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Sleepy Boy GamesPlayers in the prime minister simulator No 10: Full Confidence must balance the moods of factions including their cabinet and the mediaA mobile game made by a developer in Manchester has recently beaten the global phenomenon Minecraft to top Apple’s paid games chart.Its success is perhaps even more surprising given its subject matter – UK politics.No 10: Full Confidence by Benjamin Brewis sees players take on the role of prime minister, making decisions through a wave of parliamentary scenarios and trying to remain in power for as long as possible.The success of Brewis’s app, and the creation of…
Watch: Flooding destroys a road in Indiana after heavy rainfallOfficials in Indiana said at least six deaths have been confirmed across the state.32 mins agoUS & Canada
Why is Australia’s mushroom killer back in court this week?The BBC’s Katy Watson explains why triple-murder Erin Patterson is back in court this week trying to overturn her conviction.8 hrs agoAustralia
Getty ImagesWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez have both spoken in recent days about balancing their careers with motherhoodLast summer, Representative Sara Jacobs would run up to her office to give herself injections of hormones before rushing back to Congress for a session with her fellow lawmakers.The shots were for the second round of freezing her eggs, a medical procedure that can give women more time to have children.”It was an empowering decision that gave me more agency,” the 37-year-old said, adding that the process was challenging.”Your body hurts. Your hormones are crazy. It’s kind of…
Getty ImagesMourners placed tributes after 15 people were murdered near Bondi Beach Australia’s most populous state will launch a gun buyback scheme later this year, becoming the first to offer cash in exchange for firearms in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.Gun owners in New South Wales (NSW) will be offered up to AUS$1,000 (£523) to hand over eligible handguns, shotguns and rifles from 2 November.Australian authorities had pledged sweeping firearm law reforms after 15 people were shot dead at a Jewish festival on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which is located in NSW, last December.The state’s premier Chris Minns…
Charlotte Touzalin was still a young teenager when she began struggling with weight gain, abnormal periods and unwanted facial hair — the same puzzling symptoms that plagued her mom for decades and that no doctor could piece together.“I’d go home and I’d cry,” said Touzalin, an 18-year-old college student from Colorado. “I didn’t understand why all this weight was coming back or why my friends didn’t have to shave their faces and I had to.”Touzalin and her mom, Anne Schultz, were finally diagnosed with polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, a hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women worldwide. But unlike her…
AFP via Getty ImagesThe declaration was made on the national day of the tiny countryLiechtenstein has announced that it has changed royal succession rules to allow women to ascend the throne.The declaration was made on the national day of the central European country, which has a population of just 44,000.Liechtenstein’s current ruler, Prince Hans-Adam II, has been the head of their royal family since 1989. The rule change will not affect his heir, Hereditary Prince Alois, who was his first-born. Alois has carried out most official royal duties for the last two decades.”This means that in future the first-born child,…
‘Fury’ at Tarling death as cycling union calls for better helmetsThe cyclists’ union expresses “fury” over the death of British rider Fin Tarling during Friday’s stage of the Volta a Portugal.3 hrs agoCycling
Watch: Strong winds and downpours in Maui and Honolulu as storm Lala approachesHawaii is bracing for what could be its first direct hit from a hurricane since 1992, as category one storm Lala churns off its coast.Packing 75mph (120km/h) winds, Lala gained hurricane strength on Saturday. In a worst-case scenario, it could dump up to 25in (63cm) of rain on Big Island and produce a 3ft storm surge. A hurricane warning is in effect for Big Island, while Maui County, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau are under a tropical storm warnings. Officials have told residents to prepare for “life-threatening” conditions, including…
Watch: Security officials intercept migrants near crossing into CeutaMoroccan authorities intercepted dozens of migrants seeking to cross into the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta on Saturday, reports say.More than 100 people were blocked trying to make their way to the border on the outskirts of the town of Fnideq, according to Moroccan security sources cited by Spanish media and the Reuters news agency.It comes a fortnight after roughly 78,000 migrants arrived in the exclave by sea in a matter of hours – 100 of whom died, according to the city’s mayor, who also said the vast majority of arrivals…