www.theverge.com)
Ghostwire: Tokyo removed Denuvo Anti-Tamper (www.gamingonlinux.com)
'In the US, they think we're communists!' The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
FIRST Dual Screen PC Gaming Handheld! AYANEO Flip DS Review (yt.artemislena.eu)
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Horses loose in London latest: Blood on road and smashed vehicles after horses tear through city - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Several soldiers and horses are injured after five threw off their riders near Buckingham Palace and raced through London.
Angry farmers in a once-lush Mexican state target avocado orchards that suck up too much water (apnews.com)
As a drought in Mexico drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action on thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City....
US plans for Gaza aid pier branded ‘smokescreen’ to allow Israeli invasion of Rafah (www.independent.co.uk)
Right to repair: Making repair easier and more appealing to consumers [EU] (www.europarl.europa.eu)
Pasteurized milk includes remnants of H5N1 bird flu, U.S. officials say (www.cbc.ca)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says that samples of pasteurized milk have tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows....
Moscow pressured Nicaragua to file genocide case against Germany, intel sources say (www.politico.eu)
The Kremlin may have been trying to undermine the ICJ’s authority by making it a venue for specious legal arguments, say authorities....
What Ukraine lost while waiting for the US aid bill to pass (kyivindependent.com)
The long-awaited passing of the U.S. aid bill in the House of Representatives over the weekend was swiftly followed by a collective sigh of relief in Ukraine and among the country’s allies....
Myanmar junta slams US aid plan (www.voanews.com)
The UN does not appear to be helping the people.
Ukraine foreign minister says west must boost defence as ‘era of peace is over’ (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine’s foreign minister has enthusiastically praised US politicians for approving a long-delayed $61bn military aid package for Ukraine, but said western allies needed to recognise that “the era of peace in Europe is over” and that Kyiv would inevitably need more help to fight off Russia....
Cloning black-footed ferrets raises optimism for preserving a threatened species (www.infoterkiniviral.com)
Explore the groundbreaking cloning efforts reshaping endangered species conservation, as two more black-footed ferrets join the ranks of genetically i
DEA Sanctions Religious Use Of Ayahuasca But Refuses Psilocybin For Cancer Patients' Pain Relief (www.benzinga.com)
Biden signs foreign aid bill providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law an aid package providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine, capping months of negotiations and debate....
U.S. unveils $1 billion Ukraine weapons package (www.washingtonpost.com)
The United States will send a substantial security package to Ukraine, including badly needed air defense systems and artillery rounds, the White House said Wednesday, as the administration — its war chest replenished after months of gridlock in Congress — moves quickly to help Kyiv counter a resurgent Russian campaign....
‘Kharkiv Is Unbreakable’: A Battered City Carries On (www.nytimes.com)
Russian attacks have destroyed all three major power stations, but residents continue to live and work with only a few, often unpredictable, hours of electricity each day. More than 100 schools have been damaged or destroyed but classes go on, deep underground in subway stations. Dozens of fire and paramedic stations have been...
TikTok Ban Bill Becomes Law, Gives TikTok 9 Months To Sell (www.entrepreneur.com)
Biden Administration Announces Significant New Security Assistance for Ukraine (www.defense.gov)
Lars Wingefors on why Embracer is going away, and what happens next [gamesindustry.biz] (www.gamesindustry.biz)
For those who missed it, Embracer is split into three new publicly-traded companies, Asmodee Group (focused on board games) and two tentatively-named groups comprising their video game business. Wingefors, the CEO, and still (I believe) majority share holder of these three new companies, doesn’t do many interviews....