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Macron urges Ukraine's allies not to be 'cowardly'

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, March 5, urged Ukraine's allies "not to be cowardly" in supporting the country to fight off the Russian invasion.

And Macron added that he "fully stood behind" controversial remarks made last week not ruling out sending Western troops to Ukraine, which sent a shockwave around Europe.

Read more Subscribers only Macron defends idea of potentially sending troops to Ukraine as allies distance themselves.

Speaking later after meeting his Czech opposite number Petr Pavel, he asked: "Is this or is it not our war?

Most of Macron's European allies said they would not send troops to Ukraine after his comments on February 26.

Later on Tuesday, Macron is due to address a nuclear forum in the Czech capital, attended by several French energy companies.

Macron, who was quick to offer condolences to his guest Pavel, will lay flowers at the site on Tuesday. »

The Philadelphia Phillies are scrapping $1 hot dog nights following unruly fan behavior

Authored by apnews.com

The Phillies first caught blowback in 2022 when they tried to scale back from three dollar dog nights to two.

Casey was a hot dog hero when one more dog night was added to the schedule.

Hey, there is still a chance in Philly to always snag a free hot dog — just catch one out of the Phanatic’s famed hot dog launcher. »

Yuzu Emulator to Shut Down and Pay $2.4 Million to Nintendo

Authored by raiderking.com

The lawsuit requested that the developers of Yuzu be held liable for damages they received and also requested a complete shutdown of the emulator.

With Tropic Haze to pay a gigantic 2.4 million dollar fine to the game publisher.

UPDATE: The Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu will in fact be shutting down. »

Helldivers 2 director says there's no need to "compare" it with Halo - "just let gamers enjoy both"

Authored by eurogamer.net

Responding to the rivalry on X/Twitter, Arrowhead Game Studios' CEO and Helldivers 2's creative director, Johan Pilestedt, said that we should just "let gamers love and enjoy both, either or neither".

The OP responded to Pilestedt, calling the CEO "awesome" but doubling down, stating: "Halo still got DECIMATED by Helldivers".

"Again, the only two Helldivers 2 products we market are Helldivers 2 and Helldivers 2 Super Citizen Edition. »

Ex-Twitter executives sue Elon Musk for $128m in unpaid severance

Authored by theguardian.com

Elon Musk is facing a $128m lawsuit from four former Twitter executives who allege the billionaire tech mogul failed to pay them severance after buying the social network.

The suit, filed on Monday in California, follows a separate legal complaint last year by rank-and-file employees seeking $500m in unpaid severance.

Musk fired all of them amid a string of mass layoffs after he acquired Twitter for $44bn in 2022, claiming at the time he did not need to pay the executives severance because they were terminated for cause. »