Warzone’s Long-Awaited “Verdansk ‘84” Map Update is Live

Yesterday Activision finally dropped the long-rumored nuke on Call of Duty: Warzone, setting up the much-anticipated CoD-Black-Ops-Cold-War-themed revamp of the game’s Verdansk map. The new “Verdasnk ‘84” isn’t just a totally-tubular visual makeover, numerous landmarks and battlegrounds have been redesigned with some completely new areas being added. You can check […]

Berea approves bonuses for longtime employees

Apr. 22—Full-time employees with the city of Berea will now be awarded for their service through a longevity award program approved Tuesday. In Municipal Order 04-2021, the city believes that officers and employees of the city deserve recognitions for their “talents, their value, their accomplishments and successes over the course […]

Turkey again tallies 50,000 daily virus cases

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s health minister says the rate of the spread of COVID-19 infections in the country has slowed, despite the 16th consecutive day of more than 50,000 cases. Fahrettin Koca says Turkey will soon start administering Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, in addition to the vaccines developed by China’s […]

UK music awards to have live audience, no masks

LONDON — Organizers say 4,000 people will be able to attend the ceremony for Britain’s leading music prize night next month as part of the government’s easing of coronavirus restrictions. In a statement Thursday, the Brit Awards said audience members attending the indoor ceremony at London’s O2 Arena on May […]

Peter Copping collaborates with Christie’s

This spring, from 29 April to 20 May, Christie’s London will be staging the Collector sales. Featuring an exquisite array of 17th-, 18th- and 19th-century furnishings, it comprises 400 lots of varying styles, from the high Rococo of Louis XVI to English Regency and into the Japanese-inspired and revivalist motifs […]