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Ubisoft reportedly canceled an Assassin's Creed game featuring a Black Assassin confronting the Ku Klux Klan during the 1800s due to Yasuke backlash and the political climate in the US

Ubisoft reportedly canceled an Assassin's Creed game featuring a Black protagonist during the post-Civil War period due to the political state of the US and Yasuke backlash.

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Assassin's Creed fans react to reports of canceled Civil War-era game that would've had players take on the Ku Klux Klan, saying Ubisoft shouldn't be "caving to the 1% of people who got in their fe-fes about Shadows"

"Sad it has come to this."

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Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set around the American Civil War because of Yasuke backlash and political turmoil in the US

The game was meant to take primarily during the Reconstruction era, and would have featured a Black assassin confronting the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Canceled Assassin's Creed game was set in post-Civil War America, but was reportedly axed due to Assassin's Creed Shadows Yasuke backlash and US political climate: "Too political in a country too unstable"

"They are making more and more decisions to maintain the political 'status quo' and take no stand"

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We use the word ‘deadline’ casually now. But its origin comes from a brutal Civil War prison

That term your boss uses? It's literally about getting shot.

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Oversight body says South Sudan rivals have recruited fighters, raising war fears

An international ceasefire monitor says parties to South Sudan’s faltering peace agreement have recruited new fighters for a conflict that observers have warned could widen again into civil war

The Independent UK

Syria holds first elections since fall of Bashar al-Assad

After more than a decade of civil war, committee members will choose transitional parliament

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The Dixson family were great Australian philanthropists, but their wealth was built on slave labour

The barque Glenswilly arrived in Sydney Harbour from Greenock, outside Glasgow, on October 29 1839. Among the new arrivals were Hugh Dixson, his wife Helen, and their infant son, also named Hugh.

The Conversation

7 Comic Book Villains Whose Stories Challenge Our Morals

The best comic book villains are the ones who don’t see themselves as villains. They set out to achieve goals that may have horrifying consequences for society. Still, they believe such actions are beneficial in the end – even if at the sacrifice of their own humanity. In their minds,…

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A 160-year-old campaign against civil rights heads to the supreme court

Louisiana v Callais could roll back what remains of the Voting Rights Act, putting the future of America’s multiracial democracy at stake

The Guardian - US

Battlefield 6 isn't just inspired by Battlefield 3 and 4, its campaign was influenced by "a lot of movies" including Generation Kill and Civil War

"I have watched so many contemporary war documentaries I couldn't even begin to name them"

GamesRadar

Darfur cholera cases rising at an 'alarming' rate as death toll in Sudan tops 3,000, says WHO

The number of reported cholera cases is increasing in Darfur and over 3,000 people in Sudan have died in the past 14 months of civil war, according to the World Health Organization

The Independent UK

Forde-Yard Dash: Dropping Alabama-LSU Heavyweight Clash Is Most Painful Rivalry Loss

The SEC’s move to a nine-game conference schedule with three permanent opponents means sacrificing historic and bitter feuds.

Sports Illustrated

Treason trial begins for South Sudan VP Machar as ‘unity government’ breaks

The latest break between two military and political leaders risks spelling civil war again for the embattled nation.

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International Business Times

In Sudan, 'Never Again' Has Proved Untrue: UNHCR Chief

After the bloody civil war in Sudan's Darfur region 20 years ago, the world said "never again."

The Conversation

Ethiopia’s two bids at democracy have failed: what it will take to succeed

Ethiopia has attempted to transition to democracy twice. First in 1991, when a new government overthrew a dictatorial military regime. Second in 2018, when Abiy Ahmed took over as prime minister after protests against a repressive government.

Euronews

25 bodies recovered from a mass grave near Damascus, site believed to hold at least 175

Officials say the victims were killed by Assad's forces in an ambush while fleeing eastern Ghouta during the recent civil war.

The Independent UK

Floods force 100,000 out of their homes – and the water in this African city is still rising

WORLD OF TROUBLE: People fleeing the rising waters around Lake Tanganyika in Burundi are fighting for space and humanitarian care with refugees escaping civil war. Donald Trump’s slashing of international aid money has made a dangerous situation even more perilous. World affairs editor Sam Kiley investigates

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Comic Book Investing Guide: Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1

Comic books have always been a metaphor and narrative mirror of society and the current zeitgeist. To pretend otherwise is silly. If you pretend to hate politics in comic books, it’s only because the comic doesn’t mirror your own. There is a comic book called Captain Confederacy about a superhero…

International Business Times UK

What Is The 'Scarred Back'? Trump Sparks Outrage By Ordering Slave Portrait Removed From National Gallery

President Trump sparks outrage by ordering the removal of the iconic 1863 'Scourged Back' photograph showing the whip scars of an enslaved man from national parks under a controversial executive order.

The Conversation

Refugee protection in Egypt: what’s behind the return train to Sudan

A special train left the Egyptian capital of Cairo for Aswan, a town close to the border with southern neighbour Sudan, in July 2025. The train, publicised by the Egyptian government as shiny, air-conditioned and free of charge, runs a weekly service. It is transporting Sudanese refugees who are willing…

The Guardian - UK

British basketball civil war takes fresh twist as 18 former employees sue new league

A group of 18 former employees of British Basketball League are taking legal action against the competition that replaced it

The Guardian - UK

Robinson and Farage’s ‘civil war’ narrative is warping voters’ minds. How is any government supposed to counter it?

Whatever the reality of Britain today, our social media feeds are full of anger, violence and disorder – and that’s the reality politicians must confront, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

From the civil war to now, poverty endures

Letter: Samantha Brennan responds to an article by playwright Beth Steel and voices concern over the Dickensian conditions in her home town

International Business Times

Nepalis Assess Damage After Terror Of Deadly Protests

Retired Nepali civil servant Dhruba Shrestha has lived through decades of turmoil, from civil war to political upheaval, but the 76-year-old says nothing compared to the violence that engulfed the Himalayan nation this week.

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