The condition of the track surface at the Circuit of the Americas has been heavily criticised by motorcycling stars taking part in this weekend’s MotoGP Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas. Formula 1 is scheduled to head to the venue in Austin, Texas in six months time for the United States Grand Prix. The …
Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) is an author and editor of PalestineChronicle.com. His work has been published in many newspapers, journals and anthologies around the world. His is the author of The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a People’s Struggle (Pluto Press, London). His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story …
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Lewis Hamilton’s new contract with Mercedes still has a few t’s to cross and i’s to dot, but there’s no doubting the outcome of the talks between the two parties, or the lucrative value of the driver’s new deal. Hamilton’s current contract with the Silver Arrows squad expires at the end of this year, and …
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South Korea’s Jeju Island is a popular tourist destination full of spas, resorts, golf courses, sandy beaches, waterfalls and hiking trails. But if you really want to get rejuvenated, skip the tourist hotspots and go directly to the village of Gangjeong to support the extraordinary community that has been opposing the building of a naval …
Keke Rosberg confirmed this week that he had intentionally stepped out of the Formula 1 limelight in recent years. The 1982 world champion had been a familiar figure around the paddock even after his retirement from the sport. However, from 2010 he decided to step away and become a ‘recluse’, declining interviews and refusing to …
When President Barack Obama apologized on April 23 to the families of Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto, an American and an Italian, both hostages killed in a drone attack in Pakistan in January, he blamed their tragic deaths on the “fog of war.” “This operation was fully consistent with the guidelines under which we …
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Christian Horner and Maurizio Arrivabene clashed in Friday’s team principal press conference over Ferrari’s alleged breach of a tacit agreement involving gardening leave periods for FIA officials joining F1 teams. Ferrari announced last week the recruitment of FIA safety director and deputy race director Laurent Mekies, with the Frenchman scheduled to start work in September …
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The vote will be seen as boost for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters, and a challenge to the Chinese government at a time of strained US-China relations, marked by a protracted trade war and geopolitical jostling. ### The US government treats semi-autonomous Hong Kong, which has its own legal and political systems, differently from the Chinese …
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Simon Cheng, a 28-year-old Hong Kong citizen who was detained for 15 days while on a trip to mainland China in August, claimed in a Facebook statement Wednesday that he was beaten, blindfolded, deprived of sleep, chained spread-eagled and forced to hold stress positions for hours at a time. ### Cheng alleged Chinese secret police …
Imagine this, you are in a happy relationship with the love of your life, and suddenly out of the blue, he/she breaks up with you. Does it feel like a knife through your heart? And while you hope that time will numb the pain, there are lots of emotions to wade through before your heart …
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