CD Projekt Red capped off Gamescom’s Opening Night Live showcase with the announcement of a complete remake of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which includes both of its original DLC expansions. Scheduled to launch on September 29, the overhauled title will be available as a free upgrade for existing owners, which extends to a free…
At least 160 people were killed in Nepal and more than 400, most of them foreigners, were listed as missing on Wednesday after flash flooding tore through valleys in the Himalayan country’s northern border areas, according to authorities. The flash floods decimated villages, slamming into houses, roads, bridges and power plants. Videos broadcast by regional…
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced it has been recognized by Gartner as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Storage Platforms, continuing to acknowledge NetApp as a Leader in this market from its inaugural edition of this report in 2025. The evaluation was based on specific criteria…
Countries are spending too little to restore degraded land even as the economic cost of doing nothing climbs towards $1 trillion a year, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned at a major UN land conference in Mongolia. Speaking at the high-level opening of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Ms….
Inflation has worsened since the US and Israel attacked Iran, sending energy prices spiralling. Published On 26 Aug 202626 Aug 2026 Inflation in the United States is holding steady well above the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent target for the 65th straight month, intensifying the debate about whether the US central bank should hold or increase…
A family with four children abandoned its farm in Somalia after armed groups arrived and demanded payments for the right to continue cultivating the land. They walked roughly 100 kilometers to a displacement camp. One of the children died along the way. Carl Skau, the acting head of the World Food Program, met the family…
Meta Platforms agreed to pay a maximum US$16.7-billion and make major changes to Facebook and Instagram to resolve claims by states across the US that the company designed those platforms to addict children, misled consumers about their safety and improperly collected children’s personal data. The settlement resolves claims brought by 29 US states, and will…
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — A major revival of degraded land across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger was recognized today by the UN as one of three new World Restoration Flagships. Since 2018, the Sahel Integrated Resilience Initiative has strengthened food security and livelihoods for more than four million people by rehabilitating over 335,000 hectares…
The Federal Reserve, the U.S. Senate, the Department of Justice, NASA, and other federal agencies were victims of computer intrusion by a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, the DOJ said on Wednesday morning as it announced the court-ordered seizure of online domains used for hacking platforms. The hacking platforms, known as “QScan and QTRouter,” were “used…
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia — The UN today awarded three new World Restoration Flagships in Brazil, the Sahel region, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The initiatives are strengthening landscape productivity by restoring degraded ecosystems in regions facing drought, desertification, and climate change. Jointly led by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization…
