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The Week UK Magazine
7h ago
Trans activists are calling for a boycott of a new Harry Potter game set to be released in February in response to J.K. Rowling’s views on gender ideology.
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Hogwarts Legacy is expected to be “one of the blockbuster games of the year” when it goes on sale on 10 February, reported The Times.
But the build-up to its release has sparked calls by some gamers to avoid it, despite Warner Bros Games insisting it is inclu ..read more
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7h ago
Israel has been blamed for an overnight drone strike on an ammunition factory in Iran as the long-running shadow war between the two countries threatens to break out into the open.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, “US officials and people familiar with the operation” pointed the finger at Israel, as the Middle Eastern nation’s leaders work with Washington to find “new ways to cont ..read more
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7h ago
Mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised for losing a highly radioactive capsule in the Australian Outback, which has sparked a health emergency and huge search operation.
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The tiny silver capsule measuring just 8mm by 6mm – roughly the size of a penny – is believed to have fallen off the back of a truck while it was being transported from a mine in the remote Kimberley region, in the north of Western Australia, to a storage facility in Perth.
Emergency services are scouring the ..read more
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7h ago
Nikos Evangelou the clinical associate professor in the faculty of medicine & health sciences at the University of Nottingham explains how repeated mild head injuries from Power Slap could cumulatively lead to an increased risk of chronic brain injury diseases.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White has created a new brutal sport: Power Slap League. In this “sport”, contestants (men and women) slap each other as hard as they can in the head. A winner is decided by judges after three rounds.
This latest violent sport, licensed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission ..read more
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7h ago
Citizens of the world’s youngest nation will welcome the head of one of the world’s oldest international institutions this week when Pope Francis visits South Sudan.
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The Pope is joining the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Church of Scotland Moderator, Iain Greenshields, on an “ecumenical pilgrimage of peace”. The first stop will be the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The three church leaders will use the visit to ..read more
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7h ago
HBO has announced that season four of Succession will return on 26 March.
The critically acclaimed black comedy centres around the dysfunctional Roy family as they struggle for control over the Waystar Royco media conglomerate.
A teaser trailer has also been released, giving fans some clues about where the hit series will go next.
Here is what we know so far about season four.
Where did we get to?
Viewers had been “left in suspense” after a dramatic season three finale in which patriarch Logan Roy “betrayed his adult kids” by secretly selling Waystar Royco to tech mogul Lukas Matsson, said Va ..read more
The Week UK Magazine
17h ago
Pilgrims have trudged the Camino de Santiago in northwest Spain since the ninth century, says Jeff Prestridge in The Mail on Sunday. If you like a walk, and your knees are up to it, it could be “up your street”. Think of it as like “gentle fell walking in the Lake District – but instead of the rain, there is glorious Spanish sunshine on your back”.
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There are several routes to choose from, and while some people insist that the Camino should only be tackled from one of ..read more
The Week UK Magazine
17h ago
This comforting, hearty soup makes the perfect lunch: the combination of beans and pasta will keep you fuelled all afternoon, says Katy Beskow. Toss a few croutons over, or serve with crusty bread and vegan butter.
Ingredients: serves four people
1 tbsp sunflower oil
1 onion, diced
1 carrot, peeled and diced
1 celery stick, diced
2 stalks of cavolo nero, roughly chopped, tough stems discarded
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 tsp dried oregano
½ tsp dried mixed herbs
1 x 400g can of goo ..read more
The Week UK Magazine
17h ago
Pet fish playing a video game logged on to the Nintendo Switch store, changed their owner’s avatar, set up a Pay Pal account and ran up a credit card bill. YouTuber Mutekimaru runs a channel that features his Siamese fighting fish playing Pokémon video games on a Nintendo Switch console. However, said the New York Post, a malfunction returned the device to its home screen and movements made by the fish opened the Nintendo eShop on the screen and saw them spend $4 of his money to purchase points.
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1d ago
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