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Mario & Luigi: Brothership review: Mario’s excellent run continues

Brothership, once again, starts with the brothers getting whisked away to a fantasy realm in need of help. This time it’s the oceanic world of Concordia, which has been broken apart into a series of islands. The bros end up in a place called Ship Shape Island, a name that’s a bit of a misnomer. While it’s technically an island, …

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Pro-Western Sandu claims victory in Moldova election

Moldova’s President Maia Sandu in 2020 in central Chisinau.  Bogdan Tudor | Afp | Getty Images European leaders congratulated pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu on winning a runoff vote in Moldova’s presidential election over the weekend, with the result seen as further step on the former Soviet republic’s road to integration with the bloc. The second round of voting pitted incumbent …

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How China’s consumers are spending this Singles Day shopping festival

Employees package and sort express parcels at an e-commerce company on Nov. 1, 2024, around the Double 11 Shopping Festival in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Early indicators of China’s biggest shopping event of the year reveal a pickup in select categories amid expectations of relatively modest growth in overall …

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