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Diablo IV or Diablo 4 has been an instant hit with gamers across the world. The European video gaming market also felt the positive impact of the Diablo IV as the last month's sales in the continent recorded a staggering figure of 15.5 million, as per GSD data. For those unaware, this data covers digital games primarily from major AAA games publishers and physical retain games from major European cities. If we segregate the numbers, then the obtained data shows that more than 5 million were sold physically and around 10.5 million digitally. Now, the big credit behind the uptick in sales goes to Diablo IV. The hype surrounding the game seems to have paid off, after a 20 per cent hike was recorded from June previous year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. American students are increasingly looking to Europe to go to college. Attending university in the U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. European capitals closed ranks to push back against President Trump’s bid to control Greenland, but the Continent’s dependence on the U.S. for security, exports and technology means decoupling from its ally isn’t an option.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “IT IS NOT easy to think about solutions when you wake up every morning to new threats." Such was the understated view of Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Denmark’s foreign minister, on January 14th. He and his Greenlandic counterpart had just held a testy meeting with Marco Rubio, America’s secretary of state, and J.D.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. While the White House insists that the US might use military force to annex Greenland, serious people in Denmark believe that the actual takeover might be more prosaic. As Shane Harris and his colleagues report in The Atlantic, President Donald Trump could simply announce on social media that the territory is now a part of the US.

Protesters voiced anger over a range of issues: mass layoffs in the federal workforce, abortion restrictions, trade tariffs, and the gutting of public services. From Anchorage to Atlanta, demonstrators held signs warning of rising authoritarianism and falling living standards. “This outrageous administration is causing us to lose our allies across the world, and causing devastation to people here at home,” said Diane Kolifrath, 64, who travelled with 100 others from New Hampshire to protest in Washington. “They’re gutting our government.”

Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal that Ukrainian officials hope will improve relations with the Trump administration and pave the way for a long-term U.S. security commitment.

If Trump gets through to European capitals, the EU could be made to curb its regulatory reflex. Which is good not only for American technology and defence industries, but would be also helpful for emerging economies like India to get a grip on some incredible red tape over non-tariff trade barriers.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It turns out I’m going to write a book! It will require years of agony, but I’ll do it. Also, I will retire at 65.

Kolkata has overtaken Bengaluru to become India's most congested city according to the 2024 TomTom Traffic Index. It is the world's second slowest moving city trailing only behind Barranquilla. Bengaluru and Pune follow at third and fourth spots, respectively. Dutch technology firm TomTom annually evaluates traffic conditions in major cities worldwide. Kolkata's average speed was 17.4 kmph, taking 34 minutes and 33 seconds to complete 10 kms. Bengaluru drivers took 34 minutes and 10 seconds to complete a similar journey. Commuters in Pune took 33 minutes and 22 seconds to travel 10 kms on an average.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Europe and the U.S. are trying to navigate an awkward choice in Syria: work with Islamists long designated as terrorists in the West or risk ceding influence to the countries that will.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In speculative fiction writer China Mieville’s novel The City and The City (2009), a police inspector in the fictional East European city-state of Besźel investigates the murder of a student involved in political turmoil between his nation and its "twin city", Ul Qoma—two separate social, cultural and political entities that exist parallelly, often occupying the same geographical space, but divided by harsh, unbreachable laws that ask residents of both cities to ‘unsee’ the other.

From Austria’s Vienna to Sweden’s Gothenburg, a CNN travel report lists European towns and cities that revel in Christmas like no other place.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office on Saturday with little cause for celebration

STONAVA, Czech Republic — Deep underground in northeastern Czech Republic, workers in the region's last-functioning coal mine drill, load and haul the fuel up to the surface.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. KYIV, Ukraine—The war in Ukraine is barreling toward the end of its third year, with Russia pursuing relentless offensives despite heavy losses and Western leaders groping for a strategy to end the conflict. With Western weapons deliveries limited and slow, Ukraine is facing a bleak winter.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hark back to the heady mid-1990s. Jim Wolfensohn, a former Olympic fencer turned banker and cellist was US President Bill Clinton’s pick as World Bank president.

Paris for the 2024 Paralympic Games is how will the city get ready to welcome close to 300,000 people with special abilities who will be here to watch 4,400 athletes contesting across 23 disciplines spread over the next two weeks. Paris, unlike many other European cities, isn’t really friendly to the specially abled. To give a basic example, most metro stations still don’t have elevators, and some don’t have ramps and even toilets for the specially abled. Some of the venues—like the one used for beach volleyball, right in front of the Eiffel Tower—wasn’t meant for the specially abled during the Olympics that ended on August 11. However, its transformation has been amazing. The venue, which will now host blind football, looks completely different, having gone through a makeover. Adding to the comfort of the paraathletes, there are a lot more volunteers at the metro stations and ramps have come up at certain places.

Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets prices have always hogged the limelight. With the Eras Tour shows set to resume in August, here is the last chance to grab tickets in cheap price. Swift will perform across multiple cities in Europe. She will conclude the European leg with five concerts in London. One of Swift's shows will be at Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna on August 10. Fans can grab two tickets by spending just £10 (USD 12.92). Wowcher is offering the lucrative deal for Swift fans to witness the Vienna concert. One needs to visit Wowcher UK website for cheap tickets, as per a report in Mirror. Swift fans can also purchase Eras Tour Tickets from traditional websites. However, some ticket prices are ranging between £400 and £600, Mirror reported.

MILWAUKEE—A group of foreign ambassadors and other diplomats gathered here between second and third base at America Family Field, home of the Milwaukee Brewers, for an event focused on luring foreign investments to southeastern Wisconsin. But on everyone’s mind was GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance—a leading critic of U.S. support for Ukraine—as his running mate on the first night of the Republican National Convention.

Kremlin on Saturday warned the deployment of US missiles in Germany could make European capitals targets for Russian missiles in a repeat of Cold War-style confrontation. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke of a «paradox» in which «Europe is a target for our missiles, our country is a target for US missiles in Europe.» «We have enough capacity to contain these missiles but the potential victims are the capitals of these countries,» he said, speaking to Russian state television channel Russia 1.

Taylor Swift is one gem of a singer, and most importantly, a strategical thinker. As her Eras Tour 2024 plans kicked off a few months back, she is now continuing with her latest leg of her Eras Tour. She has been busy with the Europe leg of her Eras Tour shows since May and will now be proceeding towards US and Canada this fall. Swifties in US are eagerly waiting for her shows this year as major part of her year has been spent in European cities, especially Paris.