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If Things Don’t Turn Around for DON’T NOD, It May Face Closure in a Matter of Months
DON’T NOD, the French video game publisher and developer, has warned it could be forced to close within months unless it secures fresh financing, after revealing a sharp decline in its financial performance for the first half of 2026. The company blames “systemic pressures in the video game industry” and increasingly selective funding conditions, and…
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Erika Kirk reveals sage advice Usha Vance gave her the day after husband Charlie’s assassination: ‘Her words are seared into my heart’
Erika Kirk has shared advice given to her by Second Lady Usha Vance in the days after the assassination of her husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, in a New York Times opinion piece published ahead of the anniversary of his death. Kirk, 31, was shot dead while addressing a crowd at Utah Valley University in…
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Mauricio Pochettino wants the US to become ‘one of the most powerful countries in soccer’
Mauricio Pochettino, who signed a contract extension with US Soccer in August, has outlined ambitions that extend well beyond simply guiding the men’s national team to the 2030 World Cup. Two months after the USMNT’s disappointing exit from their home World Cup, the Argentinian coach says he wants to help transform the United States into…
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The Super El Niño survival kit: Scientist reveals the food items Brits should stockpile as the extreme weather event ramps up
The UK government and food security experts are urging households to stockpile emergency food supplies ahead of a “Super El Niño” weather event, which is expected to bring severe storms this autumn before a cold snap in winter. Defra Secretary Dame Angela Eagle said having a food store could help people cope before emergency services…
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Beautiful young doctor vanished on 9/11… then a fake final phone call, secret double life and video three minutes before first plane hit raised haunting questions
The unexplained disappearance of Dr Sneha Anne Philip, a 31-year-old physician last seen shopping in Lower Manhattan the evening before the 11 September 2001 attacks, remains one of America’s most contested unsolved cases 25 years on. Investigators, her family and observers remain split between two narratives: that she died as a bystander caught up in…
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Michigan coach says Bryce Underwood is Wolverines quarterback for ‘right now’ after near disaster in opener
Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham has warned quarterback Bryce Underwood that his starting role is not guaranteed after the Wolverines narrowly avoided a shock defeat in their season opener against Western Michigan. Underwood salvaged the game with a last-gasp Hail Mary touchdown to JJ Buchanan, securing a 13-12 win, but the scare has prompted the…
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Bruce Davis, Longtime Chief Executive of Film Academy, Dies at 83
Bruce Davis, who served as chief executive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for 22 of his 30 years there, has died at the age of 83. His wife, Joann, said he died on Saturday evening following a battle with leukaemia. Davis reshaped the Academy’s operations and infrastructure over more than two…
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Drug smuggler, 19, who was recruited on Snapchat and promised a free holiday is caught with £600,000 worth of cannabis at Heathrow
A 19-year-old from Southampton has been jailed after being lured on Snapchat with the promise of a free holiday to Thailand and payment to smuggle cannabis into the UK. Noah Barker was recruited by a crime group, flew to Bangkok, and was arrested at Heathrow Airport on 10 July after arriving with suitcases containing nearly…
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The 1960s prog-rock drummer Neil Peart loved “to no end”
Neil Peart, the celebrated Rush drummer widely regarded as one of prog rock’s finest, credited much of his musical philosophy to a mindset shared with fellow prog drummer Bill Bruford of Yes. Peart admired Bruford’s dedication to composition over pure technical display, a value that shaped how Rush balanced complexity with emotional accessibility in their…