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Vince Zampella, a towering figure in modern video games and a co-creator of the Call of Duty series, has died aged 55 after a single-vehicle crash on Angeles Crest Highway in Southern California. Authorities said the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon when the Ferrari he was driving left the road just after exiting a tunnel,…
In 2022, Jimmy Carr released a Netflix stand-up special he explicitly labelled a “career-ender”. Within days, a single joke from the set dominated headlines, political debate and cultural criticism in the UK. Three years on, Carr has revisited the controversy in a wide-ranging interview on the Louis Theroux Podcast, addressing the backlash, the editing of…
It was an unusual romance. In the summer of 2024, Ayrin, a busy, bubbly woman in her 20s, became enraptured by Leo, an AI chatbot that she had created on ChatGPT. She spent up to 56 hours a week with Leo on ChatGPT. Leo helped her study for nursing school exams, motivated her at the…
The FBI is seeking information on Saeed Tavakoli, an Iranian national wanted for his alleged association with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).The wanted man goes by the alias Sardar Ammar.According to federal authorities, Tavakoli is believed to be the chief of IRGC-Qods Force Department 11000. He is alleged to have directed covert intelligence and…
More than a dozen employees have walked out of the Heritage Foundation, triggering one of the most serious internal crises in the organisation’s recent history. The departures follow mounting backlash against Heritage president Kevin Roberts after he defended a controversial interview by Tucker Carlson with far-right activist Nick Fuentes, a figure widely condemned for antisemitic…
A late-night visit to an abandoned building made famous by the Netflix series Stranger Things ended in tragedy when a 19-year-old girl fell to her death while exploring the restricted site. The building was used as the filming location for Hawkins National Laboratory in the series. The incident occurred on December 19 at the Briarcliff…
If geopolitics had a sense of humour, this would be the punchline. President Donald Trump has nominated a MAGA ally as the United States’ first-ever special envoy to Greenland — a job that didn’t exist until Trump’s long-running fascination with the ice-covered island refused to melt away. The move, announced Sunday, immediately set off alarm…
FBI director Kash Patel is under fire for allegedly exploiting government resources to travel in specially armoured BMWs and had also demanded a new and upgraded jet. Patel is now being driven in armoured BMW X5 vehicles purchased by the bureau at his request and replacing the Chevrolet Suburbans usually used to transport FBI directors….
Georgia GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was critical of Israel while his principal opponent, Maria Corina Machado, was a major supporter of the country. Greene wrote on X: “Venezuela is a predominantly Catholic country with very strong laws against abortion with the exception being the life of the mother,”…
The ‘No Welfare for Non‑Citizens Act’ is a bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives that aims to stop non‑citizens from receiving federal welfare benefits and subsidies. It was filed by anti-Islamic and MAGA Representative Randy Fine, a Republican from Florida. It aligns with a lot of GOP lawmakers’ policies aiming to prioritise…
