Classmate remembers Tessie Provost, key to New Orleans school desegregation, as a soldier and leader
At just six years old, Tessie Prevost was key in the desegregation of New Orleans schools when she attended McDonogh 19 Elementary School in 1960. Prevost died at the age of 69 on July 6. She and her two classmates Gail Etienne and Leona Tate, along with Ruby Bridges attending nearby William Frantz Elementary School, were […]
This week’s free Xbox game giveaway is a must-play for England fans | Gaming | Entertainment
Microsoft’s Free Play Days promotion gives Xbox users the chance to play some of the biggest games for free for a limited time. And this week is no different, as Xbox fans are given free access to a grand total of four games, all with something of a sporty feel. Available to play for free […]
Israeli airstrike hits Al-Awda school in Gaza, killing more than 20
It was a chaotic scene outside the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Tuesday, as cars rushed by transporting the dead and wounded from an Israeli airstrike that hit the Al-Awda school, once a place of refuge for Palestinian families in Gaza. The screams of survivors pierced through the chaos. People carried the injured — children and adults […]
Gladiator 2 slammed by furious fans giving trailer more thumbs down than likes | Films | Entertainment
The first trailer for Gladiator 2 launched this week, 25 years after the Russell Crowe original was shot. Even though director Sir Ridley Scott returns for the sequel, the new film with a ballooning budget certainly has a lot to live up to. Gladiator is considered one of the greatest films ever made having stormed […]
Tory MP aims fire at his own party and reveals biggest downfall on Question Time | Politics | News
A Tory MP led the charge on Question Time against his own party this evening, tearing into the Conservative’s record and saying they deserved to lose the election. George Freeman, who was a senior minister in Rishi Sunak’s government as recently as November 2023, slammed the Tories and accused his team of “taking voters for […]
The Sega Saturn is getting a new game nearly 30 years after it launched | Gaming | Entertainment
New retro-style game releases are increasingly common in 2024, as developers release brand new games for classic systems like the Game Boy Advance, Mega Drive, NES, Super Nintendo and Sega Dreamcast. Xeno Crisis is one of the best examples of a recently developed game launching on older consoles, with the shooter releasing on everything from […]
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s bid for success given brutal two-word nickname | Royal | News
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s branding strategy was brutally savaged by a royal commentator who claimed the couple are in their “flop era”. Critics claim the pair are “struggling to find their feet” one year after being dropped by Spotify and given an ultimatum by Netflix. Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi claimed that the recent dramatic […]
George RR Martin teases Winds of Winter and Dream of Spring plot details | Books | Entertainment
George RR Martin has been working on the penultimate Game of Thrones book The Winds of Winter for the last 13 years. Over the past week, the 75-year-old has been more active than usual on his blog, mentioning the upcoming novel in passing. His most recent post focuses on the dragons as portrayed in A […]
Trudeau says Canada can meet NATO’s military spending benchmark by 2032
Politics Following a blizzard of criticism from allies — most notably the United States — the Liberal government announced Thursday that it hopes to meet NATO’s military investment benchmark of two per cent of alliance members’ gross domestic product by 2032. The Trudeau government has been under increasing pressure from allies to ramp up investments in […]
Concord PS5 and PC early access beta release date, times and how to get a free code | Gaming | Entertainment
With Overwatch receiving lots of criticism since the launch of the (sort of) sequel, fans of the hero shooter genre are looking for an alternative to come along and steal the spotlight. From what I’ve seen of the early gameplay footage, Sony published PS5 and PC exclusive Concord might just have the chops to fill […]