Bungie pledges huge lists of Destiny 2 improvements, will rein in Eververse

Destiny 2, Bungie’s beleagured shared world space shooter and fan anger magnet, will get some much-needed changes this year. The developer has kicked off 2018 with a big list of improvements: some expected additions, some returning Destiny 1 features, and a couple of genuine surprises. Destiny 2 game director Chris Barrett – now in control…

US strike ‘kills Islamic State commander in Afghanistan’

 A US strike over the weekend killed a senior Islamic State commander in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan and US officials said Monday. The strike in Nangarhar province killed Abu Sayeed Orakzai, a senior leader in the extremist group, according to Shah Hussain Martazawi, deputy spokesman for the Afghan presidency. He said the operation showed the government’s…

Daughter describes deaths of ‘fit and healthy’ British couple on a Thomas Cook holiday in Egypt as ‘suspicious’

The daughter of a British couple who died on a Thomas Cook holiday in Egypt is convinced their deaths are suspicious. Kelly Ormerod said her parents had been “in perfect health” before going to bed but that she found them dying in their hotel room the next morning. Egyptian authorities had initially claimed that John…

Leeds United’s new badge is so bad it looks like it’s from PES

Rio Ferdinand’s old club Leeds United unveiled its new badge today – and football fans are having a good old laugh about it. The new badge, which is a cartoon of a footballer in a chest-thumping pose, has been roundly ridiculed by football fans this afternoon on social media. But that’s not all – there’s…

First Yellowstone-area grizzly hunt in 40 years blocked by federal judge

A judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the opening of the first grizzly bear hunts in the Rocky Mountains in more than 40 years, as he considers whether the government was wrong to lift federal protections on the animals. US District Judge Dana Christensen’s order came just two days before Idaho and Wyoming prepared to open the…

Right-wing mobs creating ‘civil war’ in Germany after second night of violence in Chemnitz

Angela Merkel on Tuesday night said "hate in the streets" has no place in Germany as she condemned Right-wing anti-immigration vigilante groups attacking foreign migrants. After the fatal stabbing of a German man, 35, allegedly by a Syrian and an Iraqi, thousands of protesters marched in the eastern city of Chemnitz for two straight days,…

Australian Instagram influencer Sinead McNamara found dead on billionaire’s yacht in Greece

A probe has been launched into the mysterious death of an Australian Instagram influencer, whose body was found aboard a Mexican billionaire’s luxury yacht in Greece over the weekend.  Sinead McNamara, 20, had been working on the £108-million Mayan Queen IV superyacht for four months when she was discovered on Friday.  The 92-metre yacht owned…