GameStop offers to buy eBay for $56 billion to create 'legit competitor to Amazon'
Video game retailer GameStop has offered to buy eBay for 55.5 billion USD in CEO Ryan Cohen's latest bold market move.
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Playing Deus Ex: Invisible War like it always should have been
Don't mention the (invisible) war.
It may have taken almost three years, but Diablo 4 finally feels finished to me
Fingers crossed for no more game-shattering overhauls.
Africa: African Groups Push for Stronger Disease Surveillance Systems
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- More than 20 civil society and community organisations across Africa have urged governments to prioritise epidemic preparedness and disease surveillance, warning that weak systems could undermine responses to future outbreaks.
Southern Africa: Misa Launches Sixth Edition of the Southern Africa Press Freedom Report
[MISA] The report exposes a pervasive crisis of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV).
Africa: What Is Hantavirus, the Disease That Has Killed 3 Cruise Ship Passengers?
[The Conversation Africa] Three people have died after a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. At least one other passenger is in intensive care in South Africa.
Ukrainian drone hits upmarket Moscow high-rise ahead of Victory Day celebrations
The attack comes as the Kremlin prepares to hold a scaled-back military parade on Saturday.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards unveil new map of Strait of Hormuz under their control, state media says
DUBAI, May 4 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy issued a new map of the area of the Strait of Hormuz under its control on Monday, state media reported. The area starts in the west with a line between the westernmost tip of Iran's Qeshm island to the United Arab
Indonesia, Japan sign defence cooperation agreement
JAKARTA, May 4 - Indonesia and Japan signed a defence cooperation agreement on Monday, officials said, which includes cooperation in the defence industry, human development and disaster mitigation measures.
Europe’s consummate systemic rival: Ursula von der Leyen
The most consequential threat to Europe in the past decade has not arrived from Moscow, Beijing or Washington. It has been manufactured, word by word, policy reversal by policy reversal, on the 13th floor of the Berlaymont building in Brussels. Ursula von der Leyen has achieved
Gold vs CDs vs stocks: When gold helps (and when it doesn’t)
Discover when to invest in gold, CDs or stocks to balance growth and security.
A new Haber–Bosch moment: Europe must rethink its fertiliser production
Europe must reinvent fertiliser production to cut agriculture's reliance on fossil fuels and protect jobs in industrial regions, writes Magnolia Tovar, a chemical engineer and expert at a climate innovation think tank, in an opinion piece for Euronews.
Riteish Deshmukh’s ‘Raja Shivaji’ Posts Record Opening Weekend for Marathi Cinema
Jio Studios and Mumbai Film Company’s “Raja Shivaji” has delivered the biggest opening weekend in Marathi-language cinema history, grossing INR43.66 crore ($4.6 million) across its first three days in India. Directed by Riteish Deshmukh, the historical epic’s opening weekend
GameStop launches $56 billion takeover bid for e-commerce giant eBay
The gaming retailer GameStop has launched a surprise $56 billion (€47.8bn) bid to acquire the online marketplace eBay, marking a potential aggressive expansion into global e-commerce.
Trained equanimity and a bias toward action
Pay attention to what’s in front of you. Don’t let fear contaminate your understanding of the situation. Act with commitment. Notice the gap between event and reaction. Embrace the resources that are available to you. Optimism is a belief about possible outcomes, but equanimity
'Turn off the taps before mopping the floor': Renewables more cost effective than direct air capture
Direct air capture has been touted as ‘essential’ in meeting the EU’s climate goals – but is now really the time for investment?
‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds
Louisiana’s cultural hotspot could be surrounded by Gulf of Mexico before end of this century, authors say The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within
Astronomers explore the surface composition of a nearby super-Earth
Using MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a team of researchers led by former MPIA (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg, Germany) Ph.D. student Sebastian Zieba (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge,
Trump Blurts Out Damning Admission of Iran Blunder as GOP Panic Grows
Donald Trump has declared the war “terminated,” but he’s still rejecting Iran’s peace proposals while again threatening it with massive war crimes. And in an interview, Trump declared that he would never have approved an offer that was made to Iran by his negotiator, Steve
Poisonous black rain falls in Russia as Ukraine strikes oil facilities
Residents of Tuapse, on the Black Sea, complained of an inadequate government response and coverup of what they say is a huge environmental and health disaster.
Knife-wielding woman at KL water music festival charged, to undergo mental health check
A woman was stopped by members of the public after she was seen carrying a knife at the KL rave festival.
Thailand seizes on Hormuz fears to push land bridge dream
BANGKOK – While Asia suffers from Strait of Hormuz blockades, Bangkok is offering Beijing, Singapore and others a planned multi-billion dollar “land bridge” across Thailand’s thin peninsula, to link shipping between the Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand instead of south through
‘Last piece of the puzzle’ in the WHO pandemic agreement delayed to 2027
The WHO Pandemic Agreement adopted in May 2025 contained one crucial proviso: it couldn’t be ratified until one of its most contested elements, the Pathogen Access and Benefit Shifting (PABS) was agreed. Despite an additional year of negotiations, diplomats have failed to