When furious protestors gathered around Pakistan late last month in the wake of Asia Bibi’s acquittal for blasphemy, a senior police officer visited the Islamabad slum of France Colony. It might be best, the policeman advised, if the mainly Christian residents closed their shops, went home and laid low in case there was trouble. As…
Two weeks ago, Fortnite earned Twitch its biggest ever audience – 635,000 people – when Canadian rapper Drake played alongside streamer Ninja. Last night, Fortnite attracted nearly double that number watching live on YouTube as 100 top streamers battled it out. It was billed as a Spanish-language stream extravaganza, filled with popular YouTubers who then…
A study of au pairs in Australia found many are regularly being overworked and underpaid by their host families, prompting calls for tougher oversight to prevent “coercive and exploitative” conditions. The landmark survey of 1,479 au pairs from 34 countries found that more than 40 per cent encountered problems, including verbal abuse and being required…
The two surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge were on Friday convicted of genocide in a historic ruling, four decades after the fall of the regime which wiped out up to a third of the population. Nuon Chea, 92, and Khieu Samphan, 87, were found guilty and sentenced to life in prison by the country’s long-running international tribunal,…
Pakistan’s top judge is exhorting British Pakistanis to help build two dams, as what is thought to be an unprecedented crowdfunding attempt reached the UK. The Chief Justice of Pakistan held a fundraising telethon from Manchester on Friday as part of a week-long visit to drum up money from Britain. The televised push was the latest…
The Doom original game soundtrack is coming to vinyl and CD this summer. This physical release of Mick Gordon’s composition is a collaboration with distributor Laced Records. The soundtrack comes in four formats: a Deluxe Double CD, a Double Vinyl, a Special Edition Four-Disc Vinyl and a Special Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set. The box…
France’s “yellow vest” protesters blocked oil depots and roads across the country for a third day in a revolt against fuel price hikes that has seen motorists subjected to racist and homophobic attacks and left hundreds injured. President Emmanuel Macron however showed no sign that he planned to back down over diesel and petrol price…
Now known as the ‘masters of the remaster’, Bluepoint Games has a well-earned, solid gold reputation for delivering some of the best current-gen – and indeed last-gen – ports of gaming’s most beloved properties. From Metal Gear Solid to God of War, from Gravity Rush to the Uncharted trilogy, Bluepoint’s work has been uniformly excellent…
The Vita might not have been ones of PlayStation’s biggest successes, but it’s certainly one of its more cherished pieces of hardware; its intention to offer big console experiences on the go fell a little flat (even if Nintendo did prove the concept could work some short years later with the Switch), but its pivot…
An Afghan boy who shot to international fame for his devotion to the footballer Lionel Messi has been forced to flee his home for a second time amid the threat of militant attack – leaving behind his prized signed jersey and football. Murtaza Ahmadi, seven, and his family are now living in Kabul after they and hundreds…