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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles to contain rampant gang violence, officials said Tuesday.The number of killings increased by more than 20% compared with all of 2023, according to the U.N. Human Rights Office. In addition, more than 2,200 people were reported injured and nearly 1,500 kidnapped, it said.“These figures alone cannot capture the absolute horrors being perpetrated in Haiti, but they show the unremitting violence to which people are being subjected,” Volker Türk, U.N. high commissioner for human rights, said in a statement.Among…

As spotted by the talented Stephen Totilo at Game File, we now have a better idea of just how expensive the Call of Duty series is to make, and boy, those are some big numbers. The information comes from official court documents that were filed last month in response to the Uvalde suit which alleges that Call of Duty games played a role in influencing a teenager to commit a mass shooting which resulted in the deaths of 19 teenagers and 2 adults. According to the documents, Patrick Kelly (creative director of Call of Duty) specifically addresses three Call of…

3D design app Rooms just landed more funding. Launched into beta in 2023, the app from ex-Google employees allows users to build and code interactive 3D rooms and mini-games using a library of more than 10,000 items, which can be further edited using the programming language Lua. Now, Google itself has invested $1 million into the app as part of a partnership deal that also offered Rooms early access to Google’s Gemini AI. Founded by former Googlers including Jason Toff, Bruno Oliveira, and Nick Kruge, who have backgrounds in AR/VR, games, and YouTube, Rooms offers a way to create mini…

On Jan. 10, though, Trump will have to put aside his work to attend, either in person or virtually, his sentencing in the Manhattan criminal prosecution in which he was convicted of falsifying business records.

On January 6th, the outgoing president Joe Biden condemned the Capitol attack which happened the same day in 2021.”We should be proud that our democracy withstood this assault…And we should be glad we will not see such a shameful attack again this year,” Biden wrote, in an opinion post in The Washington Post.Biden noted that the certification would proceed peacefully without the violence seen in 2021, and highlighted the contrast between that chaotic day and the orderly transition planned for this year.However, President-elect Donald Trump does not believe so.US President-elect Donald Trump has publicly accused President Joe Biden of intentionally…

You may have heard about radiation therapy for cancer and are wondering when it’s used. Here, you’ll learn the basics about radiation therapy (sometimes called radiotherapy), how it works and why it might be used to treat cancer. Use the following links to jump ahead for specific information about radiation therapy. It’s always great to learn as much as you can about possible treatments, but it’s important to remember that the most effective treatment will depend on the type and stage of cancer, and a person’s health and care preferences. Talk to an oncologist to learn the best treatment for…

England Test captain Ben Stokes has dubbed himself the “Bionic Man” after undergoing his latest hamstring operation.Stokes tore his left hamstring during England’s final Test in New Zealand in December and will miss at least three months of cricket, taking him out of consideration for February’s ICC Champions Trophy. The 33-year-old sat out four consecutive Test matches, three at home to Sri Lanka and one in Pakistan, after tearing the same hamstring playing in The Hundred last August. Instagram This content is provided by Instagram, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need…

Thirty-three years after its debut, the FD3S Mazda RX-7 remains one of the most captivating tuning platforms to emerge from Japan. I first saw this particular 1999 FD in May when it was on display at Wekfest Japan 2024. At the time, the engine wasn’t quite finished, so I made plans with Masatsuga Chiba of X-Point Import Co., who played an important role in its recreation, to shoot the Mazda later in the year. I was keen to take a closer look and discover which direction this 25-year-old beauty had been taken. Like anything that’s stood the test of time…

The statement continued, “Another classic tactic is to reverse the victim and offender and suggest that the offender is actually the victim. These concepts normalize and trivialize allegations of serious misconduct.” And while Lively’s team has spoken out to support her, they emphasized that, “media statements are not a defense to Ms. Lively’s legal claims.” “We will continue to prosecute her claims in federal court,” the statement concluded, “where the rule of law determines who prevails, not hyperbole and threats.” However, Baldoni’s team reiterated the actor’s own stance that the Times story was an embrace of “partial truths.”  “It is…

Born in Cameroon, Kelly Rose arrived in France when she was 12 years old. In recent years she developed songwriting skills which, combined with electronic beats and punky sass, gave way to Uzi Freyja, an artist who has played some of France’s biggest festivals and is set to release her debut album at the end of January. She tells Marjorie Hache how “Bhelize Don’t Cry” is a 12-track letter to her younger self. We also meet Judeline, an emerging Spanish singer-songwriter who is following the lead of artists like Rosalia, blending traditional beats to indie electro sounds. Finally, we take a…