Phil Spencer Responds To Starfield and Redfall Delay: “We Hear the Feedback”

Phil Spencer Responds To Starfield and Redfall Delay: “We Hear the Feedback”

News that Redfall and Starfield are being delayed into 2023 made waves this morning, not the least because they were expected to be major tentpole releases for Xbox this holiday season. Since then Xbox CEO Phil Spencer has taken to Twitter to respond, acknowledging fan disappointment while also saying that…

UN envoy condemns latest Israeli settlement expansion plan — Global Issues

UN envoy condemns latest Israeli settlement expansion plan — Global Issues

“I condemn today’s decision by Israeli authorities to advance plans for over 4,000 housing units in settlements in the occupied West Bank,” Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said in a statement.  Israel’s Higher Planning Council, which approved the move, also retroactively legalized two outposts:…

Mariupol evacuations ‘a glimmer of hope’ in Ukraine war — Global Issues

Mariupol evacuations ‘a glimmer of hope’ in Ukraine war — Global Issues

“Our recent efforts to evacuate civilians in the east has shown us that there is good will and common ground for us to build on between the parties,” she told ambassadors.    Monumental feat Joint operations by the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) resulted in more…

Stablecoins’ recent de-pegging is not a ‘real threat to financial stability,’ says Janet Yellen

Stablecoins’ recent de-pegging is not a ‘real threat to financial stability,’ says Janet Yellen

According to United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the stablecoin market is not at the scale at which the drop in the price of TerraUSD (UST) and Tether (USDT) below $1 would present a threat to the country’s financial stability. In a Thursday hearing of the House Financial Services Committee…

Mining Destroys the Lives of Indigenous People in Venezuela — Global Issues

Mining Destroys the Lives of Indigenous People in Venezuela — Global Issues

Children and adolescents in a Yanomami community in Parima, on the southern border with Brazil, the area where four indigenous people were shot dead and others injured when they confronted military troops last March. CREDIT: Wataniba by Humberto Marquez (caracas) Thursday, May 12, 2022 Inter Press Service CARACAS, May 12 (IPS)…

Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 5 Republican Representatives
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Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas 5 Republican Representatives

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued subpoenas on Thursday to five Republican members of Congress, including Representative Kevin McCarthy, the minority leader, who had refused to meet with the panel voluntarily. The committee’s leaders had been reluctant to issue subpoenas to their…