In yet another blow to the Egyptian revolutionaries whose hopes have been repeatedly dashed since the protests they initiated in 2011 swept former autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak from power, a court on Saturday dropped all the remaining criminal charges, including allegations of murder, that had been levied against the nation’s former president. Al-Jazeera America reports:
Formula 1’s new chief executive officer Chase Carey says he wants to see louder, cheaper and better engines in Formula 1 in the future. He said that a new direction for engines, along with cost cuts and fairer income distribution would improve racing in the future. “We are already putting some initiatives in place,” he
Following marathon overnight talks in Minsk, Belarus that began Wednesday, world leaders emerged near dawn to announce that a cease-fire agreement has been reached to at least temporarily stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine with stated hopes that a long-term political solution will follow. Spurred by a renewed effort by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and
Williams technical director Paddy Lowe has admitted that he’s disappointed with how the team has been performing so far in 2017. Williams is currently in fifth place in the constructors championship, just two points ahead of Toro Rosso. However they’re a long way – 60 points – behind Force India in fourth. “Definitely at the
The prominent French economist Thomas Piketty says the rise of new the anti-austerity political parties in southern Europe, including Podemos in Spain and Syriza in Greece, are just what the European economy needs in order to push back against the tide of regressive economic policies that have punished the continent’s most vulnerable people at the
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Lewis Hamilton drove the wheels of his Mercedes on Sunday at Interlagos, undertaking a charge from the rear which yielded a fantastic run to fourth place. The damage done on Saturday in qualifying left the new world champion with a tall order as he started his race from the pitlane. Helped by the commotion at
Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne is unimpressed with F1’s planned changes for 2021, and says the iconic manufacturer could simply quit the sport if its future rules don’t suit its agenda. Speaking yesterday in Ferrari’s third quarter call with analysts from the financial community, Marchionne broadly addressed the manufacturer’s future in F1 following the unveiling earlier
It appears the Haas F1 Team and Romain Grosjean still aren’t satisfied with the VF-17’s brakes as another supplier swap takes place in Malaysia. Grosjean has formulated complaints about his brakes as far back as last summer, claiming a general lack of feeling which has impacted his confidence and driving. In a bid to solve
Pascal Wehrlein believes Mercedes will need to find a new breeding ground for its young talent following its surprise departure from the German DTM series. The manufacturer announced last month that it would be shifting its DTM resources to Formula E, but its retreat from Germany’s premier racing series will force Mercedes to promote its