Gwyneth Paltrow has been praised for speaking out about how her body is changing as part of an effort to "rebrand" the social stigma around menopause. Experts said the Oscar-winning actress’s decision to talk candidly about entering the perimenopause would help other women. The perimenopause is a transition stage before the menopause that can last…
We’ve been eagerly awaiting the PC version of Final Fantasy 15 for some time. It’s the chance to see Square-Enix’s stunning Luminous Studio engine freed from the constraints of console hardware. Enhanced versions of those visuals running at 4K resolution or a locked 60fps? The potential here is mouthwatering, but the question is just what…
Angela Merkel signalled the end of a political era on Monday when she announced she will give up the leadership of her political party next month and stand down as German chancellor when her current term expires in 2021. The woman who has dominated European politics for 13 years stunned Germany with the announcement in…
Hundreds of Egyptian Coptic Christians gathered Saturday for a funeral service south of Cairo to bid farewell to six of seven people killed the previous day when militants ambushed three buses carrying pilgrims on their way to a remote desert monastery. The service at Prince Tadros church in the city of Minya was held amid tight security…
There is little to mark the border between Germany and Austria at Kiefersfelden besides a European Union flag and three bored German policemen checking incoming cars for migrants. But this may be where things started to unravel for Angela Merkel’s Bavarian allies. Bavaria votes on Sunday in regional elections that will be the latest to…
Progress in eradicating polio worldwide has stalled because of difficulties vaccinating children amid insurgent violence, according to a frank review of the global effort to end the crippling virus. While the virus has been rolled back over the past 30 years to only three countries, hopes of finally stamping it out in Afghanistan, Pakistan and…
Dame Helen Mirren’s dreams of a tumbledown beachside retreat near her luxury estate in southern Italy have hit a stumbling block as police halted construction amid claims she breached building regulations. The Academy Award-winning actress Mirren and her husband, Hollywood director Taylor Hackford, bought the crumbling 860 square feet stone shack with spectacular views of…
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The good news is EA DICE has bitten the bullet and is reworking the Star Wars Battlefront 2 progression system, having turned microtransactions off amid a storm of controversy in November. The bad news is we don’t know how and we won’t know more until March. “Your feedback has been essential here, and we are…
The US Senate is the upper chamber on Capitol Hill. There are 100 Senators, two from each state, and Republicans currently hold a razor thin majority with 51 seats. The US Senate writes and passes laws but has a number of other powers and responsibilities, from ratifying treaties with other countries to overseeing investigations of officials…