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Swedish Court Refuses to Lift Warrant Against Julian Assange

The Swedish Supreme Court has rejected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal to lift the arrest warrant against him. Assange still faces arrest if he leaves the Ecuadorian embassy where he has been living in political asylum since 2012. He has said he fears being extradited to the U.S., where an ongoing investigation into WikiLeaks is […]

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Wurz delighted to see all F1 drivers on board with the GPDA

Alex Wurz, the president of the Grand Prix Drivers Association, is happy with the fact that every single driver on the 2018 grid is a member of the institution. The unity, which was achieved at the end of last year, will allow for drivers’ voices to be heard in the future as they work towards […]

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Samoa Closes Schools And Mandates Vaccinations Amid Deadly Measles Epidemic

Pictured are vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella. New Zealand officials sent 3,000 doses of the vaccine to Samoa in the face of a measles epidemic. The Samoan government closed schools indefinitely Monday as it attempts to quell a measles epidemic that has killed at least six people and hospitalized dozens more. Health officials said […]

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Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's First Freely Elected President, Sentenced to Death

An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced ousted president Mohamed Morsi and more than 100 other defendants to death for their role in a 2011 mass prison break. Click Here: Tienda Club De Cuervos Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, was ousted by the military in July 2013 after days of street protests by Egyptians demanding […]

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Senna’s Monaco Toleman to go under the hammer!

The car in which Ayrton Senna rolled onto F1’s world stage in his 1984 debut season will be coming up for auction at Bonhams in May. The F1 legend steered the Toleman-Hart TG184-2 to second at the Monaco Grand Prix, a rain-soaked race marked by a climatic final before the event was red-flagged after just […]

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Richemont Bets Big on China

According to Business Live, “global luxury goods retailer Richemont continues to bet on a more connected world with a clear strategy to target online Chinese customers.” In fact, the positive results in China helped the group register sales growth by 9% at actual exchange rates to € 7 397 million and by 6% at constant […]

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Verstappen’s spin blamed on floor damage to RB14

Red Bull has confirmed that Max Verstappen suffered damage to the floor of his RB14 early in the Australian Grand Prix. The damage not only compromised his pace and ability to challenge the cars ahead of him, they also contributed to the costly spin he suffered on lap 10. Verstappen’s problems began in the first […]

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Lauda would make Red Bull drivers pay for crash damage!

If he was running Red Bull Racing, Niki Lauda would lower the boom on Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo and force the pair to pay for the accident damage caused by their Baku run-in. Verstappen and Ricciardo were locked in a thrilling but uncompromising wheel-to-wheel battle for almost 40 laps in yesterday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, […]

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Bullish Renault expecting more mid-field tussles in Bahrain

After a positive start to its 2018 campaign in Mebourne – both as a team and manufacturer – Renault is hopeful of keeping its momentum rolling in Bahrain. The French outfit enjoyed a double-points finish at the opening round of the season, with Nico Hulkenberg coming home seventh and rounding off the top ten. It […]

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My Teacher

I drove to Hamilton, N.Y., last December to take part in the funeral service for the Rev. Coleman Brown. Coleman, who had taught at Colgate University, had the most profound impact of all my teachers on my education. I took seven courses as an undergraduate in religion. He taught six of them. But his teaching […]

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