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Nighthawks, the 1942 painting by Edward Hopper, is generally described as portraying loneliness. The four people at the diner counter are dwarfed by the empty, cold openness of the street. But the inside of the diner looks warm. One man sits apart, but the other two patrons might be a couple, their hands close. The worker seems to be watching them, perhaps thinking of somebody he’ll return to after his shift. Nighthawks, the 2026 vampire RPG, takes this same sensation, connection in the middle of isolation, and plays it much less subtly. When it works, it manages to tell sub-stories that will stick with me like the glow of a friendly building late at night.
Overnight missile and drone attacks hit several Ukrainian regions as world leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly.
Russian forces have launched widespread attacks targeting industrial sites and critical energy infrastructure across several regions of Ukraine, killing at least three people and knocking out power to nearly 100,000 residents, Ukrainian officials said.
Berlin, Germany – The morning after Berlin’s historic vote was chilly and overcast, but for Sumeja Skeva, an 18-year-old student in the bustling Neukolln district, the city’s prospects could not be brighter.
Pakistani interior minister’s trip to Tehran is his sixth and comes as Islamabad, Doha seek to revive diplomacy with US.
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has held talks with Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran, as Pakistan and Qatar seek to revive diplomacy amid fears that regional tensions could intensify.
Gaza City, Gaza Strip – Every morning, Azza Ashour kneads dough for her five children before carrying it to a communal oven at the school where her family has been sheltering.
An auction of the French film star turned animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot’s personal items has fetched nearly €1m (£858,000, US$1.15m, A$1.61m) in Paris, almost 20 times the estimate, according to the auction house Millon.
Egan made 208 appearances for Sheffield United during his six seasons with the club, winning promotion to the Premier League with them in 2019 and 2023.
He was named club captain in the summer of 2023, but would play his last game for the Blades in September that same year as an Achilles injury curtailed his Premier League return and kept him out for close to 10 months.
The Steam Deck has been around for four years at this point, and while I mostly use it to play Ball x Pit while I watch TV, scientists at Airbus in the UK have used it to test the the ExoMars Rover.
The iPhone Duo has some tricks that no other iPhone can do.
Apple finally has a foldable iPhone: the iPhone Duo is arriving in October, and it changes the shape of the device in a way we haven't seen before. But the fold is only part of the story, as Apple has built many features specifically for this form factor. It's still iOS underneath, but not the way you're used to.
It’s official: Paramount Skydance has settled its blockbuster antitrust suit brought by a group of Democratic state attorneys general. California AG Rob Bonta announced the deal in a press conference Monday.
