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REGINA – The Saskatchewan government is looking south of the border to cure its ailing doctor woes with a program to recruit American physicians to the Prairie province.In a media statement Wednesday, it said the “Saskatchewan is Calling” campaign will launch this spring and focus on luring doctors in emergency medicine, anesthesiologists and family doctors from several states.
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JUBA, South Sudan — Two weeks after South Sudanese government forces arrested the head of the country’s main opposition party, the party voted Wednesday to replace him, signaling deepening divisions among the its leadership.Some Sudan People Liberation Movement-In-Opposition leaders loyal to Rick Machar, who remains under house arrest, skipped the meeting in which the country’s minister of peacebuilding, Stephen Kuol Par, was named interim chair. Some Machar loyalists have fled the country.When asked if his appointment was a coup against Machar, Par said it wasn’t.“What we have done is to resolve this leadership crisis that has been created by the crisis that comes as a result of the detention of our chairman and the desertion of our other leaders like the deputy chair and the secretary general,” he said.Par appealed for the release of Machar and other senior SPLM-IO members who were detained following deadly violence in the country’s north.“This act of detention undermines the principles of peace and dialogue essential for our nation’s recovery,” he said.The party on Tuesday cautioned its members not to attend Wednesday’s meeting, accusing the meeting’s organizers of being “political brokers who have been suspended from the SPLM-IO party.”In a Wednesday post on Facebook, SPLM-IO spokesperson Lam Paul Gabriel called Par and those who did attend the meeting “betrayers.”There were high hopes when oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 after a long conflict. But the country slid into a civil war in December 2013 largely based on ethnic divisions when forces loyal to President Salva Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, battled those loyal to Machar, an ethnic Nuer.More than 400,000 people were killed in the war, which ended with a 2018 peace agreement that brought Kiir and Machar together in a unity government. Under the agreement, elections were supposed to be held in February 2023, but they were postponed until December 2024 — and again until 2026.The latest tensions stem from fighting in the country’s north between government troops and a rebel militia, known as the White Army, which is widely believed to be allied with Machar, who serves as one of the country’s vice presidents.Par’s appointment as the SPLM-IO’s interim chair comes two days after exiled party deputy Oyet Nathaniel suspended him and three other members, accusing them of fostering disunity and conspiring with Kiir to replace Machar.Par dismissed the suspension, calling it “the joke of the year” and saying the party “cannot be led or take orders from self-exiled leaders.” Despite fears that the recent violence, arrests and accusations could signal that South Sudan is teetering on the edge of a renewed civil war, some analysts say the change in SPLM-IO leadership may not necessarily scuttle the 2018 peace deal.Abraham Kuol Nyuon, dean of the graduate college at the University of Juba, said the peace deal could be implemented by anybody within the party, though he warned that internal divisions could also widen.“The peace agreement will not collapse, but it will be shaking in the way that there will be suspension for those who are loyal to Machar and the supporters of Machar will then fight the system,” Kuol told The Associated Press.Kuol said the interim leaders should be able to convince the citizens and the international community why and by what principles they want the peace agreement to continue.South Sudan’s political climate remains fragile after White Army overran and army base in the north and government troops responded with airstrikes. Government forces also staged two attacks on opposition forces’ training barracks outside the capital, Juba.
The release of Monster Hunter Wilds brought with it the usual comments about the hypocrisy of a series that wants to both protect ecosystems and grind them up for parts. “When will Monster Hunter just be honest about its desire to endlessly turn dragons into pants,” we lamented to ourselves. “When will the Monster Hunters recognise – nay, embrace the fact that they are the biggest Monsters of all”.
We could have saved ourselves a few thousand words and just pointed at Hunters Inc, instead. It’s basically a first-person low-budget Monster Hunter game in which the Hunters are Orcs. Orcs do not do self-deception, as a rule. They do not go for sanitised violence or anthropocentric fantasies about becoming “nature’s caretakers”. They are straightforwardly happy to club things to bits. Looks like ludonarrative consonance is back on the menu, boys!
In the largest expansion yet of increased mayoral authority, Ford’s government announced Wednesday that scores of additional cities and towns would qualify as of May 1.
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In Hollywood, most often Australian characters are the loveable larrikins of the film.But in the new action drama G20, the Aussie in the room is the villain of the piece, with New Zealand actor Antony Starr playing the role of mercenary Rutledge.The Boys actor stars opposite EGOT-winning actress Viola Davis, as she plays the world-saving US President Danielle Sutton.READ MORE: Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk on being stepparentsIn the new action drama G20, the Aussie in the room is the villain of the piece, with New Zealand actor Antony Starr playing the role of mercenary, Rutledge. (Ilze Kitshoff/Prime)For director Patricia Riggen, the fact that Starr could hold his own alongside Davis was why he was cast.”Antony Starr is just such a phenomenal actor, and he’s still also quite fresh,” Riggen responded to 9honey Celebrity during a recent press conference in London.”I really equate him to Viola, and that’s hard to say about about anybody – because she’s so incredibly talented and brings so much to the character – but Antony Starr also really brought humanity and a passion, and he loves being evil, so he really brings a lot of things into it.”READ MORE: Before The White Lotus, Mike White was a reality TV iconThe Boys actor stars opposite EGOT-winning actress Viola Davis, as she plays the world-saving US President Danielle Sutton. (Ilze Kitshoff/Prime)Riggen said Australia drew the short straw as the villain as they “made an effort of casting all these different nationalities” that would usually be present at the global summit of the 20 most powerful countries in the world.”One of the most difficult characters to craft is your villain,” Riggen said.”That’s because they tend to become very cliché, very stereotypical, or very, you know, not human and Antony really helped us flesh [out] that guy.For director Patricia Riggen (centre), the fact that Starr could hold his own alongside Davis was why he was cast. (Supplied)”And I hear from people that as they’re watching the movie, there’s a moment in which you actually side with the villain. That’s really cool, I have to say, you really understand his point of view.”Davis, who also produced the movie agreed, saying “absolutely” to Riggen’s remarks.Another casting choice explained during the press conference was that of the first gentleman, Derek Sutton, played by actor Anthony Anderson.”I actually suggested him for the role, because a lot of his humour reminds me of my husband,” Davis admitted, before comparing Anderson to her husband, actor Julius Tennon.”I mean, that’s what it is, he reminds me of my husband … [their] raunchy humour.”You don’t see that element of Julius because he’s such a dignified man but in private, I’m telling you, that’s why we’ve been together for 25 years – he keeps me laughing.”The movie, which is set in South Africa, where the next real G20 summit will be held in November this year, takes place over the course of an evening as a gala political event is hijacked by terrorists and a hostage situation ensues.Viola Davis suggested actor Anthony Anderson to play her husband in the movie because Anderson reminds her of her husband of 25 years, actor Julius Tennon (pictured). (Getty)As a result, Davis spends a lot of the film in a fabulous satin gown that gets ripped to shreds over the course of the fight scenes in the film.The actress revealed she only had one concern with that.”I love the dress, the dress became an obstacle which is beautiful to play as an actor, [but] as Viola, I was always like, ‘oh my goodness, they’re going to see my Spanx’,” Davis laughed.”Now, eventually you do see my Spanx but the beautiful part of that is, it’s life. I’m always a proponent of seeing life in anything that we do, no matter how preposterous it is, when you see the elements of life there, it connects with people, and then you cannot turn away.Davis’ satin gown that gets ripped to shreds over the course of the fight scenes in the film, with the actress admitting she was concerned about her Spanx being on show. (Ilze Kitshoff/Prime)”So, um, but the dress was something else.”Riggen saved the day by coming up with an idea to protect Davis’ modesty.”We had many discussions Viola and I about, ‘how is she gonna do these fights? How’s she gonna be in a helicopter with a wind and the dress?'” she said.For a daily dose of 9honey, subscribe to our newsletter here.The duo behind Hollywood’s biggest hits just made history”So we came up with some clever ideas on how to get her into other costumes – for instance, killing people and stealing their pants.”Davis interjected: “I was so happy when you came up with that idea Patricia, you have no idea.”G20 is streaming on Prime Video from today.Nine Entertainment Co (the publisher of this website) owns and operates the streaming service Stan.FOLLOW US ON WHATSAPP HERE: Stay across all the latest in celebrity, lifestyle and opinion via our WhatsApp channel. No comments, no algorithm and nobody can see your private details.
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, posted 14 hours ago / 739 ViewsSony Interactive Entertainment on the PlayStation Blog has revealed the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog games for April 2025.
The PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium Game Catalog and Classics will be available from Tuesday, April 15.
The PlayStation Plus monthly games are RoboCop: Rogue City for the PS5, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre for the PS5 and PS4, and Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth – Hacker’s Memory for the PS4.
Check out the latest information below:
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Hogwarts Legacy | PS4, PS5
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. Embark on a journey through familiar and new locations as you explore and discover magical beasts, customize your character and craft potions, master spell casting, upgrade talents and become the wizard you want to be. Experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Discover the feeling of living at Hogwarts as you make allies, battle Dark Wizards and ultimately decide the fate of the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.
Blue Prince | PS5
Welcome to Mt. Holly, the mysterious manor with shifting rooms. In Blue Prince, you embark on a genre-defying experience, filled with a unique mix of mystery, strategy, and puzzles that weave together to create an unpredictable journey. As the heir of Mt. Holly, you have been tasked to explore its shifting halls in search of Room 46. Yet as your journey takes you further into the mansion’s depths, you start to discover that there is more lurking under the surface than a missing room. Investigate a past woven with the threads of blackmail, political intrigue, and the mysterious disappearance of a local children’s book author. The deeper you venture, the more you realize that the past is closer than it appears.
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage – Tape 2 | PS5
Dontnod’s latest narrative adventure takes you to a picturesque corner of Michigan in 1995, where lies the seemingly sleepy little town of Velvet Cove. Between dense woodlands and serene lakes, it’s a place where beauty meets the bizarre. The first episode, titled Bloom, was included in the Game Catalog in February. This new episode, titled Rage, continues and concludes the sisterhood’s adventure. As the story unfolds, the bonds forged through their growing friendship, their punk band, and the unexplained event that forever changed their lives are put to the ultimate test. Navigate between dual timelines – 1995 and 2022 – to uncover the life-changing secrets they discovered back then and understand why they’re reuniting now, after all these years. Together, they must confront the fateful memories that have eluded them for the past 27 years.
EA Sports PGA Tour | PS5
The exclusive home of the Majors, EA Sports PGA Tour features Pure Strike for superior golf gameplay and unrivaled access to the world’s most exclusive golf courses. As your golf game improves, so does your path to becoming a Major champion. Create and customize a golfer, develop your skill set with new Shot Types, gain deeper course knowledge as you play, and learn to attack every hole like a pro. The tee is yours at 30 courses, including some of the world’s most exclusive, designed in stunning quality with Frostbite so you can enjoy more of golf’s finer details than ever before.
Battlefield 1 | PS4
Experience the dawn of all-out war in Battlefield 1. Fight your way through epic battles ranging from tight urban combat in a besieged French city to the heavily defended mountain forts in the Italian Alps or frantic combats in the deserts of Arabia. Discover a world at war through an adventure-filled campaign, or join in epic multiplayer battles with up to 64 players, and adapt your tactics to the earth-shattering destruction and dynamic weather. Fight as infantry, lead horse charges or take control of amazing vehicles on land, air and sea, from tanks and biplanes to the gigantic Behemoths – some of the largest vehicles in Battlefield history.
PlateUp! | PS4, PS5
PlateUp! combines chaotic kitchen and restaurant management with strategic planning and development to create a delightful roguelite dish unlike any other. Up to four players build and run a restaurant from scratch, choosing dishes, buying and placing appliances – some of which can be daisy-chained together to create ambitious automatic kitchens – cooking food and serving customers. Players have free rein to design their restaurant which will expand and develop between shifts – with additional content and challenges unlocked through progression. Equip your restaurant to handle the most fickle of customers and deliver them what they need, right when they need it.
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Alone in the Dark 2 | PS4, PS5
The sequel to the critically acclaimed Alone in the Dark has Edward Carnby dive into another mystery. This classic survival horror-game, initially released in 1993 on the original PlayStation, is playable on PS5 for the first time.
War of the Monsters | PS4, PS5
Giant monsters have stormed the planet, and they’re fighting each other for supremacy. In War of the Monsters, choose your own mutant brute (or armored robot, or giant lava beast) then battle it out across 13 destructible battlegrounds. This PlayStation 2 classic from 2003 looks stunning in HD and features full trophy support – including an all-important platinum.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Bluesky. More Articles
RASM AL-RAWADHY, Syria — The Israeli tanks — 15 of them, along with two armored bulldozers — growled as they advanced, their treads churning up the asphalt as they raced into this tiny village, a contingent of paratroopers in tow. “Mine was the first house they entered. They lined us up — me, my wife, and four kids — against the wall, a soldier for each of us with his machine gun raised,” said Thyab, recounting that night in December when Israeli troops, following the lightning-fast collapse of President Bashar Assad’s regime, stormed into Rasm Al-Rawadhy and other villages on Syria’s western edge. A damaged vehicle sits amid the debris left by an Israeli strike on a military airbase near Hama, Syria, on April 3. (Associated Press) The soldiers, who said they were rooting out gunmen threatening Israel, rounded up residents and gave them less than two hours to gather belongings and leave. When they were allowed to return 38 days later, villagers said, they found their homes ransacked and half destroyed, and the fledgling signs of a permanent Israeli presence.“They even took the cow-milking machine. Who does that?” Thyab said. Sitting in his living room, he pointed to graffiti in Hebrew left on the walls by soldiers who had made his home an outpost before they pulled back to Rasm Al-Rawadhy’s edge; “Mom, I love you,” one read; another gave what appeared to be the rotation order for the outpost’s guard detail.For years, Thyab and his neighbors had maintained a uneventful — if nevertheless wary — modus vivendi with Israel in Rasm Al-Rawadhy, which lies just beyond a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone between Syria and parts of the Golan Heights that Israel occupied in 1967. But now, the Israelis are moving well beyond the 150-square-mile buffer zone. Last week, troops advanced near the city of Tasil, some 8 miles beyond the armistice line and the deepest they’ve reached into Syria since the collapse of the Assad government.On a recent day, Thyab and his neighbors kept a wary eye on a pair of military vehicles standing sentinel up the road — one of several Israeli patrols that have become regular fixtures here and in neighboring villages.“They keep harassing us, asking us if there are gunmen hiding here and if we have weapons,” said Ammar, a shepherd who like most interviewed did not want to give their full name to avoid reprisals. He shouted at his brother to corral the sheep before they strayed too close to the Israeli patrol. The impact of an explosion is visible on the roof of a hangar following an Israeli strike on a military airbase near Hama, Syria, on April 3. (Associated Press) “We spent 14 years of [civil] war dealing with Assad and didn’t get the chance to celebrate getting rid of him,” Ammar said.“We went from dictatorship to occupation.”This has become life in southwestern Syria, with the threat of ever-deeper Israeli incursions an omnipresent fear and deadly confrontations with residents feeding the prospect of an all-out war between Israel and Syria’s new authorities. Debris is scattered at the site of an Israeli strike on a military airbase near Hama, Syria. (Associated Press) Israel characterized the incursion near Tasil as a “defensive operation” to destroy an encampment used by the Assad-era army, but it turned deadly when armed locals confronted them. In the ensuing firefight, the Israeli military scrambled drones and launched artillery, killing nine people and wounding more than a dozen others, Syrian health authorities said.Accompanying the raid were dozens of airstrikes that obliterated major military installations across Syria — all part of an Israeli campaign to preemptively defang Syria’s new authorities. Israel’s moves reflect a shift in its strategy since Oct. 7, 2023, when the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an attack that killed around 1,200 Israelis — two-thirds of them civilians — and kidnapped some 250 others. In its wake, Israel hardened its borders with Gaza and Lebanon, expanding outwards to establish demilitarized buffer zones. Mourners pray over the flag-draped coffins of people killed in reported Israeli shelling on Nawa in Syria’s southern province of Daraa, during their funeral on April 3. (Sam Hariri / Getty Images) On Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a message posted to social media that the strikes in Syria served as a “clear message and a warning for the future.”“If you allow forces hostile to Israel to enter Syria and endanger Israel’s security interests, you will pay a heavy price,” Katz said, addressing Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa by his former nom de guerre, Abu Mohammad al Jolani.In an earlier speech, he said Israel would remain in the area indefinitely, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not allow forces of the new Islamist-led government to operate south of the capital Damascus.So far, Syria’s leaders have said they will adhere to the 1974 ceasefire agreement. Fearing more Israeli strikes, government-affiliated factions operating in south Syria transported much of their heavy materiel to Damascus, according to two commanders, while the foreign ministry complained in a statement that last week’s raids were “a deliberate attempt to destabilize Syria and exacerbate the suffering of its people.”“We’re waiting for the state to tell us what to do. Is it going to be a matter of popular resistance, or is there a government working on the issue?” said a commander with a pro-government faction in the south. He spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to speak to the media.“We don’t want martyrs to keep on dying. The Israelis have drones, helicopters, tanks, infrared goggles. What do we have? Nothing.”Meanwhile, signs of Israel establishing a new reality in southwest Syria abound.Israeli troops have all but commandeered Highway 7, which links to Rasm Al-Rawadhy, forcing cars into arduous detours over narrow dirt tracks and preventing U.N. peacekeeping troops from approaching.An analysis by William Goodhind, a satellite imagery expert at Contested Ground, an open access research project, shows Israeli troops have cleared land and excavated tracks for a new road along the border that would connect to a number of outposts. The Israeli army announced it would organize hiking tours for intrepid day-trippers into areas inside Syria this month.The Israelis are the most recent in a series of unwelcome visitors that imposed their presence in southwestern Syria. During the civil war between Assad and the rebels, the area was taken over by Al Qaeda-linked groups and then the extremists of Islamic State before they were dislodged by the Syrian army and its Iran-backed militiamen. In Al-Hamidiyah, a village just north of Rasm Al-Rawadhy that still bears the scars of war’s destruction, a squad of Israeli soldiers in a weathered Humvee stopped incoming vehicles to check IDs. Up the hill, enveloped in a late-morning fog, were the barely there outlines of a new Israeli military outpost. Residents complained soldiers restricted their movement and barred them from accessing grazing land for their livestock.“We keep telling the Israelis: There’s no Hezbollah here. There’s no Islamic State here. They’re all gone. There’s only us,” said a community leader who refused to be named criticizing Israeli troops’ presence for fear of reprisals.As if addressing an Israeli, he said, “You’re an occupier. You cut me off from my areas, and you don’t want me to complain about you?”Israel has used both carrot and stick in dealing with communities in the south. It said it would open up job opportunities for the area’s Druze minority, who share ties with Israeli Druze communities and have so far refused to fully integrate under Al-Sharaa’s Islamist-dominated government. Elsewhere, Israel offered aid packages — a boon for the poverty-stricken population but one that many rejected.“We have a government and a state. We don’t need this from the Israelis,” said Thyab. Besides, he added, aid packages could hardly compensate for the damage troops inflicted on his home.“I lost more than $10,000 worth of equipment,” he said. “They think a couple of boxes of rice are going to be enough? You want to compensate, come rebuild everything you destroyed.” A helmet lies among the debris scattered at the site of an Israeli strike on a military airbase near Hama, Syria, on Thursday. (Associated Press) Most villages have grudgingly acquiesced to Israel’s presence, but some remain defiant. Last month in Koawaya, a hamlet wedged near Syria’s border with Jordan and Israel, Israeli troops were running patrols to confiscate weapons when local men opened fire to prevent them from entering the village. In response, troops launched drones and an artillery barrage that killed six people, Syria’s Red Crescent said, triggering an exodus of most of the village. “Any weapons we have are to protect our livestock from wild boars. Let the Israelis stay in their place, we stay in ours, and we won’t have any problems,” said Hani Mohammad, a retired school principal living in Koawaya who lost his daughter in the barrage. He added that he had told his neighbors it was pointless to fight, but the Israeli incursions were intolerable for many people here.One of them is Maher, a 35-year-old farmer of tomatoes and zucchinis whose land was in the nearby Yarmouk Valley. He now sat on the porch steps of a house on Koawaya’s edge, a few dozen yards from an Israeli patrol, holding a rusty AK-47 and looking grim as his eyes scanned the sky for an Israeli drone buzzing above.“They’re stopping us from reaching our lands. What am I going to live on?” he said. Last week, the Israeli military dropped fliers above Koawaya, telling villagers they were forbidden from having arms when they moved around in the village and its environs. It also banned them from accessing the road toward the valley.“We warn you,” the flier read, “You must follow instructions, to preserve the order.” More to Read
Friedrich Merz of the CDU is expected to become the next chancellor, replacing Olaf Scholz after Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and center-left Social Democrats agreed to form a coalition government. The coalition has already advanced plans for increased defense spending and infrastructure investment, marking a shift in CDU’s fiscal stance.The deal was hastened by international tensions, including U.S. tariffs and doubts about transatlantic alliances, as well as domestic political pressure from rising far-right support and economic stagnation in Germany.Conservative and center-left parties reached a deal to form a new German government on Wednesday after weeks of negotiations, paving the way for new leadership in Europe’s biggest economy after months of political drift.Friedrich Merz, the leader of the center-right Christian Democratic Union, is expected to become Germany’s next leader under the agreement, replacing outgoing Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The parties involved sent an invitation to a news conference on the coalition deal at 3 p.m. (1300 GMT).Merz’s two-party Union bloc emerged as the strongest force from Germany’s election on Feb. 23. Merz turned to the Social Democrats, Scholz’s center-left party, to put together a coalition with a parliamentary majority.GERMANY’S CONSERVATIVE ELECTION TURN POINTS TO ‘TRUMP EFFECT INTERNATIONALLY,’ EXPERT SAYSThe wait isn’t quite over yetIt’s still going to be a little while before parliament can elect Merz as chancellor, perhaps in early May. Before that can happen, the coalition deal will need approval in a ballot of the Social Democrats’ membership and by a convention of Merz’s CDU.Details of the agreement weren’t immediately available. Friedrich Merz is expected to become Germany’s next leader after the center-right Christian Democratic Union and the center-left Social Democrats reached a deal to form a new German government. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)But already last month, the two sides pushed plans through parliament to enable higher defense spending by loosening strict rules on incurring debt and to set up a huge infrastructure fund that’s aimed at boosting the stagnant economy.That was an about-turn for Merz, whose party had spoken out against running up new debt before the election without entirely closing the door to future changes to Germany’s self-imposed “debt brake.”The election took place seven months earlier than planned after Scholz’s unpopular coalition collapsed in November, three years into a term that was increasingly marred by infighting and widespread discontent. Germany, the 27-nation European Union’s most populous member, has been in political limbo since then.WORLD LEADERS REACT TO TRUMP’S SWEEPING TARIFFS: ‘TUMULTUOUS TIMES’ AHEADPressure from abroad and at homeThe market turbulence caused by U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs added to pressure for Merz’s Union and the Social Democrats to bring their coalition talks to a conclusion.The tariffs threaten to add to the woes of an export-heavy economy that shrank for the past two years, and generating growth will be a central task for the new government.Increasing doubts about U.S. commitment to European allies also played into the prospective coalition’s decision to enable heftier defense spending. Merz said last month that Germany and Europe must quickly strengthen their defense capability and that “‘whatever it takes’ must also go for our defense now.”CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APPAnother factor in the haste to reach an agreement was a decline for the Union in the opinion polls, showing support slipping from its election showing, while the far-right Alternative for Germany, which finished a strong second in February, gained as the political vacuum persisted.The prospective new coalition brings together what have been post-World War II Germany’s traditional big parties, but the Union’s election-winning performance in February was lackluster and the Social Democrats dropped to their worst postwar showing in a national parliamentary election.Together, they have 328 seats in the 630-member lower house of parliament, the Bundestag.
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, posted 15 hours ago / 1,165 ViewsNintendo last week announced the Nintendo Switch 2 will launch on June 5, however, a new report states the console will not launch in mainland China on day one.
Nikkei (via VideoGamesChronicle) reports Nintendo is looking to see what demand there is for the Switch 2 before it decides to release it in China. The country has strict regulations on video games.
The Switch 1 in China in is sold in collaboration with Chinese tech company Tencent. Nikkei says Tencent declined to comment if it would distribute the Switch 2 in China.
Gamma Data chief analyst Wang Xu told Nikkei, “The hurdles to success in China remain high. They need to improve the consumer experience while complying with government policies, and there is also the issue of whether they will be able to introduce major international software.”
Director of Research & Insights at Niko Partners Daniel Ahmad says the Switch 2 would not have launched day one in China as it needs to be approved by the Chinese government.
“Switch 2 wouldn’t have launched in China on day 1 regardless, given the approvals needed,” said Ahmad. “China will turn to the grey market to import consoles from overseas in June (Except from Japan maybe lol). Nintendo will explore options for an official launch in China.”
A life-long and avid gamer, William D’Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Bluesky. More Articles