You can now pay £39 to give your Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp an underwater theme – exclusively available using Leaf Tickets – the app’s premium in-game currency. Pocket Camp introduced campsite themes in a recent update and most require you spend Leaf Tickets to purchase them. Themes need to be bought in separate chunks which…
The world’s smallest mammal has been rediscovered on an Italian island, decades after it was thought to have become extinct there. The Etruscan shrew, which weighs less than two grams and has a body length of about 1.5 inches, was believed to have died out on the island of Tavolara, which lies off the coast…
An inheritance battle has broken out within an aristocratic Italian family who own assets worth nearly two billion euros, including the world’s largest private collection of ancient marble statuary. The vast wealth of the Torlonia family includes palaces in Rome, farmland, banking assets and a collection of 620 marble busts and statues depicting Greek and…
The clock had barely struck midnight on US midterms results night when Donald Trump Jr, the son of the president, tweeted words that made Washington hearts sink. “Welcome to the #2020 election cycle.” Such is the relentless pace of American political campaigning that focus in the nation’s capital is already switching from Tuesday’s congressional elections…
It has all the trapping of an airport thriller: An elite soldier in Germany’s special forces gains a reputation as a selfless philanthropist for setting up an organisation that helps veterans of Germany’s secretive special forces adjust to civilian life. But underneath this veneer he is covertly prepping a crack team of ex-soldiers and stockpiling…
American doctors have posted blood-soaked photographs on social media after the National Rifle Association told them to "stay in their lane" over gun restrictions. The NRA accused "self-important" doctors of "pushing for gun control" and citing articles in the Annals of Internal Medicine in a tweet on November 7, the same day a mass shooting left 12…
A third of the world’s food is lost before it ever reaches anyone’s plate, a panel of global experts has warned as it called for a war on waste to improve worldwide diets. Waste and spoilage in harvesting, storage, transport and shops accounts for an estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food a year and squanders…
Donald Trump has warned Democrats against launching a series of investigations into his presidency – vowing that he is a "counter-puncher" who will unleash fury. Speaking to The New York Post, Mr Trump warned of consequences if the Democrats – who take control of the House in January – use their new-found power to investigate…
Minecraft’s Better Together version finally launches today for Nintendo Switch, and a new trailer has dropped to play up its cross-platform capabilities. Xbox One and Nintendo Switch owners can now play Minecraft as if they were on the same platform but notably – as the trailer hammers home – it is just Nintendo and Xbox…
President Emmanuel Macron of France on Tuesday caved in to demands by angry “yellow vest” protesters by suspending fuel tax hikes in an attempt to quell fresh violent demonstrations. With pressure mounting avoid a re-run of the violence next Saturday, Edouard Philippe, the prime minister, announced a string of conciliatory measures just days after the…