Italy’s hard-line interior minister has called for "little ethnic shops" – convenience stores run mostly by Asian immigrants – to have to close by 9pm because they are a focus for drug dealers and "hell raisers". Matteo Salvini, who is also the head of the anti-immigrant League party, said he would add an amendment to…
Every spring, when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, people in Japan gather to celebrate in an ages-old tradition known as hanami. It’s a celebration of nature’s beauty, and a chance for friends and family to get together in the first blushes of spring. This year, Q-Games has assembled alongside its Kyoto compatriots on…
France has issued international arrest warrants for three top Syrian security chiefs for alleged collusion in war crimes, according to legal and judicial sources. Among those targeted is Ali Mamlouk, Syria’s security chief and among President Bashar al-Assad’s most senior advisers. The other high-ranking officials sought are Jamil Hassan, head of the Syrian air force’s intelligence agency, and…
The delicate blossoms of the cherry tree might be synonymous with the onset of spring in Japan – except this year they’re also blooming in autumn, a weather forecasting company said Wednesday. Experts told local media that the rare late blooms could be the result of this year’s unusual weather, including a particularly active typhoon…
Update 15/03/18: After briefly returning to a more expected £64.99, this Ghost themed Alexa-enabled speaker is back in stock and discounted to £20.97, cheaper than ever before. Get one while you can. Original Story: Cast your minds back to the launch of Destiny 2 in September last year and, amongst the rabble of reviews and…
Donald Trump has put himself front and centre of this year’s midterm elections – rounding off months of campaigning with a final six-day blitz leading into today’s vote. The US president ended the week with rallies in three different states on Monday as he attempted to boost turnout among Republican voters in Ohio, Indiana and Missouri. …
Ever since the day in April 2017 when the European Union granted Spain a veto over how the Brexit divorce deal should apply to Gibraltar, a political time-bomb was placed directly under the negotiations. The veto means that London and Madrid, in consultation with Gibraltar, must agree separately how and if the Brexit deal should apply to the…
Freaky platform game Little Nightmares – “a masterpiece of meat and malice”, we said in our review – is coming to Nintendo Switch. It’ll be released 18th May in a Complete Edition bundling all previously released downloadable content together. Soon, the world will be full of little nightmares and black shadows following your every step….
Elon Musk has been warned by Nasa’s most senior figure not to repeat his weed-smoking, whisky-drinking antics on a recent podcast if he wants to continue working with the space agency. Jim Bridenstein, the Nasa administrator, suggested that Mr Musk, an entrepreneur who is financing commercial space exploration, had acted inappropriately given his role with…
EA isn’t all about Battlefields and Battlefronts – the mega-publisher also has a stealthy experimental technology division we don’t hear much about. SEED (EA’s Search for Extraordinary Experiences Division) was announced last June at E3. Today, at GDC 2018 in San Francisco, SEED showed off what it had been working on. Project Pica Pica is…