Jae C. Hong/Associated Press Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The blockbuster merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery is on hold — possibly for many months — as two legal challenges to the $111 billion deal play out in court. In a legal filing in…
A PlayStation Network outage which left some gamers unable to play digital games for hours has been resolved. According to Down Detector, which tracks outages, tens of thousands of people reported problems globally, external with the service on Friday. The outage, which affected gamers’ ability to launch games, apps or network features on their PlayStation,…
The future of one of England’s most unique habitats could rest with play areas designed for children to interact with the rare environment, a science centre hopes. More than eight in 10 of the world’s chalk streams are found in England, but the current prolonged hot and dry weather puts pressure on the wildlife that…
Lexi Crosbie was five days old when she went to her first ever banger race. “I grew up around the track,” the 14-year-old says. At nine, her racer dad gave her a chance at the Micro F2s, the junior league, and Crosbie has been racing ever since. “You’re so filled with adrenaline,” she says of…
Published on 22/06/2026 – 15:23 GMT+2 Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday in front of the theatre of Castres, in southern France, despite the scorching heat. They were not waiting in line to watch a play but rather protesting the cancellation of one. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The reason for this demonstration is a controversy opposing the…
Nocturnal Entertainment, a film and television financier and production company, has officially launched following the sale of its first feature, “Play Dead,” to Netflix. Nocturnal Entertainment was built to support filmmakers, providing them with a technology-enabled creative suite, engaging with them early on in the creative process and staying closely involved throughout. Led by producers…
The F.B.I. director Kash Patel may or may not be a personnel problem for the White House. But he does present a challenge for “Saturday Night Live,” where there are no cast members of Indian descent to impersonate him. So this weekend, “S.N.L.” dug deep into its celebrity Rolodex to recruit Aziz Ansari, the “Parks…
They came for the cheap wine. They arrived in quarter-zips and tasteful cross necklaces. One young woman wore fur (raccoon). One young man wore a fleece adorned with a golf club’s seal (Trump). They sang along with Journey, bopped along to the Spice Girls. They networked over cans of hard seltzer. And then they went…
The World Championship semi-final between John Higgins and Shaun Murphy is delicately poised at 8-8 after a captivating second session at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. In contrast to the opening to their match on Wednesday, Higgins appeared the stronger of the two players in their early exchanges. The four-time world champion, who turns 51…
The shortlist for this year’s Champions Cup player of the year award is an eyecatching one. There are five contenders and four of them – Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Finn Russell, Matthieu Jalibert and Caelan Doris – are established world-class operators. So who is the fifth Beatle? An uncapped Englishman who eats only toast on matchdays and…
