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The World Bank’s latest report reveals a troubling trend in global poverty. The 26 poorest countries now face their worst financial situation since 2006. These nations, home to 40% of the world’s most impoverished people, struggle with mounting debt and increasing vulnerability to natural disasters. These countries are poorer today than before the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
It was one of 1066 scheduled auctions in Melbourne on Saturday. By evening, Domain Group recorded a preliminary auction clearance rate of 60.2 per cent from 729 reported results, while 80 auctions were withdrawn. Withdrawn auctions are counted as unsold properties when calculating the clearance rate. Meanwhile, in Kensington, a young architect couple secured a […]
Pokémon developer Game Freak has confirmed one of its servers was hacked in August and some of its data was compromised. The developer apologized for the breach in a Japanese-language statement and vowed to strengthen its security protocols. It confirmed that 2,606 employee names and email addresses were accessed and said it would reach out […]
Developer Atlus’ Metaphor: ReFantazio was released this week with a couple of major milestones. It is not only the company’s fastest-selling game on Steam, but also the biggest launch. While this might come as a surprise to some, it shouldn’t, because turn-based RPGs pull in thousands of players every week. Atlus’ latest is part of […]
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BEIRUT (AP) — Palestinians in northern Gaza described heavy Israeli bombardment Saturday in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people, as Israel warned people there and in southern Lebanon to get out of the way of offensives against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups. In Lebanon, the U.N. peacekeeping force said its headquarters […]
All Irish peacekeepers deployed in Lebanon are accounted for and well, the Defence Forces said on Saturday afternoon. The update comes are Unifil peacekeepers were struck by gunfire in Lebanon on Friday evening. In a statement on Saturday morning, Unifil said: “Last night, a peacekeeper at Unifi’s headquarters in Naqoura was hit by gunfire due […]
The recent sale of tickets to Oasis’ 2025 reunion tour was “the biggest on-sale in history” with “the most demand in history,” Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino said. During an appearance at Bloomberg’s Screentime conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday (October 9), Rapino also revealed that Ticketmaster – Live Nation’s ticketing division – was hit […]
Asteroid 2024 RW1 seen over the Philippines Allan Madelar/Facebook The surprise discovery of asteroid 2024 RW1, mere hours before it hit Earth harmlessly this week, may have you wondering whether we are at risk of larger space rocks coming out of nowhere and wreaking devastation. Thankfully, our ability to track asteroids is on the rise, […]
The predicted path of asteroid CAQTDL2 over the Philippines Catalina Sky Survey/ESA An asteroid hit Earth and burned up in the atmosphere just east of the Philippines. It was discovered by astronomers only hours before it streaked across the sky in a bright fireball, but went unseen by many on the ground as the view […]