Dolly Parton, the country music star who rose from grinding poverty in Tennessee to become a rhinestone-studded cultural icon with hits like “Jolene” and “9 to 5,” has died at 80, her family said Tuesday. Parton was more than a singer — she wrote 3,000 songs, acted in major Hollywood films and donated millions of […]
Read MoreThe video game industry is notoriously tight-lipped about its numbers, filled with members-only metrics like wishlists, pre-orders and player numbers, so it can be hard to know which games have actually proven popular and turned a profit. Industry associations such as France’s SELL periodically release sales figures based on data taken from game publishers. Private research […]
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Adam Mosseri, who oversees Instagram at Meta, admitted in a California court on Tuesday that he touted newly launched safety tools for teens without disclosing low adoption rates from early testing several years ago. With more than three billion users around the world, Meta is fending off accusations by a coalition of 29 US states that […]
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Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday attacked AFP journalists reporting on tension with Palestinians, in violence that left at least five people injured, the reporters and medics said. A three-person team from the international news agency had travelled to the village of Jannatah near Bethlehem to report on Israeli activists who conduct […]
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The leader of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, the Washington-backed group at the forefront of the battle against the Islamic State jihadist group, announced their dissolution on Tuesday under a deal with the government. After being Syria’s most highly trained and organised paramilitary force for years, the SDF was promptly dropped by Washington in favour of […]
Read MoreEurope’s biggest video games show, Gamescom, opened Tuesday with the spotlight on two hit series, “Final Fantasy” and “The Witcher”, with the industry seeking a boost in an era of job cuts and fierce competition. Fans and professionals got a first glimpse at scores of new titles at a sold-out opening ceremony, where Canadian presenter […]
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Mehr als ein Jahrzehnt nach ihrer Gründung haben die kurdisch dominierten Demokratischen Kräfte Syriens (SDF) ihre Auflösung verkündet, um fortan Teil der regulären Armee des Landes zu sein. Der syrische Kurdenführer Maslum Abdi gab am Dienstagabend “das Ende des Einsatzes” der SDF bekannt und erklärte deren Auflösung “als unabhängige Streitmacht”. Dies erfolge nach dem “Abschluss […]
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Sie galt als “Königin der Countrymusik” – nun trauern Fans weltweit um die Sängerin Dolly Parton. Die US-Countrylegende starb im Alter von 80 Jahren, wie ihre Familie am Dienstag mitteilte. Bekannt wurde sie mit Hits wie “Jolene” und der Ballade “I Will Always Love You”, die in der Version von Whitney Houston zu einem der […]
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Weitere Runde im Handelsstreit zwischen den USA und Kanada: Ottawa hat am Dienstag auf die jüngst von Washington verhängten Zölle mit Gegenzöllen in Höhe von 15 bis 50 Prozent reagiert. Die ab dem 8. September geltenden Zölle entsprächen dem Niveau der US-Aufschläge, erklärten kanadische Regierungsvertreter. Die deutsche Automobilindustrie äußerte sich besorgt wegen möglicher Auswirkungen des […]
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