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Today β€” 5 November 2026Main stream

First, France Had Riots and Protests. Now It’s Bracing for a General Strike.

More than 220 demonstrations are expected to take place across the country on Thursday, escalating weeks of protests against the rising cost of living.

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Installing wooden panels to protect the storefront windows of a shop in Paris on Wednesday, the eve of a nationwide day of strikes.

The New Zealand Election That Could β€˜Flip the Table’

5 November 2026 at 05:01
Support for the major parties β€” led by two men called Chris β€” is cratering, thanks to dissatisfaction with the economy. Minor parties stand to benefit from a desire among voters for change.

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A view of the city center from Mount Eden in Auckland, New Zealand.

Nintendo’s designers strove for β€˜elegance’ when remaking Ocarina of Time

5 November 2026 at 05:00
A screenshot from the remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time in which Link, a small elf-like boy in a green tunic, is holding a sword about as tall as he is.

The Ocarina of Time remake on the Switch 2 smashes together the past and present. The game retains much of the original N64 experience while updating it with modern graphics and gameplay that make it feel contemporary. But the mingling of time periods also extends to the development team. While Ocarina's remake was led by producers Eiji Aonuma (a director on the original game who is now the franchise's steward at Nintendo) and Hidemaro Fujibayashi (best known for directing Breath of the Wild and its sequel), the team also featured a number of younger developers, including some who had never played the original. According to Fujibayashi, thos …

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