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Over the course of its eight-week run, around 3,000 people are expected to attend Gamers8, a video game museum, educational programme and eSports tournament all rolled into one event being held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. The oil-rich Gulf kingdom takes gaming seriously and with a Call of Duty playing Crown Prince, as well as a $38 billion video games investment strategy, it's hoping to generate a wave of homegrown developers.
Laura Kovesi, the EU's first anti-fraud prosecutor, says her office -- the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) -- is ready to help investigate criminals circumventing EU sanctions imposed on Russia. "We have signed a working arrangement with the Ukrainian General Prosecutor's office" she says, adding that "there is fraud everywhere in Europe."
Ukraine's President Zelenskyy says "superhuman efforts" will be needed to defend the rest of the Donbas after Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the eastern Luhansk region.
After buying Twitter for $44 billion, Elon Musk is promising to protect free speech and bring about much-needed changes, including taking on bots and introducing an edit button to the platform. We take a closer look at the billionaire Tesla founder. For more analysis on what changes the latter might bring to Twitter, we speak to Chris Bail, Director of the Polarization Lab at Duke University.
The identification of a concerning new Covid-19 variant has put even more pressure on South Africa, which is researching the development of a continent-grown Messenger RNA vaccine -- the most effective so far in combatting the virus. It would be a tough, resilient vaccine that would not need to be stored all the time at ultra-cold temperatures -- a hefty requirement in some areas with regular power cuts.