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In the spring of 1936, Lovett Fort-Whiteman, an African American man from Dallas, Texas, vanished in Moscow. He had lived in the Soviet Union for nearly a decade, most recently with his wife, Marina, a Russian Jewish chemist, in a cramped apartment around the corner from the Central Telegraph building.…

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the United States Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, demanding the release of people incarcerated in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack that has led to hundreds of criminal cases and precious little reflection on the far right. The event failed…

She was one of Russia's most famous dancers who performed in front of thousands. After finishing training in 1926 aged 17, Nina Anisimova went on to wow audiences across what was then the Soviet Union as part of the Kirov ballet for more than 30 years. But new book Dancing…

Running now until next Monday. If you've been eyeing up Player Unknown's Battlegrounds (or PUBG: Battlegrounds as its new marvellously redundant moniker would have it) for the last four years but somehow still haven't quite convinced yourself to pick give it a go, you might be interested to know you can…

Philadelphia, USA, 31 July 2021, ZEXPRWIRE, GULAGToken is a community-based DeFi project which was fair launched in July 2021 on the Binance Smart Chain. GULAGToken provides all participants the power to govern major decisions regarding the token and its development. GULAGToken generates value for holders with 11% static reflections on…

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has announced that its 13th season is set to arrive on August 4 for PC, and August 12 for consoles. The new season includes updates for both the Taego and Sanhok maps, a new map rotation for matches, and a new ranked season. The biggest upcoming update is…

When Marvel's Black Widow hit theaters and Disney+ last week, it snuck in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's first mutant in the form of Ursa Major, member of Russian mutant team the Winter Guard--at least if actor Olivier Richters' Instagram post is accurate (via Uproxx). After Natasha Romanoff's peaceful, if false,…

PUBG's update 12.2 is finally live on PC test servers, and perhaps most notably, it adds an 8x8 map called Taego with a brand-new second-chance system. For players of Call of Duty: Warzone, it might be immediately familiar: It's pretty clearly taking a page from Warzone's Gulag, while adding some…

Birds of a feather glock together.   PUBG's much-teased Taego map has finally arrived on PC test servers, bringing with it some new features including self-revives and a special "second chance" mechanic. Well... new to PUBG, at least. The freshly-released patch notes explain that Taego is an 8x8 map set…

Shake Up Call of Duty: Warzone, currently developed by Raven Software, has seen quite a few meta changes over its lifespan, whether it be the initial M4/RPG combo to the Bruen and even the much hated AUG/M16 meta. Most recently, the Amax assault rifle was the primary weapon found in…