A robust legal framework in a magical world is to help train India’s lawyers, after a university in Calcutta announced plans to use the Harry Potter books to teach students about prejudice and jurisprudence. The National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) is offering a new course that encourages students to discuss legal aspects of the fictional universe…

The Surge 2, the sequel to 2017’s solid sci-fi Soulslike, has been announced. Publisher Focus Home Interactive and Deck13 are once again working together, with a view to releasing the action RPG in 2019 on consoles and PC. All we have to go on assets wise right now is a single piece of artwork, above,…

The European Court of Justice on Friday ordered the Polish government to suspend a controversial overhaul of the country’s supreme court in a move that puts further pressure on the already strained ties between Brussels and Warsaw. The court demanded that Poland reinstates its judges that were removed by a law introducing compulsory retirement for…

An American general was wounded during an insider attack in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province that killed two senior provincial officials and targeted the head of US forces in the country, it emerged on Sunday. Brig Gen Jeffrey Smiley is recovering after suffering at least one gunshot wound in the attack on Thursday, according to US officers….

Forget Sea of Thieves’ boats and check out Pillars of Eternity 2’s! They’re a whole new feature in the sequel and there’s a lot more to them than I expected. Your boat is a mobile home and your way around the Deadfire archipelago, although you have to keep an eye on resources you gobble while…

Donald Trump has revealed he wants to remove the right for children of illegal immigrants born in America to automatically get US citizenship, triggering a heated debate about the legality of such a move.   The US president said he would sign an executive order ending so-called birthright citizenship, which was enshrined in an amendment…

Lawyers for disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein are in talks to settle a series of civil suits brought against him, it was reported on Tuesday. Weinstein, 66, has enlisted a team of high-powered lawyers to fight his multiple legal battles, and the Wall Street Journal said that talks for the civil cases would begin in November. Any…

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Donald Trump has appeared to play down the significance of Russian president Vladimir Putin ordering assassinations in overseas countries other than America.  The US president said in an interview that Mr Putin was “probably” involved in poisonings but when pushed further added that “it’s not in our country”.   The remarks come despite Britain, one of…