2023-06-28 20:19:00
11 bit Studios, the Polish developer behind Frostpunk and This War of Mine, has announced an agreement with Microsoft Corporation. According to him, 11 bit will release “a number of their games” in the Game Pass subscription service – according to studio executives, this will have a “positive impact” on the team’s financial results. The list of games that will be released in Game Pass has not yet been disclosed. It is unclear whether new games (Frostpunk 2, The Thaumaturge, The Invincible (2023)), which are developed or published by 11 bit, will get there, or whether we are talking only regarding old games. Their list is promised to be announced later. It is worth noting that some of the publisher’s games were already available in Game Pass – in particular, the first part of Frostpunk and the same This War of Mine.
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June 28, 2023
Wall Street sidesteps the Fed amid the quarter-end battle
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-06-28 21:16:09
Huge power
Investment funds bought stocks last month for the first time since February, fear of missing out on the opportunity outweighing the impact of economic worries, according to Barclays strategists.
These strategists, led by Emmanuel Coe, wrote: “Fear of missing out saw frustrated pessimists turn to cautious optimism. It is notable that stock buying continued despite negative expectations regarding the performance of the economy and markets.”
Meanwhile, BlackRock issued an optimistic bullish recommendation on AI-related stocks amid a rally that puts the Nasdaq 100 on track for its best first half year ever.
“A massive force like AI can become a great engine of revenue even when the macro environment is not favorable,” wrote the company’s strategists, including Jean Boivin, Wei Lee and Vivek Paul. “A long-term investor can look beyond some short-term losses.”
In other corporate news, General Mills stock fell following the food producer announced that higher prices would no longer make up for slowing sales as inflation-exhausted shoppers cut spending.
Netflix stock gained during the session following Oppenheimer raised its price target.
On the other hand, oil prices rose following a US government report showed that crude inventories nationwide fell by the most in two months, exceeding market expectations.
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Due to a serious infection, Madonna postpones her world tour
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-06-28 21:25:35
Concern for Madonna: The singer was in intensive care for days and has to put her big “Celebration” world tour on hold for now.
Berlin/New York Berlin/New York (AP) – US pop star Madonna spent several days in intensive care with a severe bacterial infection and now has to postpone her world tour. This was announced by the manager of the 64-year-old on Wednesday. The tour was supposed to start on July 15 in Vancouver, Canada. Then Madonna wanted to tour across the US and come to Europe in the fall, including Cologne on November 15th and 16th and Berlin on November 28th and 29th.
In a statement, manager Guy Oseary said Madonna is now on the mend but is still receiving medical treatment. A full recovery is expected. According to him, the pop star developed a serious bacterial infection on June 24, which led to “a stay in intensive care for several days”.
Earlier this year, Madonna announced a world tour. It includes more than 80 concert dates. On the “Celebration Tour”, the Queen of Pop wanted to present her greatest hits of the past 40 years in dozens of cities in North America and Europe. “We’ll let you know more details as soon as we have them, including a new tour start date and for rescheduled shows,” the manager wrote.
Madonna has a large repertoire of world hits, including “Like a Virgin” (1984), “Material Girl” (1985), “La Isla Bonita” (1987), “Like a Prayer” (1989), “Vogue” (1990) , “Frozen” (1998) or “Music” (2000). Her 65th birthday is on August 16th.
The American gossip site “pagesix.com” wrote without further citing the source that Madonna was found unconscious in her New York apartment on Saturday. She was intubated in a New York hospital for at least one night, daughter Lourdes Leon (26) had not left her mother’s side in the past few days.
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in a week there will be a march to demand justice in Cipolletti
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
2023-06-28 21:49:56
Next Wednesday a new march will take place to demand justice for Agustina Fernández in Cipolletti. The demonstration will take place a few days following the completion of the one year following the crime occurred in July 2022.
The march will take place on Wednesday, July 5, starting at 4:00 p.m. in the city’s Plaza de la Justicia.
“We demand justice, Life sentence for the murderer Pablo Parra», is the message that describes the publication in which the call was disseminated.
This Tuesday, Silvana Capello, Agustina’s mother, spread on social networks how they are preparing to carry out the march.
On his Facebook account he shared a publication in which You can see the work being done by those close to the victim’s mother. “We get ready, night of stickers”, was the message they shared along with images in which posters are seen pasted in the city with the face of Agustina and the reminder that one year has passed since his murder.
Silvana Capello supported this work with a message.»tell me regarding good people“, public.
How the case for Agustina’s femicide progresses
The family lawyer from Augustine Fernandez, Emanuel Roa Moreno explained a month ago that they are in the preparatory stage of the trial. “We are finishing adjusting evidence and gathering information. Once we have finished the investigation we will request that the trial be carried out by jury. We hope to have finished the investigation before the middle of the year”.
He stated that one of the last requests they made was the opening of digital equipment, From there, new evidence or data might emerge that confirms the theory of the complaint. He pointed out that “From the filing of charges until now, the evidence confirms that we are on the right path and the facts for which we filed the charges were as we said,” the lawyer said in a radio interview.
According to the prosecution’s theory, Parra left Agustina alone in her apartment and went to buy ice cream. She was absent for two hours and under these circumstances someone entered the building and savagely attacked her. Finally, the young woman died in the hospital that same week.
On several occasions, his mother Silvana Cappello assured that she was convinced that the femicide of the young woman from Pampas was planned and that the defendant, Pablo Parra wanted to ignore the crime.
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