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UK woman on death row in Bali to be repatriated
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UK woman on death row in Bali to be repatriated

Indonesia has agreed to repatriate a 69-year-old British woman who was on death row for trying to smuggle drugs into Bali. Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to jail in 2013 for smuggling cocaine worth more than $US2 million ($A3.1 million) into the holiday island in Indonesia, which has some of the world's strictest drug trafficking laws. Sandiford, 69, was found guilty of smuggling 4.8 kilograms of the drug hidden in the lining of her suitcase on a flight from Bangkok. Yusril Ihza Mahendra, a senior Indonesian minister on legal affairs, said the two nations had agreed to release Sandiford on humanitarian grounds. "Lindsay is old and sick. In prison she had good behaviour so that was enough reason to satisfy the request from the United Kingdom government that she be returned home and complete her sentence there," he told Reuters. Yusril said another British national, who had been sentenced for life, was being released with her. Sandiford would possibly return home in the next two weeks, Yusril said. Britain's foreign office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Expedition 33 is "the first in a new wave" of "risky" games from small teams punching "above their weight," Sandfall tells us
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Expedition 33 is "the first in a new wave" of "risky" games from small teams punching "above their weight," Sandfall tells us

Live on stage at Summer Game Fest 2025, perhaps the biggest gaming event of the year following E3's demise, Geoff Keighley praised Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as "a monumental achievement" from a "team of under 30 developers." This was far from the first time that Sandfall's team size had been in discussion following Expedition 33's huge success and rave reviews, which earned it a spot on our best RPGs list. How could such a tiny crew produce something so ambitious and with 'triple-A' grade production values? A quick look at Expedition 33's credits shows that Sandfall was around a 30-person team on release, but they also list various outsourcing companies (including animators, QAs, and localization teams) that all contributed to the game's success. It's fair to say that Expedition 33 wasn't just worked on by 30 people. While Keighley was far from the first to reference Sandfall's size in his praise, his comments sparked online backlash from players, press, and even some other developers, largely because that '30-person' claim paints far from the full picture. In an interview about Expedition 33's new "thank you" update, Sandfall's CEO and creative director Guillaume Broche told me that "we don't plan to grow the studio too much; we want to remain very small and agile, with a strong creative vision." That prompts me to ask about Keighley's statement, and whether or not Broche and his partner in crime, COO and producer Francois Meurisse, take issue with the focus on its team size and whether that hinders more than it helps. "I don't think it does," Broche tells me. "We [recently] traveled a lot in Asia and visited a few Chinese studios, and I think we're the first in a new wave of how [the industry] makes games. With the tech that's accessible now, it's much easier; it's still a shit ton of work, don't get me wrong, but it's easier to make a game that looks bigger than the size of the team [that's making it]. "We saw a lot of projects that aren't even 'adults' yet that are the same - they're made by smaller teams that are crazy ambitious, and they look and play well; I think they are going to be amazing games. I think it's just the start of a new wave, and I think that this kind of production will be more prevalent in the future - projects that take risks, feel very unique artistically, are very impressive visually, and hit above their weight. "I think the fact that it impresses so much is because we are probably the first ones - or among the first ones - to do it, but I'm sure that we're just at the beginning of this kind of [development style]." "When we were creating the company, we were really inspired by games like Hellblade and A Plague Tale: Innocence, which proved that, with the right tools and teams, you can create some hits in realistic 3D with double-A teams," Meurisse continues. "We took [their successes] as proof that it was possible to dream big with a team of less than 50 people." While Sandfall doesn't seem to take issue with discussions around its small team size, other indie studios - including Balatro creator LocalThunk, who is consistently referred to a "solo dev" - vehemently hate it. If the news of Expedition 33's new update has lured you back to Lumiere, we have a list of all the best Expedition 33 builds to help you maximise your damage, as well as a rundown of all the best Expedition 33 weapons to send your numbers skyrocketing. Is the future of game dev in more compact core teams? Does the fixation on Sandfall's size create unrealistic expectations? Let us know over on Discord, where we love hearing your hot takes.

Lauren Bergin
Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan’s first female Prime Minister
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Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan’s first female Prime Minister

Lawmakers in Japan elected hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi as prime minister on Tuesday, making her the first woman in modern times to lead the key U.S. ally. Takaichi, 64, the new leader of the governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was elected by lawmakers in the lower house of parliament by a vote of 237-149 over her closest rival, Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the liberal opposition Constitutional Democratic Party. She was also elected by upper house lawmakers in a second vote of 125-46 after falling one vote shy of a majority in the first round. Though her election is a milestone in a country where women are severely underrepresented in government, Takaichi enters office with a fragile coalition and facing a number of pressing challenges, including a visit next week by President Donald Trump. A protege of assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Takaichi advocates a stronger military, tougher immigration policies, and the revision of Japan’s pacifist constitution. She is a veteran politician who has served as minister of economic security, internal affairs, and gender equality. Earlier this month, Takaichi was elected leader of the LDP, which has governed Japan almost uninterrupted since World War II, after running unsuccessfully in 2021 and 2024. In her victory speech, she underlined her commitment to the job. “I myself will throw out the term ‘work-life balance,’” Takaichi said. “I will work and work and work and work and work.” Her ascension to prime minister was thrown into doubt, however, after a crucial partner, the centrist party Komeito, left the LDP coalition. To ensure her victory, the LDP signed a deal on Monday with the Osaka-based Japan Innovation Party, or Ishin, that will pull its coalition further to the right. Even with the alliance, Takaichi faces an uphill battle in parliament, where she falls short of a majority in both houses after the LDP suffered major losses in recent elections amid voter anger over party corruption scandals and the rising cost of living. Her premiership could thus end up being short-lived — much like that of her predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba, who was in office for a year. “She emerges from this a diminished leader from the get-go,” said Jeff Kingston, a professor of Asian studies and history at Temple University’s Japan campus. Takaichi also faces an early test next week with the arrival of Trump, who is making his first trip to Asia since returning to office. He is expected to visit Malaysia and Japan before continuing to South Korea, which is hosting a major summit of Asia-Pacific economies. “She doesn’t have a whole lot of time to get ready for a slew of diplomatic activity,” Kingston said. “But I think job one is the Japanese economy.” Source: NBC News

Rashid Obodai
Business

Abaxx Confirms Growing Trading Activity in its North Pacific-Asia (NPA DAP) and US Gulf of Mexico (GOM FOB) LNG Futures

Participation continues to grow in the world’s only physically-backed LNG forward curves trading globally TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Abaxx Technologies Inc. (CBOE:ABXX) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”), a financial software and market infrastructure company, majority shareholder of Abaxx Singapore Pte Ltd., the owner of Abaxx Commodity Exchange and Clearinghouse (individually, “Abaxx Exchange” and […]

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Digi Power X Announces Strategic Initiatives, Including Expansion of ARMS-200 Modules and Development of Retail Compute Platform

This news release constitutes a “designated news release” for the purposes of the Company’s prospectus supplement dated May 30, 2025 to its short form base shelf prospectus dated May 15, 2025 MIAMI, Oct. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Digi Power X Inc. (“Digi Power X” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: DGXX / TSXV: DGX), a U.S. […]

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ZenaTech to Expand Drone as a Service (DaaS) for Public Works and Wildfire Management by Signing Offer to Acquire Southern California-Based Land Survey and Engineering Firm

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ZenaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZENA) (FSE: 49Q) (BMV: ZENA) (“ZenaTech”), a business technology solution provider specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) drones, Drone as a Service (DaaS), Enterprise SaaS, and Quantum Computing solutions, today announces it has signed an offer to acquire a Southern California land survey engineering […]

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First American Uranium Inc. Announces Addition of Former Canadian Politician Hon. Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay and Mining Veteran Joseph A. Carrabba to Board of Directors

Vancouver, BC, Oct. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First American Uranium Inc. (CSE: URM) (FSE: IOR) (OTCPK: FAUMF) (“First American”, or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointments of the Hon. Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay and Joseph A. Carrabba to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). Ms. Findlay is a Canadian lawyer, […]

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Cartier Cuts 11.0 g/t Au over 9.0 m including 30.2 g/t Au over 2.5 at Contact (Cadillac); Continues to Expand High-Grade Gold North Contact Zone near Surface

VAL-D’OR, Quebec, Oct. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cartier Resources Inc. (″ Cartier ″ or the ″ Company ″) (TSXV: ECR; FSE: 6CA) is pleased to announce the third batch of results from the fully funded 100,000-m drilling program (2 drill rigs) for the Contact Sector and more precisely, the North Contact Zone (NCZ), on […]

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Haunted tours bring Chico’s spooky lore to life

Haunted tours bring Chico’s spooky lore to life

CHICO — The man in the brown suit, the Laxson Auditorium ghost and the dreaded Chico Chupacabra all make an appearance — via storytelling — on the Chico Haunted Tours. “(Chupacabra) literally translates to ‘goat sucker,’ which is what my ex-wife used to call me,” said Dustin Vaught while guiding a haunted tour Friday downtown. “There’s no goats down here. You ever wonder why that is?” The tour group laughed at Vaught’s remarks. While spooky-focused, the new Chico Haunted Tours include a touch of humor along with history —...

Molly Myers
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