WoW dev was surprised that players 'like being jumped' by the upcoming Prey system—even on its hardest difficulty, where 'going AFK might get you killed'

"Players really liked being ambushed."

Nioh 3 has sold over 1 million copies in two weeks, breaking Team Ninja's record and carrying the series to 10 million sales

We were all hungry for a new soulslike to kick off the year, I guess.

Uruguay foreign minister Lubetkin grilled over Venezuela, China–Taiwan wording and US visas

Uruguay’s foreign minister Mario Lubetkin appeared before Parliament’s Permanent Commission after an opposition-led interpellation focused on the government’s stance on Venezuela, a Taiwan-related line included in a joint statement with China, and the lack of clarity over US

Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Orwell: 2+2=5' - Chilling and indispensable

Raoul Peck takes the words of George Orwell and connects the dots between the writer’s diary entries and present-day totalitarian regimes. The filmmaker signs one of the most urgent and essential documentaries of the 21st century.

UK foreign minister to meet Rubio amid tensions over joint air base

Feb 20 (Reuters) - Britain's foreign minister Yvette Cooper will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday, after President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of London for ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, which is home to a U.S.-UK air base. Last year

Update: Trump’s MAGA ‘Mean Girls’ got meaner

The "MAGA Mean Girls" are still doing their thing, inflicting long-term damage.

Listen to the oldest known recording of a whale

Researchers have rediscovered a 77-year-old recording of a haunting song that now has been determined to have come from a humpback whale

Gemma Chan on the ‘Small Miracle’ of Making ‘Josephine’ and Why She Connected to the Film Emotionally: ‘It Really Hit a Raw Nerve’

For Gemma Chan, making “Josephine” was deeply personal. The British actress, best known for her work in “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Eternals,” stars in Beth de Araújo’s buzzy drama as Claire, a mother attempting to help her 8-year-old daughter Josephine (played by newcomer Mason

AI fears are hammering shares of brokers like Charles Schwab and LPL — but the humans aren’t panicking

Maybe someday AI might run the world, but for now established wealth isn't taking any chances with an algo.

Australian PM plays down chance of referendum to remove British monarch as head of state

Albanese said he had a good relationship with King Charles, who he said loved Australia.

Kim Jong Un vows to boost living standards as he opens rare congress

He said North Korea had overcome its "worst difficulties" in the last five years, and was now entering a new stage of "optimism and confidence in the future".

Could aliens in another galaxy see dinosaurs on Earth?

How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think bigger

Trump tangles with governors ahead of White House meeting

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Trump meeting with governors ▪ Country on edge over possible Iran strikes ▪ Advocates celebrate former prince’s arrest ▪ Harris rising in 2028 polling President Trump will host governors from

Kick off the year of the horse with a stableful of discounted horse games in Steam Horse Fest

Start horsing around.

Norway moves some of its 60 soldiers in Middle East due to security situation

COPENHAGEN, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Norway is relocating some of the around 60 soldiers it has in the Middle East to Norway as well as to other countries in the region on security grounds, a spokesperson for the Norwegian armed forces said on Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump

EU steel exports to US drop 30% as talks stall over Trump tariffs relief

EU steel exports to the US fell 30% in 2025 under the weight of Washington’s 50% tariffs. With talks between Brussels and Washington still in deadlock, the downturn shows little sign of easing.

A redditor claims to have found a horrifying, AI-generated, multi-limbed figure in a rental house listing photo and it's exactly the sort of Phasmophobia-style jump scare I didn't need this morning

Why you so spooky, AI?

'Our most uncompromising keyboard ever built': Razer has unveiled a new signature edition version of its Huntsman keyboard, but I can't get over the price

That's a lot of cash.

NASA moves forward with Artemis II tanking test that could set up moonshot mission

NASA is set to begin fueling 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellant on the Space Launch System rocket at Kennedy Space Center on Thursday as it moves ahead with a test countdown of the Artemis II mission.

Osaka stunned by anonymous gold bar gift worth US$3.6 million to fix ageing water pipes

The gold bars weighed a total of 21kg.

New Year's sport supplement buying drives January retail sales surge

Continuing strong sales from online jewellers after a recent spike in gold prices also helped drive the increase.

Britain's Royal Shakespeare Company set to stage Game of Thrones prequel

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced plans to stage Game of Thrones: The Mad King - the prequel to one of the world's most popular television series.

Africa: African Conflicts Barely Registered At Munich - but China Is Paying Attention

[ISS] Last week's Munich Security Conference clearly signalled that Africa needs security alliances beyond its traditional partners.

Saudi Arabia may have uranium enrichment under proposed deal with U.S., arms control experts warn

Experts say that nuclear cooperation can be a positive mechanism, but 'the devil is in the details,' and the Trump administration may not have fully gauged the consequences or the precedent created by its arms deal with Saudi Arabia

We're getting even more free lootboxes and a double XP weekend in Overwatch just for playing the game

Season 1's a hit, I'd say.

Trump says government will declassify information on aliens after Obama's statements

Donald Trump said that he will give the green light to the release of classified information on extraterrestrials and alien life forms. The move comes after comments by Barack Obama, who did not rule out the presence of UFOs in the universe, triggering a media uproar.

A 'blood moon' is coming to the US in March—and the next good one isn't until 2029

A total lunar eclipse will cross the skies over the contiguous United States on Tuesday, March 3, turning the moon a deep reddish color in what's commonly called a "blood moon."

Bitcoin: ETF Outflows and Macro Headwinds Keep Bulls on the Back Foot

Philippines says communication channels still open with Beijing on South China Sea

The Philippine foreign ministry says it will uphold "effective and principled diplomacy" in advancing the country's interests amid recent ill-tempered exchanges between government officials and the Chinese embassy in Manila.

EU ministers to grill Commissions's Šuica over attendance at Trump’s Board of Peace launch

EU foreign ministers will question Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica on Monday about her participation at the launch of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington, amid criticism from several member states over the Commission’s mandate and role.

From Milano Cortina to Dakar 2026: Olympic mascots Tina and Ayo share the stage

Italy saw mascot mania in Milan as Tina, face of Milano Cortina 2026, welcomed Ayo from Dakar 2026.

Fans flock to Japan zoo to see viral baby monkey Punch

The abandoned macaque became an internet sensation after footage of him clinging forlornly to zookeepers and dragging around a stuffed orangutan toy was widely shared on X.

Eight feared dead after a bus with Chinese tourists sinks into Russia’s Lake Baikal

The world’s deepest lake, located north of Mongolia, is a popular destination for tourists.

Eight feared dead after a bus with Chinese tourists sinks into Russia's Lake Baikal

MOSCOW, Feb 20 - Seven Chinese tourists and a bus driver are feared dead after a tourist bus driving across a frozen stretch of Lake Baikal in Russia's Siberia plunged into the water when the ice broke beneath it, local governor, Igor Kobzev, said on Friday via his channel in

There are problems with a geoengineering techno-fix for the climate crisis | Mike Hume

Geoengineering does little to defuse most of the risks that really matter for people – and it runs the risk of making some harms worse Planetary-scale solar geoengineering interventions involve the deliberate injection of either natural or artificial particulates into the

Epstein in the Shadow of de Sade

Ed Simon on how the intellectual elite absolves abusers of their crimes, Marigold Santos's loving epiphytes, and Damien Davis in conversation with Hakim Bishara.

The 7 most expensive trading cards ever sold, from Pikachu to Michael Jordan

Logan Paul’s $16.49 million Pikachu Illustrator is now the most expensive trading card ever sold. Here are the next six highest sales ever.

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What makes ice slippery? Scientists may have finally figured it out

The reason we slip and slide on ice—a phenomenon central to figure skating, curling and other Winter Olympic events—is a centuries-old physics mystery that may have finally been cracked

Trump Is on the Wrong Side of the Water Wars

Why is water so different from air? It sounds like the start of a joke. But it’s a fair thing to wonder after the Trump administration last week officially revoked the so-called endangerment finding, a 2009 scientific conclusion that climate change threatens human health and

Transcript: Britain’s Floundering Labor Party Is a Warning to U.S Dems

This is a lightly edited transcript of the February 19 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: This is The New Republic show Right Now I’m the host, Perry Bacon, and I’m honored to be

The Revolutionary Crappiness of Darren Aronofsky’s On This Day … 1776

I’m a big fan of Tom Hooper’s 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams . Perhaps it’s because I’m a dad. Its genre is very much that of Dad Cinema classics like Master and Commander , in that it offers a granular, somewhat sentimental depiction of military history, an emphasis on neat,

Red States’ Fascist Campaign Against Colleges and Professors

Oklahoma’s governor just signed an executive order barring most of the state’s public colleges from offering tenure to professors. School administrators can secretly record classes under a new University of North Carolina policy. Nervous about violating restrictions on speaking

Moelis & Co. to help OnlyFans sell majority stake despite porn stigma: sources

"The company had been struggling to find a buyer largely because of the porn stigma. But it has incredible financials that are very attractive," a source said.

Iran strikes 'likely' as Trump seeks maximum leverage

President Trump is reportedly weighing a limited strike on Iran in the coming days as he seeks to build maximum leverage in negotiations and prepares the U.S. military for a prolonged battle if diplomacy fails. Aerial tracker websites have shown dozens of U.S. fighter jets and

Hundreds of students suspended, schools under close watch over anti-ICE walkouts

Hundreds of K-12 students across the country have received detention or suspension after participating in classroom walkouts to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts. Such anti-ICE or "ICE out" walkouts have increasingly popped up after Renee Good and

Going-against-the-grainers

If our ethical beliefs come from our social environment, how do some people find the moral courage to defy convention? - by Dane Leigh Gogoshin Read on Aeon

Britain’s Floundering Labor Party Is a Warning to U.S Democrats

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . You can read a transcript here . Britain’s Labor Party, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, has tacked to the right on immigration and transgender rights , in

Andrew Should Consider Himself Lucky That It Was Only an Arrest

But really, has anyone ever cast a longer and darker shadow from the grave than Jeffrey Epstein? American presidents shudder at his name, a British ambassador to Washington has been fired, a London government is rocked, while once-celebrated and admired men desperately wish