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• Hershey’s Kisses are missing their tips, and people aren’t happy

  19-12-2018 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  Fans of Hershey's Kisses may have noticed a troubling trend hidden underneath the chocolate's shiny, aluminum wrapping.
  
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• What it feels like to drive a Tesla Model X inside Elon Musk’s loop tunnels

  19-12-2018 23:52 via news.yahoo.com
  In addition to Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk founded The Boring Company, which is looking into ways to make public transportation faster than it currently is. Just recently, The Boring Company finished its 1.14-mile test tunnel in Hawthorne, so Musk invited folks from the media to test out the tunnel in a Tesla Model X.The test tunnel runs 20 to 40 feet beneath the streets of Hawthorne, Califonia, LA Times reports, "through a neighborhood sandwiched between the 105 Freeway and Hawthorne Municipal
  
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• US Syria pullout will have wide ramifications

  19-12-2018 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  The withdrawal of US troops in Syria will have an impact on the battlefield and well beyond, with wide-ranging geopolitical ramifications.Among the most alarmed at a US pullout will be Kurdish fighters who form the backbone of the Syrian Democratic Forces, an opposition force that has seized about a quarter of the country with Washington's backing.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed this week to "remove" the Kurdish People's Protection Units, which he sees as linked to the Kurdish Worke
  
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• Trump starts withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria, claims victory

  19-12-2018 23:15 via news.yahoo.com
  President Donald Trump has begun what will be a total withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, declaring on Wednesday they have succeeded in their mission to defeat Islamic State and were no longer needed in the country.A decision to pull out completely, confirmed by U.S. officials, coincides with the roughly 2,000 U.S. troops finishing up a campaign to retake territory once held by Islamic State militants.
  
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• Cruise line: Autistic man climbed deck rail, went overboard

  19-12-2018 22:58 via news.yahoo.com
  MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — An autistic man missing at sea since Sunday, when he disappeared from a Carnival Cruise Line ship traveling from Alabama to the western Caribbean, went overboard after climbing over a deck rail, the company said Wednesday. The family says he is presumed dead.
  
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• Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska accused of interfering in Montenegro's elections

  19-12-2018 22:50 via news.yahoo.com
  Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch, was yesterday accused by the United States of working with a former Kremlin intelligence officer to interfere in Montenegro’s 2016 elections. The US Treasury announced sanctions against Victor Alekseyevich Boyarkin, once a member of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency but now working for Mr Deripaska, according to the department. The Treasury said that Mr Boyarkin “reported directly to Deripaska and has led business negotiations on De
  
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• Hellboy Reboot: Every Character In The First Trailer

  19-12-2018 22:43 via gamespot.com
  
  Our first look at the new Neil Marshall helmed Hellboy reboot has come a day early in all of it's splashy, monstrous glory. The first Hellboy movie since Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy: The Golden Army in 2008, fans are equal parts excited and apprehensive for this new take on their favorite demonic hero--especially since the tone of this initial trailer doesn't seem all that new to begin with, with a few notable exceptions.The roster of characters populating the new world is almost entirely new,
  
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• US judge strikes down Trump administration asylum policies targeting domestic and gang violence victims

  19-12-2018 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  A federal judge has struck down most of the Trump administration policies that make it nearly impossible for victims of domestic abuse and gang violence to be granted asylum.The policies issued by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions were part of Donald Trump’s broader crackdown on asylum and immigration.In his ruling, Judge Emmet Sullivan also ordered the government to return individuals to the US who had been deported under the policies, which made it difficult for those types of victim
  
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• Ryan uses farewell address to assail politics of 'outrage'

  19-12-2018 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Retiring House Speaker Paul Ryan decried the outrage and bitterness that he said now color American politics in a farewell speech that also acknowledged his inability to achieve two top goals: controlling surging federal debt and reining in Medicare and other mammoth benefit programs.
  
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• Fallout 76 Patch Notes Detail New Hotfix Update's Changes

  19-12-2018 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda has released another update for Fallout 76. This week's patch is fairly minor; it requires no download on PS4 or Xbox One (although players on PC will still need to download it), and it addresses a handful of issues across all platforms, as well as a few specifically related to the PC version.Most notably, Bethesda has resolved a PC-specific bug that could crash the game when you select the "Exit to Desktop" option. Additionally, the developer says it has "fixed a setting that was left
  
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• Fallout 76 Patch Notes Detail Latest Hotfix Update's Changes

  19-12-2018 22:30 via gamespot.com
  
  Bethesda has rolled out another update for Fallout 76. This week's patch is fairly minor; it requires no download on PS4 or Xbox One (although PC players will still need to download the update), and it addresses a small handful of issues across all platforms, as well as a couple specifically related to the PC version.Most notably, Bethesda has resolved a PC-specific bug that could crash the game when you select the "Exit to Desktop" option. Additionally, the developer says it has "fixed a settin
  
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• Get A Bunch Of Sonic Games For As Little As $1 On PC

  19-12-2018 22:28 via gamespot.com
  
  Regardless of what you think of his new movie poster, Sonic the Hedgehog has managed to stay relevant since Sega first introduced the spiny speedster in 1991. If you play games on PC, you can get a whole bunch of Sonic titles on Steam right now for a fraction of their normal value. All you have to do is grab the Humble Sonic Bundle for $1-$15 between now and December 31.As usual with Humble Bundles, you can buy in at your choice of three tiers, with each higher tier getting you a new set of game
  
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• Amazon will deliver last-minute gifts on Christmas Eve if you order them by 9 p.m.

  19-12-2018 22:21 via news.yahoo.com
  Whether you’re a Type-A planner or not, there never seems to be enough time
  
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• Suspect dies in custody after allegedly pushing victim onto Red Line train tracks in DTLA

  19-12-2018 22:18 via news.yahoo.com
  A man suspected of pushing someone onto the Red Line train tracks has died after being taken into custody in downtown L.A., police said.
  
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• Israel prosecution to recommend Netanyahu charges: reports

  19-12-2018 22:17 via news.yahoo.com
  Israel's prosecution will recommend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be charged with corruption in at least one of the investigations against him, media reports said Wednesday.State attorney, Shay Nitzan, was said to have forwarded the recommendation to the public prosecution, according to the media reports, which did not give specifics about the case.
  
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• Markets Right Now: Stock sink in choppy trade after Fed news

  19-12-2018 22:13 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
  
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• Halo Studio Reveals Master Chief-Themed Prosthetic Arms For Charitable Cause

  19-12-2018 22:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Halo studio 343 Industries has announced a partnership with the non-profit Limbitless Solutions to provide special Halo-themed prosthetic limbs to kids in need. As the studio explains in a blog post, Limbitless Solutions is a prosthetic maker that specializes in rapid prototyping and 3D printing to make fully functional arms that can grip and gesture, all at a lower cost than many other prosthetics.Limbitless donates its prosthetics free-of-charge, and the 343 partnership is lending some Master
  
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• Judge signals skepticism in Trump team's bid to block Obamacare suit

  19-12-2018 22:02 via news.yahoo.com
  A U.S. judge signaled skepticism on Wednesday toward a bid by President Donald Trump's administration to block a lawsuit by the state of Maryland seeking to preserve the Obamacare law in a case that also challenges Trump's appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general.At a hearing before U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander in Baltimore, Justice Department attorney Hashim Mooppan declined to disclose whether Whitaker is involved in deciding the future of the 2010 healthcare law, form
  
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• This restomod 1989 Porsche 944 Turbo has had $200k spent on it

  19-12-2018 21:41 via news.yahoo.com
  Would you spend $200,000 modifying Porsche's entry-level model from the late 1980s? Two owners of this 944 have – and they've created a restomod monster
  
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• Get This Free PC Game Before The Price Goes Back Up

  19-12-2018 21:39 via gamespot.com
  
  Getting new games is great, but paying for them is generally less fun. Between now and December 22, you can cut out the "less fun" part and get the Windows PC game Anno 1602: Creation of a New World (or Anno 1602 AD, as it was known in the US) for free from Ubisoft right here. Additionally, you can sign up to take part in a closed beta for the upcoming game Anno 1800. The beta will run January 31-February 4.To get your free game, just head to the giveaway page, click the link, and sign in or cre
  
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• Get a $25 Starbucks digital gift card and Amazon will give you $5

  19-12-2018 21:39 via news.yahoo.com
  Hold on to your stockings, because this is a stuffer that works for literally everyone.  When you buy a $25 digital gift card to Starbucks, you'll get a complimentary $5 gift card to Amazon when you use the code SBUX at checkout. It's like getting a little something back for yourself each time you send a gift. (That's a win-win if you ask us.) By now, most have us probably have our "main" holiday gifts covered. These are the gifts you carefully planned out in advance for the significant oth
  
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• Dream homes: Five stylish properties for sale in Finland

  19-12-2018 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  Finland has a rich architecture and design legacy, which makes Helsinki an interesting market for second home buyers.
  
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• Ariana Grande’s Christmas Tree Is on Her Ceiling Because “Sometimes Life Just Be Upside Down”

  19-12-2018 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  The pop singer shared her topsy-turvy take on the holiday mainstay on Instagram
  
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• Israel urges UN action over Hezbollah 'attack tunnels'

  19-12-2018 21:33 via news.yahoo.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged the UN Security Council to condemn Hezbollah for digging cross-border "attack tunnels" and to demand Lebanon prevent such activity from its territory.Netanyahu's remarks came ahead of a Security Council meeting to discuss what Israel says is a network of tunnels dug by the Iranian-backed Shiite militant group, of which at least four have been uncovered."I call on all the members of the Security Council to condemn Hezbollah's wanton act
  
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• 'Amigo!' Jury hears cheerful El Chapo on tape at US trial

  19-12-2018 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Secretly recorded phone calls played Wednesday at the U.S. trial of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman make him sound as if he was enjoying his life as a narco-outlaw.
  
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• Michael Flynn should thank Judge Sullivan for postponing his sentencing: Today's talker

  19-12-2018 21:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Judge Sullivan gave Michael Flynn another chance at cooperation for a more lenient sentence. Flynn should be thankful.
  
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• Fortnite Durr Burger Onesie Lets You Finally Wear Fortnite To Bed

  19-12-2018 21:11 via gamespot.com
  
  Epic Games has opened a new Fortnite merch store, offering a host of different apparel so you can outfit yourself like one of 100 people dropped onto an island to fight to the death. The highlight of the Retail Row collection is a Durr Burger Onesie modeled after the outfit available in the game. It can be yours for just $70 and will start shipping in late January.If a onesie is too rich or ridiculous for you, you have other options. A Skull Trooper pullover hoodie goes for $60, and a variety of
  
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• UN find Hezbollah tunnels under Israeli side of border

  19-12-2018 21:03 via news.yahoo.com
  A UN investigation showed Wednesday that two tunnels allegedly dug by the Lebanese militia group Hezbollah snaked under the Israel side of the tense border -- but the probe did not find any exits located there.It called the findings a "serious violation" of a UN resolution that ended the brutal 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, which was triggered by a Hezbollah raid on the same border."A thorough investigation to establish the trajectories and points of origin of the identified tunnels is a
  
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• Paul Ryan, who bit his lip as Trump ran wild, says goodbye to politics

  19-12-2018 20:58 via news.yahoo.com
  On Wednesday Paul Ryan, seen by critics as an arch enabler of Donald Trump, left the political stage at the grand old age of 48.Ryan, the outgoing House speaker, delivered a farewell address in the great hall of the Library of Congress, surrounded by white marble arches, stucco decoration and a high ceiling of painted panels, gold ornaments and stained glass.
  
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• Here's How Heavy Storms Could Disrupt Your Holiday Travel Plans

  19-12-2018 20:52 via news.yahoo.com
  The weather outside could be frightful along the East Coast, Pacific Northwest and other regions in the coming days
  
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• PUBG PC Update Adds Snow Map Vikendi And New Survivor Pass

  19-12-2018 20:47 via gamespot.com
  
  PUBG Corporation has announced that the fourth map for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, titled Vikendi, is now live on PC. The snow-covered map was previously only available on the game's PC test server.Vikendi is a 6x6 square map, making it smaller than both Erangel and Miramar, which are both 8x8 squares in size, but larger than Sanhok, which is 4x4. Despite its smaller size, Vikendi comes packed with places to drop. You'll find mountains, open fields, frozen lakes, cities, the Cosmodrome, fores
  
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• Hoping for a white Christmas? Dream on

  19-12-2018 20:31 via news.yahoo.com
  Unless you live in the western mountains or in far northern portions of the Midwest or Northeast, it's unlikely you'll see snow on for Christmas.
  
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• US hits Russian intelligence, troll farm with fresh sanctions

  19-12-2018 20:30 via news.yahoo.com
  The US Treasury hit 15 members of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency with sanctions Wednesday over their alleged roles in interference in the 2016 presidential election and hacking the World Anti-Doping Agency.Also sanctioned were two GRU agents who allegedly attempted to assassinate Russian defector Sergei Skripal in Britain, and two individuals and three companies tied to the Russian troll farm accused of trying to manipulate US public opinion.Separately, the Treasury said it would end
  
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• Caravans: the new face of migration, with no end in sight

  19-12-2018 20:21 via news.yahoo.com
  A child slithers under a fence to reach U.S. soil.A man sobs in a U.S. border patrol vehicle as his dreams of a new life are dashed.As they drew closer to the U.S. border with Mexico, the thousands of mostly Honduran migrants became a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's tough policies on immigration.
  
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• Facebook Faces Intensifying Pressure From Washington on Privacy

  19-12-2018 20:13 via news.yahoo.com
  The suit alleges Facebook violated the district’s Consumer Protection and Procedures Act as a result of lax oversight of the company’s third-party applications.It came just hours after an explosive New York Times report that the social media giant had allowed, even after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, more than 150 companies to access more users’ personal data than it had disclosed, prompting renewed calls for Congress to act.
  
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• Hellboy Reboot Trailer Is A Spectacularly Demonic Good Time

  19-12-2018 20:10 via gamespot.com
  
  The first trailer for Hellboy is here. The movie is a reboot of Guillermo Del Toro's action fantasy series, based on Mike Mignola's comic books. Stranger Things star David Harbour plays the titular demonic hero, and the movie hits theaters in April.The trailer delivers plenty of spectacular action-packed footage, and Harbour looks tremendous in the role. However, fans who had read previous comments from director Neil Marshall about the movie's much darker approach might be surprised at how light
  
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• Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next Event Features Fire Emblem Spirits

  19-12-2018 20:05 via gamespot.com
  
  Nintendo has announced a new in-game event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The Fire Emblem Fest will be a two-part event featuring a variety of Spirits drawn from the tactical RPG series, with the first part set to begin on December 20.Much like last week's Spectacled Spirits event, the Fire Emblem Fest will run for three days. During that time, characters from throughout Fire Emblem's history will appear much more frequently on the Spirit Board, including the Legend-class Spirits Caeda and Azur
  
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• Winter Sale On Steam PC Games Is In Full Swing At GMG

  19-12-2018 19:54 via gamespot.com
  
  Steam's winter sale might start tomorrow, but Green Man Gaming has kicked off a winter sale of its own, dropping prices up to 75% on over 1,000 games, including some of the year's biggest hits. The deals run between now and January 12, with most of them coming in the form of Steam codes. And if you enter promo code GMG12 at checkout, you'll save an additional 12%. Since any sale is only as good as the games that are discounted, let's take a look at what's available.Some of the biggest recent gam
  
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• UN General Assembly ratifies migrant pact

  19-12-2018 19:50 via news.yahoo.com
  The UN General Assembly on Wednesday formally ratified a UN deal on migration by a large majority -- but without the support of the United States and a string of other countries.Twelve countries abstained while five nations voted against it -- the United States, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Israel.
  
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• My Hero Academia Smashes Into Jump Force

  19-12-2018 19:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Bandai Namco has announced that My Hero Academia protagonist Izuku Midoriya will be a part of Jump Force. Although the studio did not come out and confirm it, an image in a tweet implies Midoriya will be a playable character and not just a part of the story like Death Notes' Light and Ryuk.Midoriya has worn three different costumes in the My Hero Academia manga and anime, and each showcases growth in his development of his superpowered Quirk, One For All. The images of him in Jump Force show him
  
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• 14 Days Of Fortnite Challenges And Rewards (Season 7)

  19-12-2018 19:45 via gamespot.com
  
  The 14 Days of Fortnite event is now underway in Epic's hit battle royale game. From now until January 2, Fortnite players on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile can take part in new and returning limited-time modes, purchase new seasonal outfits from the in-game shop, and even earn daily rewards.On top of the aforementioned LTMs, Epic will offer a new challenge each day during the 14 Days of Fortnite event, which will net you a free seasonal reward once completed. If you manage to fi
  
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• 14 Days Of Fortnite: All Challenges And Rewards (Season 7)

  19-12-2018 19:45 via gamespot.com
  
  The 14 Days of Fortnite event is now underway in Epic's hit battle royale game. From now until January 2, Fortnite players on PS4, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile can take part in new and returning limited-time modes, purchase new seasonal outfits from the in-game shop, and even earn daily rewards.On top of the aforementioned LTMs, Epic will offer a new challenge each day during the 14 Days of Fortnite event, which will net you a free seasonal reward once completed. If you manage to fi
  
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• Last Year: The Nightmare Gameplay Live

  19-12-2018 19:32 via gamespot.com
  
  We try our hands at Last Year: The Nightmare as the killer and as a survivor in this survival horror game.
  
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• House Democrats Push Trump to Answer GOP's Leftover Questions

  19-12-2018 19:26 via news.yahoo.com
  Maryland Representative Elijah Cummings is flexing the new power Democrats will gain when they take control of the House on Jan. 3 to collect responses to 51 separate requests for answers that Republicans declined to enforce while they ran the panel.“As Democrats prepare to take the reins in Congress, we are insisting -- as a basic first step -- that the Trump Administration and others comply with these Republican requests,” Cummings said in a statement.The letters were sent to the W
  
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• Staying in Syria No Longer Makes Sense

  19-12-2018 19:14 via news.yahoo.com
  The risks of keeping U.S. forces in are too high and outweigh any benefits.
  
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• Red Dead Redemption 2 - GameSpot's Game Of The Year 2018

  19-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  Red Dead Redemption 2 is a moving, often heartbreaking, and oddly hopeful story that stands independently of its predecessor--and that's only part of the reason why it's GameSpot's 2018 Game of the Year.
  
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• GameSpot's Game Of The Year 2018

  19-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  In 2010, GameSpot's Game of the Year was none other than Red Dead Redemption. Eight years later, that game remains one of our all-time favorites, and leaving John Marston behind to step into Arthur Morgan's story wasn't easy. Red Dead Redemption 2 ended up being everything we could have wanted in a prequel, but it's also a moving, often heartbreaking, and oddly hopeful story that stands independently of its predecessor--and that's only part of the reason why Red Dead 2 is GameSpot's 2018 Game of
  
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• Game Of The Year: 2018's 10 Best Games

  19-12-2018 19:00 via gamespot.com
  
  GameSpot's nominee countdown for the Best Games of 2018 is over and our choice for Game of the Year has finally been revealed. Each game we’ve highlighted is among this year’s best and should be at the top of your queue if you haven't played them already. Our list was formed by our global team of GameSpot editors and video producers, who spent hours locked in fierce debate fighting for the games they felt most passionate about.Like in 2017, this year’s nominees were difficult
  
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• U.N. formally approves global migration pact opposed by U.S., others

  19-12-2018 18:56 via news.yahoo.com
  The United Nations General Assembly formally approved a deal on Wednesday aimed at boosting global cooperation to tackle rising migration, but the United States, Israel, Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland voted against the voluntary pact.U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has said the global approach to the issue was not compatible with U.S. sovereignty and Washington did not take part in negotiations on the migration pact.A U.N. General Assembly resolution enshrining the deal was adop
  
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• New The Walking Dead Season Season 9 Art Finally Shows The Whisperers

  19-12-2018 18:42 via gamespot.com
  
  The Whisperers are coming. It's something we've known for a while about The Walking Dead and, thus far in Season 9, we've gotten lots of teases for the new villains on the show but have yet to actually meet any of them. Well, that changes now.AMC has released new key art for the show's return in February, which prominently features new cast member Samantha Morton as Alpha, leader of the Whisperers. If she doesn't look too familiar in the image below, there's a reason for that. The Whisperers are
  
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