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Brazil cooks up transgenic bean

Approval draws criticism over transparency and safety tests.




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Call of Duty Modern Warfare Warzone Update nerfs Snake Shot in new COD download



Call of Duty Modern Warfare and Warzone update patch notes have been shared by Infinity Ward to clarify whats changed to the game on May 7.




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PUBG Mobile Update 0.18.0 download error and unlink account chaos for players



PUBG Mobile update 0.18.0 released this week but a bug appears to be causing a lot of grief for players unable to play since downloading the latest patch




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Call of Duty Modern Warfare Update: Patch Notes revealed for new May 8 download



Call of Duty Modern Warfare players can today download a brand new update for Warzone and Modern Warfare multiplayer. Here are the patch notes for PS4, Xbox One and PCs.




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RPGCast – Episode 248: “Super Robot Wars OMG”

Kate Middleton is pregnant! I mean sure, there’s news about a successor to Planescape: Torment. And yeah there’s potentially a new Star Ocean game. But...




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RPGCast – Episode 281: “RPGCast: Super Sunday Special Spectacular”

It’s a special edition of the RPGCast this week. Jon, Alex, Anna Marie, and Chris appreciate loot, bank Pokémon, link between and transfer worlds in...




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RPGCast – Episode 356: “The Numbers Go Up!”

Chris clicks. Anna Etrians. Alice phasers. Alex sits. Manny explains why he played 67 hours of Chaos Rings III. Also I think FFXV has Ryu...




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RPGCast – Episode 368: “Switzerland That **** Up”

Sam Wachter tries to convince us that Moco Moco Friends’ Plushkins are not Pokémon. Anna Marie goes through all the feels. Chris continues his therapy...




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RPGCast – Episode 386: “Uplift All Cockroaches”

Chris hugs his cat. Anna Marie hugs her Mindsona. Alex hugs his car. And Alice hugs a cockroach. Yeah, you had to be there. Now...




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RPGCast – Episode 387: “Level Up Your Goku”

Kelley watches over her shoulder. Anna Marie starts a musical act. Alice takes some turns at ruling a space empire. And Chris totally hammers out...




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RPGCast – Episode 393: “Plushie Pre-Nup”

Chris clicks, Anna Marie goes on a Pokédate, Alex turns into a van, and Kelley is a Yo-kai. Ok, that may not be entirely accurate....




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RPGCast – Episode 407: “Stupid Mute Button”

While Kelley and Chris fawn over the Chocobros, Anna Marie and Alex plan out next year’s visual novel indulgences. Then they talk about Super Mario...




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RPGCast – Episode 442: “THEY SUPLEX THE TRAIN”

At some point Chris dropped a keyboard on the floor during this show and lost a tilde key. Anna Marie lost her mind trying to...




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RPGCast – Episode 462: “So, You Brought Up Memes On The Show”

Anna Marie proves she’s insane and tries to get Chris to start up a human breeding program to boot. We hear from people about the...




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RPG Cast – Episode 521: “Upsell You to Unlimited Meows”

We figured it would be a short show because there's not a lot of news this time of year. Turns out Alex, Kelley, Peter, Chris, and Anna Marie still had plenty to discuss with their now playing, your feedback, and the upcoming releases including Pokémon.




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'Lockdown has been a wakeup call for the industry': what next for fashion?

Coronavirus has brought fashion to a halt. To mark Earth Day, we asked sustainable fashion designers, writers and advocates what changes they would like to see

Over the past few years, sustainable fashion has been inching towards the mainstream. Now, given the pandemic crisis, discussion of how to create a more ethical and less environmentally damaging model for an industry that is responsible for 10% of global carbon dioxide emissions every year is more relevant than ever.

With much of the usual churn on pause because of coronavirus and many of the cracks of the industry coming to the fore – not least in Bangladesh, where garment workers are facing destitution as big-name brands cancel their orders – some people in the industry are taking this hiatus as an opportunity to reassess fashion’s direction of travel.

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A round of applause: 10 fashion brands supporting the health services – in pictures

From Stay at Home T-shirts to NHS baseball caps, here’s a selection from small labels donating some or all of their profits to charities helping healthcare workers and the Covid-19 response

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Bat 'super immunity' may explain how bats carry coronaviruses, study finds

Researchers have uncovered how bats can carry the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus without getting sick -- research that could shed light on how coronaviruses make the jump to humans and other animals.




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Rights group says Saudi Arabia is holding a senior prince incommunicado since March




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As Beijing gyms reopen, users are masked up and ready to shed pounds




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Brazil's Supreme Court throws out rules that limit gay men donating blood




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Coronavirus live updates: FDA authorizes 1st rapid-result antigen test

The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 275,000 people worldwide. Over 3.9 million people across the world have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The actual numbers are believed to be much higher due to testing shortages, many unreported cases and suspicions that some governments are hiding the scope of their nations' outbreaks.





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Anti-racism group stage Stretford protest over police stun gun shooting

Desmond Mombeyarara, 34, was with his son when officers shot him with a stun gun

Anti-racism protesters have gathered outside a petrol station in Greater Manchester to demonstrate against the stun gun shooting by police of a black man in the company of his distressed son.

Desmond Mombeyarara, 34, was shot with a stun gun by police on Wednesday evening after officers stopped him for allegedly speeding.

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Love isn't all you need: French ministers rule out easing travel rules for couples

MP called for love to be added to list of permitted reasons for long-distance journeys

Couples separated by France’s strict coronavirus rules will remain lovelorn after ministers ruled out a proposed change to the law extending the country’s state of health emergency.

The “lovers’ amendment”, as it was called, was proposed by an MP during a debate on the legislation in the lower house the national assembly.

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Meghan Marvel: which superhero should the duchess play?

A princess seeking revenge after her royal privileges are revoked? A drifter trying to get away from her awful father? Or maybe a guardian of Captain Britain?

Now that Meghan Markle has had her royal purse strings cut, the time has come for her to prove that she is capable of making a living on her own merits. And, ever the everywoman, it has been reported that Markle’s first step is exactly the same one that we’d all make upon finding ourselves suddenly short of money – she has instructed her agent to find her a role in a superhero film.

At this point it’s best to assume that she’s looking for something more substantial than her pre-royal movie career offered; she won’t want a made-for-TV superhero movie, or to appear in a single scene of a larger film as a nameless woman whose only purpose in the universe is to give the middle-aged leading man something to absent-mindedly flirt at. So, who should she play? Luckily, as crowded as the superhero genre currently is, there is still plenty of untapped potential for her. Here are my suggestions.

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Journeyman pilloried, superstar adored

Go ahead and applaud taking down a group of boorish hockey “bros” for their despicable behaviour. But you might want to hold off on a full-fledged victory lap. Brendan Leipsic said ...




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Andre Harrell, Founder of Uptown Records, Dies at 59 and Music Industry Pays Tribute

Harrell had been working as an executive producer on a TV miniseries about Uptown Records with BET.




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Ousted Scientist Tears Up While Ripping Trump Coronavirus Response: 'We Could've Done Something And We Didn't'

Trump administration whistleblower Rick Bright teared up while ripping the Trump's response to the coronavirus: "We could've done something and we didn't."




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Britney Spears Updates Glory Album Cover to Celebrate 2016 Record Hitting #1 on iTunes

Some fans think the new album art was released in anticipation of a rumored platinum edition of Glory.




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NASA Releases Reprocessed Photos of Jupiter’s Moon Europa

The newly-remastered images show the icy surface of Europa, the sixth of Jupiter’s moons and the fourth largest, in enhanced color. All three high-resolution images were captured along the same longitude of Europa as NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flew by on September 26, 1998, in the eighth of the spacecraft’s 11 targeted flybys of the icy [...]




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Disruptor Beam relaunches as gaming infrastructure-maker Beamable

Disruptor Beam, the mobile gaming startup behind Star Trek Timelines, has a new name and a new business. It’s now calling itself Beamable, and it’s selling a set of tools to help game developers add commerce and social functionality to their titles. The company’s direction became clear earlier this year when it sold Timelines to […]




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Valve drops VR support for macOS

Valve is calling it quits on macOS support for its virtual reality platform. A Valve employee posted an update to the company’s SteamVR forums, noting that “SteamVR has ended macOS support so our team can focus on Windows and Linux.” Apple introduced “Metal for VR” back in June 2017 and highlighted a partnership with Valve. […]





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EA games on PS4 and Xbox One could be ‘upgraded free’ to next-gen console versions

2020 and 2021 will be one of the periodic transitional eras in gaming as Sony and Microsoft debut their shiny new consoles, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. To ease the process (and spur adoption of the next generation), EA may make its upcoming titles free to “upgrade” to your chosen console. On an […]




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VCs see opportunities for gaming infrastructure startups and incumbents

As the infrastructure for developing games becomes more advanced, studios have turned to buying best-in-class technology from others instead of building everything from scratch (often with inferior quality). This shift underpinned Unity’s rise as the most popular game engine. The current focus on games as ever-evolving social hubs that can remain popular for a decade […]




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Skeptical judge could hold up Trump administration's bid to clear Flynn, legal experts say

The notoriously independent-minded federal judge who once said he was disgusted by the conduct of Michael Flynn could block the administration's bid to drop criminal charges against the former adviser to President Donald Trump, legal experts said.




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In Centre vs TMC War, Coronavirus Becomes New Battleground as Parties Gear Up for 2021 Poll Clash

The BJP leaders waged a social media war against the Bengal government by accusing the state of hiding Covid-19 figures and also complaining the Centre that TMC-led government in Bengal has completely failed in handling the coronavirus crisis.





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In Centre vs TMC War, Coronavirus Becomes New Battleground as Parties Gear Up for 2021 Poll Clash

The BJP leaders waged a social media war against the Bengal government by accusing the state of hiding Covid-19 figures and also complaining the Centre that TMC-led government in Bengal has completely failed in handling the coronavirus crisis.





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Gilgit to Guwahati: Why Doordarshan’s new weather forecast will up temperatures in Pakistan

New Delhi, May 08: From Gilgit to Guwahati, Doordarshan and All India Radio have started forecasting the weather from across the territory of India. These Weather reports cover every small detail from every nook and corner of the country while highlighting





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Has Rahul Gandhi given up hope of leading India? There are signs that appear to show he has

Rahul Gandhi seems to have descended into a spiral of far Left, subversive standpoint since Narendra Modi swept to power at the Centre and the Congress started losing state after state.





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TDP chief urges PM Modi to set up scientific experts' committee to probe Vizag gas leak incident




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Narco-terrorist with links to Kashmiri terror groups nabbed by NIA in Haryana




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First Air India Repatriation Flight From London To Mumbai Takes Off With 100 Percent Occupancy

Around 250 Indian students and tourists were seen queuing with their luggage at the airport as they prepared for the journey home.





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Higher step count linked to lower yearly risk of death, up to a point

An analysis of the daily steps taken by about 5000 people in the US has found that a higher step count is linked to a lower yearly risk of death, although the effect tails off above 12,000 steps




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Here are some coronavirus shopping tips to keep you safe at the supermarket

The more people we encounter, the higher the risk of virus transmission. So, how do we keep safe when going to the shops?




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Taylor Swift Returns to Stage for Pre-Super Bowl Show

“Hi, I’m Taylor.” With that greeting, Taylor Swift returned to the stage as the headliner of “DirectTV Now Super Saturday Night” at Club Nomadic on the eve of the Super Bowl.




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U.S. Senate upholds Trump veto of 'insulting' Iran war powers resolution

The U.S. Senate failed on Thursday to override President Donald Trump's veto of a resolution that would have reined in his ability to wage war against Iran by requiring him to obtain congressional authorization for military action.




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U.S. lawmakers urge support for Taiwan at WHO, as U.S. criticizes China

The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization, citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic.




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As Beijing gyms reopen, users are masked up and ready to shed pounds

BEIJING - Grunts, groans and the sound of pulsing music and crashing weights have returned to some of Beijing's gyms after being closed for nearly three months due to the coronavirus outbreak.




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Tennis: Former Davis Cup rep boost for Bay

… advice from former New Zealand Davis Cup player Dan Willman, who has … challenges Taranaki for the Christie Cup, the symbol of Central … place at the World Junior Davis Cup tournament in the Czech … ; Willman added. The Christie Cup has been played for since ….