Nick Chester, the man in charge of chassis design and development at Renault, is expecting the French outfit to enjoy a smoother weekend than in Austria, which the team left empty-handed. Renault’s R.S.19 struggled in the hands of Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg around the short and undulating Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. Both drivers …
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Earlier this week, the British government announced a new Tory-led parliamentary measure that will inflict “severe penalties” onto local governments and public institutions that boycott goods and services on an “ethical” (as opposed to purely financial) basis, including divestment. Planned to coincide with British Cabinet Office Minister Matthew Hancock’s visit to Israel this week, the …
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Love trees? Then celebrate – 21 March is the International Day of Forests! Without healthy, thriving forests, our planet cannot sustain life. But they are facing serious threats from human activity. As much as 80 percent of the world’s forests have already been degraded or destroyed. The good news is that people are fighting back …
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Eggs and bananas are supposed to be two of the cheapest, simplest food items in the world. However, luxury hotels have managed to convert them into gourmet, overpriced food, that can legit burn a hole in your pocket. After the Rahul Bose fiasco of being charged over Rs 500 for just two bananas, the government …
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Social activist Abdul Jabbar, who worked untiringly for the victims and survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy, breathed his last at a private hospital in Madhya Pradesh. He was among the oldest activists to mobilise the survivors of the fatal Union Carbide gas leak in Bhopal and fight for justice. Jabbar was 62 and …
Misogynists have spun the old trope that what women wear is somehow the cause of what men do time and time again. But thanks to the Air Force, Muslim women are now getting a disturbingly refreshing take on the subject. We’re used to getting blamed for the violence of men when we wear too little. …
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A record 35 candidates are vying to replace outgoing President Maithripala Sirisena, and election officials said the ballot paper will be 26 inches (66 centimeters) long in order to include them all. ### Sirisena’s term was marred not only by the Easter bombings but also by a failed attempt to remove Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe …
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Behrouz Boochani spent over six years held by Australia in Papua New Guinea, most of the time in an Australian facility on the remote Manus Island. ### “I just arrived in New Zealand,” he tweeted on Thursday. “So exciting to get freedom after more than six years.” ### Boochani, an Iranian Kurd, attempted to enter …
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Click:check balance my gift card The trial took place Thursday in the mountainous landscape of Hebei province, about an hour and a half drive north of Beijing. Chinese officials said the landscape mirrored the slopes and craters of the planet Mars. ### The lander was suspended 70 meters (230 feet) above the ground on 36 …
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Black-clad, masked protesters man the walls of Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Kowloon’s Hung Hom district, some peering through binoculars and others holding bows and arrows. ### The roads leading to the technical college are barricaded with makeshift brick walls clumsily cemented in place. A huge pile of plastic sacks filled with rubbish and …
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