The furniture Melania Trump chose for the White House was replaced with glitzier items preferred by her husband, Donald Trump, it has been claimed in a new profile of the first lady. The profile, published by the New York Times, tells that Mr Trump overruled his wife on the elegant and modern furniture she selected…
Xbox Game Pass gets Gears of War 4 in December, Microsoft has confirmed. It’s a high-profile addition to Microsoft’s Netflix-style game subscription service, which lets you download and play games for a monthly fee. The Coalition’s third-person shooter was one of Microsoft’s big Xbox One and Windows 10 PC games in the run-up to Christmas…
Ubisoft released Monopoly for Nintendo Switch this week, and players have discovered it has pretty horrendous loading times. Players have reported loading times of between five and 10 minutes for everything as simple as loading the main menu to loading a game. Monopoly, which costs £29.99 from the eShop, is developed by Asobo Studio, a…
Every time Abdullah Shirzad passes a checkpoint of Islamic State group fighters, he fears he is about to die. The teacher begins reciting the Quran and praying the fanatics pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will let him pass unmolested. In the three years since jihadists loyal to Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (Isil)…
The sons of a US veteran who was killed in the Korean War have spoken emotionally about receiving his military identification tag that North Korea returned last month. The lone tag that North Korea provided with 55 boxes of human remains belonged to Master Sgt. Charles H. McDaniel, an Army medic from Indiana who died in the opening months of…
It has long been one of Spain’s most beloved dishes: simple, succulent slices of spiced octopus enjoyed in tavernas and on seafront terraces from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. But the growing worldwide popularity of Japanese, Spanish and Hawaiian cuisines is squeezing the octopus market, with soaring demand forcing up prices to double that of…
When it opened on the edge of the Grand Canal in 1097 the Rialto fish market was a beacon for Venice’s flourishing maritime empire. Now, after enduring for almost a millennium, one of the lagoon city’s great cultural assets is under threat from selfie-taking tourists and mass production of seafood. Fishmongers say there were 18…
When Jesus Rodriguez, 51, was diagnosed as HIV positive 13 years ago, the virus had nearly destroyed his immune system. After spending over a year without proper antiretroviral treatment that keeps the virus under control, which have fallen victim to Venezuela’s crisis, Mr Rodriguez now worries he could become seriously unwell again. As a last resort, he…
It is as American as apple pie, and a rite of passage for millions of young people: every summer, children set up lemonade stalls in front of their homes or in parks, selling their wares and learning some of the tricks of sales and marketing. But in recent years health and safety concerns have seen…
FIFA 18 has a new patch – and it’s a hefty one. Title Update 3, which brings FIFA 18 up to version 1.04, nerfs ground passes and ground through balls. Most FIFA 18 players agree the passing in FIFA 18 is particularly effective. I’ve found the game favours fast one-touch passing, with even mediocre players…