NATO cannot put up with Russia’s increasing independence – Defense Minister Shoigu

The NATO bloc cannot stand Russia being an independent player in international politics and tries to prevent this by boosting its military presence in Eastern Europe, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has stated. “NATO member countries make various attempts to prevent Russia from becoming their geopolitical competitor, even more so because we have allies. They…

Judgment Actor Replaced for Western Release, Still Launching June 25

Judgment, the next game from the developers of the Yakuza franchise, will have the character model and Japanese voice of Kyohei Hamura adjusted for the Western release following the arrest of the character’s voice actor for alleged drug use, but the release date will not change. Announced by SEGA, this change does not appear to…

NFCA announces new three-year convention sponsorship with Scrap Yard Sports

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The NFCA is pleased to welcome premier sports facility Scrap Yard Sports as its newest partner. Scrap Yard Sports has agreed to a three-year contract and will be the title sponsor for the NFCA Convention’s “Happy Hour” in the exhibit hall at the 2017, 2018 and 2019 national conventions.  “We are pleased…

Positive attitude between Russians and Americans in serious decline – research

The positive attitude between Russians and Americans seriously declined in the past year as did Russians’ opinion of Donald Trump, according to a US study. Share of Americans who like Vladimir Putin remains almost unchanged. The share of Russians who describe their attitude to the US as positive fell from 41 percent in 2017 to…

McKenna Gets Real About Canada’s Uphill Fight Against Climate Change

OTTAWA — A recent UN climate change report has given humanity 12 years to get its act together to curb rising temperatures to avoid unprecedented environmental disaster. Its findings moved MPs from three parties to request an emergency six-hour debate on global warming. The request was granted, but a majority of MPs didn’t show up….

Russian senator blasts big pharma ads, advocates return to traditional treatments

Senator Sergey Lisovsky has warned against using expensive and powerful drugs advertised on TV, and advised Russians to rely on simple, cheap remedies that were traditionally used in the past. “I have never seen television advertisements for potassium permanganate, which was used to treat me when I was young, or ascorbic acid that worked just…

Amazon’s The Dark Tower TV Series Casts New Roland, Man in Black

Sam Strike and Jasper Pääkkönen have been cast as Roland Deschain and The Man in Black, respectively, in Amazon’s The Dark Tower television series based on Stephen King’s novels of the same name. Reported by Variety, the pilot for this series adaptation is currently in the works, and will detail how Roland became a gunslinger, and portray…

Perfect game, walk offs highlight day two of NFCA NJCAA Leadoff Classic

Columbus, Ga. – Day two of the 2017 NFCA NJCAA Leadoff Classic was highlighted by a perfect game, three walk-offs and five teams that finished 2-0 at the South Commons Complex Tournament Central Chipola’s Morgan Goree put forth the top pitching performance of the Leadoff twirling a perfect game in a 3-0 win over Wallace…