6 h. ago Little Problems – a cute detective game with no violence or victims

Shanghai-based developer Posh Cat Studio focused on the satisfying thrill of solving life’s small mysteries in this cosy crime caperAs the latest generation of 18-year-olds is about to find out, starting university is an experience fraught with minor as well as major problems. Oversleeping and missing lectures, forgetting where your study group is meeting, mislaying your books – a lot of your time is spent looking for things.It is these small mysteries that concern Little Problems, a cute detective game, in which the protagonist, Mary, must use her sleuthing abilities to make it through each day as a new student . Created by Indonesian designer Melisa, who has chosen to go by her first name only, the idea comes from her love of detective stories, but also her wish to take violence out of the genre. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Anhell69 review – an impassioned eulogy for Colombia’s queer renegades

Theo Montoya collages an unfinished phantom horror film, gothic Medellín cityscapes and interviews with lost friends into a transgressive work of cine-protestThe best kind of goth is the Latino goth. That much is clear throughout this documentary lament for the Colombian city of Medellín, for which director Theo Montoya narrates his elegy from within a casket. Luckily, he is still alive – unlike eight of the doomy-looking LGBTQ+ renegades who speak about their lives on camera here, having killed themselves or died of drug overdoses since filming. It is implied they are victims by proxy of a kind of ambient socio-cultural violence that is a hangover from the cartel days.Partly constructed out of audition interviews with actor hopefuls, Anhell69 is the remnant of Montoya’s unfinished movie, of which we see extracts: it takes place in a dystopian Medellín in which the preponderance of the dead and a lack of cemetery space has led to red-eyed phantoms walking the streets. These revenant...

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41 h. ago Rudy Giuliani hospitalized after car accident in New Hampshire

New York City’s ex-mayor, 81, in ‘good spirits’ after being treated for fractured thoracic vertebrae, cuts and bruisesNew York City’s former mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized after getting injured in a car wreck in New Hampshire over the weekend.On Sunday, Giuliani’s head of security, Michael Ragusa, released a statement, saying that the 81-year old was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Saturday evening. According to Ragusa, prior to the incident, Giuliani was flagged down by a woman who was the victim of a domestic violence incident. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in car accident after stopping to help domestic violence victim, his spokesperson says

The 81-year-old suffered a back injury after his car was hit from behind, his spokesperson says

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4 d. ago Fox employee claims she was fired in retaliation for accusing boss of sexual assault in shocking lawsuit

‘Our client endured the unimaginable – she was the victim of sexual violence, harassment, and blatant retaliation from executives who sadly chose to shield abusers, rather than protect employees,’ the accuser’s lawyer told The Independent.

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1 week ago Teen who grinned as he stabbed lad in heart 'fulfilled fantasy' with 'dark motive'

Exclusive: A young killer who grinned while stabbing his victim shows signs of thrill-seeking violence, obsession with knives, and possible emerging psychopathic traits, according to a criminal psychologist

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1 week ago Pressure grows on Tanzania to free victim of domestic violence who has been on death row for 13 years

Lemi Limbu, who was convicted of murdering her daughter, has severe intellectual disabilities and ‘absolutely should not be in prison’, say campaignersPressure is mounting on the Tanzanian government to release a woman with severe intellectual disabilities who has been in prison awaiting execution for 13 years.Lemi Limbu, who is now in her early 30s, was convicted of the murder of her daughter in 2015. A survivor of brutal and repeated sexual and domestic violence, she has the developmental age of a child. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Humanitarian aid cuts leave victims of sexual violence in global conflicts without help, UN says

Major cuts in humanitarian aid have left victims of sexual violence in conflicts around the world without lifesaving help as clinics and shelters close

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2 w. ago Strictly star Chris Robshaw's 'horror stalker threats nearly led him to reject BBC show'

Strictly Come Dancing's latest contestant Chris Robshaw has reportedly become the victim of a stalker as he has allegedly been threatened with violence and false allegations

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2 w. ago Family of NCCU student killed say she was the victim of domestic violence

Family of NCCU student killed say she was the victim of domestic violence  WRAL.com

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