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A major outage of Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) on Saturday has left tens of thousands of gamers unable to access online services, stores and multimedia apps.”We are aware some users might be currently experiencing issues with PSN,” PlayStation said on its social media platforms, confirming users’ mounting complaints around the globe.Reports of connectivity issues spread quickly across social media, with users frustrated by error messages and login failures.”PSN down on a Friday night is criminal,” a London-based user named Ramos wrote on X, formerly Twitter.According to the Downdetector outage tracking site, users started to report issues with PSN late Friday.…

The annual Gridiron Club dinner in Washington on Saturday featured jokes about President Trump, the breakdown of the global order, Russia, Democrats’ uncertain future and, of course, Elon Musk.One of the headliners was Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland, a rising star in the Democratic Party. He acknowledged that his speaking slot was a sign of his own political ambitions, while making a jab at the White House’s current occupant.“If I actually wanted to be president, I wouldn’t do any of this,” he said. “Instead, I would take my case directly to the people who are in charge of our democracy.…

Fremantle were terrible in the round one loss to Geelong and captain Alex Pearce expects everyone to arrive at the club this week prepared to accept accountability for their part in the horror show.

Myles Herro, the younger brother of Miami Heat star Tyler Herro, was involved in a melee after his Whitnall basketball team lost 56-49 in a sectional semifinal game in the Wisconsin state playoffs. In the postgame handshake line, the younger Herro had a heated exchange with an opponent.Videos circulated on social media showing Herro shoving the other player, who raised his hands in apparent disbelief while Herro seemed to jaw at him. Whitnall’s Myles Herro hits a free throw with no time left on the clock to win the WIAA Division 2 state boys basketball semifinal, 53-52, over La Crosse Central…

Delhi lose third straight final as Mumbai wins by eight runs.The Mumbai Indians have claimed their second Women’s Premier League (WPL) title with an eight-run win against the Delhi Capitals, who have seen their third straight defeat in the final. Delhi, ever present in the three finals of the fledgling competition, would have felt very much in the game after reducing Mumbai to 149-7 at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai in the first innings on Saturday. Captain and India international Harmanpreet Kaur’s 66 held together Mumbai’s hopes of keeping at bay the side they overcame in 2023’s inaugural final. It was…

FIRST ON FOX: A group of President Donald Trump’s House GOP allies is leading a bill that would enshrine the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and its efficiency efforts in federal law, giving it some protection from various legal challenges over the next year and a half.”This creates a reporting structure that allows what DOGE is doing with the Cabinet to be relayed to Congress, which is our Article I authorities, which is really the idea of being good stewards of taxpayer funding,” Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., who is leading the bill, told Fox News Digital in an interview.The legislation…

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic — Authorities in the Dominican Republic have seized the passport of Joshua Riibe, the man seen with University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki before she went missing, Fox News has learned.Riibe’s attorneys said Saturday that Riibe’s travel document was taken by authorities “several days ago.” He has not been named a suspect in the 20-year-old student’s disappearance, but authorities have said he is a “person of interest” in the matter, which they consider a missing person case.”It was confiscated by authorities when he tried to check out several days ago, when the investigation began,” lawyers from…

One local council has employed the wriggly, worm-like creatures and their insatiable hunger as part of a push for sustainable waste solutions.

Dollar hegemony has long enraged governments around the world. In the 1960s the French complained of America’s “exorbitant privilege”. Forty years later, as the global financial crisis wreaked havoc, China called for a shift away from the dollar. More recently, Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, spoke for many when he asked with derision, “Who was it that decided that the dollar was the currency after the disappearance of the gold standard?” The unspoken answer was that an American “empire” had foisted the dollar on a prostrate world.In fact, by the time President Richard Nixon cut the dollar’s link…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Jane Street is seeking to double its London office space, as the trading firm rides a period of explosive growth that has established it as a challenger to the world’s biggest banks. The firm has been in talks with landlords about increasing its City of London office space to 400,000-500,000 square feet in the next few years, according to people familiar with the matter. The New York-based group currently occupies about 235,000 sq ft at 2½ Devonshire Square near Liverpool Street. It…