April 04, 2019 / By mobanmarket
The US Senate is the upper chamber on Capitol Hill. There are 100 Senators, two from each state, and Republicans currently hold a razor thin majority with 51 seats. The US Senate writes and passes laws but has a number of other powers and responsibilities, from ratifying treaties with other countries to overseeing investigations of officials […]
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China has announced it will allow the use of rhino horn and tiger parts for some medical and cultural purposes, watering down a decades-old ban, in a move a conservation group has said could have "devastating consequences". China’s State Council issued a notice on Monday replacing its 1993 ban on the trade of tiger bones and […]
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Nintendo has a long lineup of Switch indie game announcements to make – and here’s where you can watch it all unfold. The Nindies (yes, that’s Nintendo Indies) Showcase for spring 2018 will broadcast this afternoon at 4pm UK time. Across the pond, that’s midday Eastern or 9am Pacific. We’re expecting firm release dates for […]
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Earlier in March, Bethesda announced The Elder Scrolls Online’s new upcoming expansion is set on the mysterious Summerset Isle. It’s an interesting choice of setting for a number of reasons. For one, the island, which is situated in the southwest corner of Tamriel, is the the home of the magic-loving High Elves. As such, it’s […]
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The Democrats took back the House but the Republicans strengthened their majority in the Senate – a mixed bag of results that were reflected on the country’s front pages on Wednesday. Ending eight years of Republican control that began with the tea party revolt of 2010, Democrats picked off more than two dozen GOP-held districts in suburbs across the nation […]
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For decades, film adaptations of video game properties have sucked – but to be fair to their beleaguered makers, they have faced some intractable problems. Early video games had great name recognition and more than their fair share of iconic imagery, but their lead characters were vacant mascots and their action often defied rational explanation, […]
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has issued a national apology to thousands of victims of institutional sex abuse, admitting the state utterly failed to stop "evil, dark crimes" committed over decades. "This was done by Australians to Australians, enemies in our midst, enemies in our midst," Morrison said in an emotional address to parliament, designed as a belated apology […]
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Oscar-winner Geoffrey Rush touched his co-star on the breast and humiliated her with sexual innuendo during a production of "King Lear", the co-star told an Australian court on Tuesday, as News Corp defended publishing some details of her claims. In Australia’s first defamation case of the #MeToo era, Rush is suing News Corp’s Australian arm […]
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Beamdog’s Enhanced Edition of BioWare’s quite-old-now role-playing game Neverwinter Nights will be released 27th March on Steam. It’s $20 but for that you get both NWN expansions – Shadows of Undrentide and Hordes of the Underdark – plus paid modules Kingmaker, ShadowGuard and Witch’s Wake. If you splash out on the $40 Deluxe Edition you […]
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A police officer was stabbed in the neck in the centre of Brussels on Tuesday morning by a man who was reported as having shouted “Allahu Akbar” before launching his attack. The knifeman, 33, was shot three times by another officer outside a police station close to Brussels’ world famous Grand Place, a Unesco world […]
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