Robert Kubica believes the most difficult part of his sensational comeback will be to remain in F1 beyond the 2019 season. Thanks to his determination and grit, the 34-year-old Pole has won his first big battle: returning to the grid, eight years after a rally crash left him supposedly lost for the sport. After extensive
The atrocities in Paris, killing more than 120 people, have brought forth the usual condemnations against terrorism and expressions of sympathy for the victims, but the larger question is whether this latest shock will finally force Western leaders to address the true root causes of the problem. Will President Barack Obama and other leaders finally level
Alfa Romeo team boss Fred Vasseur is convinced Antonio Giovinazzi will recover after a muted start to his 2019 campaign with the Swiss outfit. The young Ferrari protégé has yet to score a top-ten finish this season while team mate Kimi Raikkonen picked up points at each of the first three rounds. Giovinazzi’s weekend in
Tim Morrison, the top Russia official on President Trump’s National Security Council, said Gordon Sondland played a central role in a parallel Ukraine policy. Tim Morrison, the outgoing top Russia official on President Trump’s National Security Council, testified to House investigators that Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador of the European Union, was leading an effort
Diplomatic talks between high-level delegations from the U.S., Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other interested countries from across the Middle East and Europe concluded in Vienna on Friday with a resulting agreement that many are taking as a possible “breakthrough” in the effort to end the devastating civil war in Syria. Though no representatives from
The U.S. Pentagon is expected to announce Friday that it will end its oft-criticized $500 million program to train and equip Syrian rebels, offering further evidence of the Obama administration’s incoherent and failed strategy in Syria and beyond. According to the New York Times, which broke the news, Pentagon officials will officially announce the end
As environmentalists, humanitarians, and farmers from around the globe celebrate the 35th annual World Food Day on Friday, sustainability advocates are heralding the capacity of organic regenerative agriculture and agroecology to address wide-ranging challenges from climate change to public health to hunger. “On this World Food Day we face two interlinked planetary challenges: to produce
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) officials signaled on Wednesday that they are not satisfied with President Barack Obama’s apology for his military’s deadly bombing of their hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan and reiterated their demand for the U.S. to “consent” to a global, independent investigation. In a sharply-worded statement, MSF International president Dr. Joanne Liu said, “We
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane was involved last month in a drug interdiction operation in the Pacific Ocean that led to the seizure of 5,000 pounds of cocaine, worth $69 million. (U.S. Coast Guard) A U.S. Coast Guard cutter has seized an apparent narco-submarine carrying more than 5,000 pounds of cocaine worth approximately
A variety of charges have been brought against 13 Marines for smuggling illegal immigrants into the U.S. A military judge has ruled the arrests of 16 U.S. Marines accused of human smuggling during a Camp Pendleton Battalion formation were unlawful and a violation of their rights, according to reports. Video of the July mass arrest surfaced last week. The Marines were