The Daily Populous

Wednesday February 19th, 2025 night edition

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Source: Bloomberg, citing a source aware of the matter, as reported by European Pravda.

Bloomberg's source said Prince Mohammed had wanted Zelenskyy to be involved in the talks, but both the Americans and the Russians insisted that they wanted to meet without the Ukrainians.

The source said the Saudi ruler plans to brief the Ukrainian president on the Kingdom's role in convening the talks and his discussions with Russian and American officials.

Following the talks between the Russian and US delegations on 18 February, Zelenskyy announced that he is postponing his visit to Saudi Arabia.

Quote from Zelenskyy: "We were not invited to this Russian-American meeting in Saudi Arabia.

I don't want any coincidences, so I'm not going to Saudi Arabia.".

In particular, they agreed to appoint high-level groups for negotiations on Ukraine. »

Game Vouchers Won't Work On Switch 2 Exclusives, Says Nintendo

Authored by nintendolife.com

Nintendo has announced that its Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers saving service will not extend to Switch 2 exclusives (thanks, VGC).

The vouchers initially cropped up in 2019 as a way to make a small saving on first-party Switch titles.

Please note that Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers cannot be redeemed for Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive games. »

DeJoy announces plans to step down as USPS postmaster general

Authored by federalnewsnetwork.com
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DeJoy told the USPS Board of Governors to begin the process of searching for a new postmaster general.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is planning to step down from his role, and is calling on the Postal Service Board of Governors to start looking for his successor.

DeJoy, in a letter dated Monday, told the USPS Board of Governors to begin searching for a new postmaster general. »

Marvel Rivals Dev Says They're Not Trolling Dataminers

Authored by ign.com
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Marvel Rivals dataminers think the developers are trolling them with lists of potential future characters hidden in the game's code.

We recently had the opportunity to directly ask Marvel Rivals producer Weicong Wu and Marvel Games executive producer Danny Koo if they're secretly performing an elaborate troll.

In the same conversation, we also discussed how a character gets chosen to be added into Marvel Rivals in the first place. »