A US drone strike in Yemen has killed a chief al-Qaeda bomb maker who once tried to down a plane over an American city on “Al-Qaeda master bomb maker Ibrahim al-Asiri ‘killed in Yemen strike’”
Month: April 2019
Aretha Franklin’s eulogy was ‘distasteful’ and ‘offensive’, family says
Aretha Franklin’s family have hit out at the pastor who delivered her eulogy last week calling it offensive and distasteful. The eulogist, the Rev. Jasper Williams, was criticised for “Aretha Franklin’s eulogy was ‘distasteful’ and ‘offensive’, family says”
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds testing blue zone changes
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds test servers are getting a series of tweaks to adjust the game’s infamous blue zone – the electrical field of death which constricts “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds testing blue zone changes”
Maduro under fire for dining on steak cut by Salt Bae in lavish Turkish restaurant while Venezuelans starve
Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has drawn opprobrium over a video showing him being served slabs of prime steak by a celebrity chef in Istanbul, at “Maduro under fire for dining on steak cut by Salt Bae in lavish Turkish restaurant while Venezuelans starve”
Ark’s new Aberration expansion has an enemy which can impregnate you
A second expansion pack for Ark: Survival Evolved has launched on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It’s called Aberration and it is, as the “Ark’s new Aberration expansion has an enemy which can impregnate you”
‘He was a good kid’: Skripal poisoning suspect chose Russian army career after a childhood around soldiers
The man accused of poisoning Sergei Skripal grew up in a family with ties to the Russian army and signed up for officer training straight “‘He was a good kid’: Skripal poisoning suspect chose Russian army career after a childhood around soldiers”
Pope Francis defrocks Chilean priest at the centre of global sex abuse scandal
Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his "supreme" authority to stiffen “Pope Francis defrocks Chilean priest at the centre of global sex abuse scandal”
Another shmup classic is coming to Switch this week
The Switch is getting another classic from the sadly departed boutique developer Psikyo this week, with vertical-scrolling shmup Gunbird coming courtesy of publisher Zerodiv. Gunbird “Another shmup classic is coming to Switch this week”
Melania Trump says she is ‘most bullied person in the world’
Melania Trump has called herself the "most bullied person in the world," saying that it led her to setting up her anti-bullying campaign. In a “Melania Trump says she is ‘most bullied person in the world’”
Gang Beasts review
There’s a folder on my PlayStation 4 that’s reserved for the really good stuff. It’s where Towerfall Ascension sits alongside Nidhogg and the brilliant compilation “Gang Beasts review”