Новости за 17.04.2024

1. Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive is laying off 5% of its workforce and 'rationalizing its pipeline,' the latest skin-crawling corporate euphemism for people losing their jobs  PC Gamer
2. 'Grand Theft Auto' Maker to Fire 5% of Staff, Drop Some Projects  Bloomberg
3. Take-Two Announces Layoffs While Canceling Multiple In-Development Projects  IGN
4. ‘Grand Theft Auto’ maker Take-Two to cut jobs, cancel games in cost-cutting plan  MarketWatch
5. 'Grand Theft Auto' maker Take-Two to let go 5% of staff... Читать дальше...

Farid Alilat, a writer for Algeria's French-language Jeune Afrique magazine, claims he was detained for 11 hours after returning from a trip abroad.

1. Space startups are licking their lips after NASA converts $11B Mars mission into a free-for-all  TechCrunch
2. NASA rethinks plan to return rare Mars samples to Earth  CNN
3. JPL Workforce Update  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4. NASA Seeks 'Hail Mary' for Its Mars Rocks Return Mission  The New York Times

After Paris St-Germain come back to reach the Champions League semi-finals, is it time for Kylian Mbappe to deliver a European trophy?

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The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to agricultural reforms aimed at bolstering production and improving soil management practices. Shettima spoke on Tuesday in Abuja during the launch of an agricultural initiative tagged ‘Soil Values’. In 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said  26.5 million Nigerians might face a food crisis between

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union – like most communist parties – came to power as the great defender of workers. In reality, the Soviet Communist Party didn't give a hoot about Russian workers. The party was nothing more than a totalitarian organization that used workers to gain power – and then suppressed the…

The National Examinations Council has re-scheduled the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination into Federal Unity Colleges and the entrance examination into Federal Government Academy, Suleja. NECO’s acting Director, Information and Digital Communication, Azeez Sani, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the postponement was due to low enrolment. Sani said the Common Entrance

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command said on Tuesday that it had launched a probe into a violent clash between two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students in Abuja. The two NANS factions, in a trending video on X, formerly Twitter, engaged in a bloody clash that left one severely injured in the

Kaduna State House of Assembly on Tuesday, set up a fact-finding committee to probe all finances, loans and contract projects awarded during the administration of the immediate-past governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The probe by the state Assembly comes weeks after the incumbent Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, lamented that El-Rufai left him a huge debt

The Chairman of the Isale Eko Descendants Union, Adeniji Kazeem (SAN), has sympathised with the victims of the fire incident at Dosumu Market on Lagos Island last week. A Tuesday statement notes that Kazeem made the remark on Sunday when he and members of the union visited the site of the fire incident to have

The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has disclosed that the removal of structures on the drainage systems is to prevent perennial flooding in the areas. The PUNCH reports that the state government had on Monday commenced the removal of contravening structures under the System 1  Drainage Channel Midstream (Odo Iya Alaro)

The wife of Lagos State Governor,  Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, encouraged women to harness technology and digital skills. She emphasised the transformative potential of tech to give women a level playing field in the digital sphere. A statement obtained Tuesday noted that Ibijoke made the remarks while representing the wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu,

Elijah Daley competed in the Canadian Swimming Open inside the Toronto Pan Am Sports Center. Daley finished the 50m breaststroke 15th clocking a personal best time of 30.53, and recorded a time of 2:07.63 to finish 11th in the 200m butterfly. Daley finished 17th in the 50m backstroke clocking a time of 28.11, and with []

Katie Couric called out her former Today co-anchor, Bryant Gumbel, over his alleged “sexist attitude” about her maternity leave from the NBC morning show. In a new interview, Couric opened up about her time on Today and claimed the journalist was not supportive when she took time off to give birth to her first child. […]

The Champions Women Entrepreneurs Mentoring Association has described effective leadership and mentorship as catalysts to propel women entrepreneurs to success. The association stated this during a recent capacity-building workshop for women entrepreneurs in Lagos Speaking at the event, the National Coordinator of the Association of Nigerian Women Business Network, Angela Ajala, emphasised the importance of

1. ‘Today’ Alum Katie Couric Says Bryant Gumbel Had “Incredibly Sexist Attitude” About Her Maternity Leave  Deadline
2. Katie Couric Claims Bryant Gumbel Had 'Sexist Attitude' About Maternity Leave  PEOPLE
3. Katie Couric Says Bryant Gumbel Was 'Sexist' About Maternity Leave  Us Weekly
4. Katie Couric calls out Bryant Gumbel's 'sexist attitude' on 'Today'  USA TODAY

Automated personalised contextual marketing using artificial intelligence (AI) is a key strategy in the Thai digital market that could foster organisational efficiency across various functions, according to digital marketing agency YDM Thailand.

Chiang Mai Zoo has reopened its aquarium after a 29-million-baht renovation. The country's first aquarium, located on a mountain, is expected to attract more visitors than ever.

1. Fire destroys Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s  Press Herald
2. Massive fire hits Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange in Danish capital  The Washington Post
3. Fire engulfs Denmark’s historic stock exchange building, iconic spire collapses  CNBC
4. Spire collapses after fire rips through Copenhagen’s old stock exchange  CNN

Travis Kelce is bulking up his resume off the football field as the new host of a game show, "Are You Smarter than a Celebrity?," for Amazon Prime Video.

If you're a local, chances are you've either heard of or visited the W.H. Tupper General Store Museum.

By Max Griera

(EurActiv) — Local authorities ordered the closure and evacuation of a hardline National Conservatism Conference in Brussels on Tuesday (16 April) on public safety grounds – with organisers complaining of “cancel culture” and “the end of free speech in Europe”.

Belgian police entered the venue around mid-day with a warrant to close the conference down, following pressure from activists and politicians, including anti-fascist organisations and the commune mayor. Читать дальше...

Prince, 57, and his wife Ashley Prince, 30, were shot and killed at a Summerlin law office by lawyer Joseph Houston, 77, who then turned the gun on himself.