A hopeless reality Kevin Magnussen wasn’t expecting
By Racing for the title of ‘best of the rest’ in F1 was good enough for Kevin Magnussen when he was a kid with a dream, but after four years in the sport, he admits that Grand Prix racing’s current reality isn’t what he expected. The Dane’s results in F1 have followed the improvements of his […]
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Behind the scenes of Alonso’s Indy 500 seat fitting
The countdown has started for McLaren Racing and Fernando Alonso’s 2019 Indy 500 bid, with the pair entering the thick of their preparations. Alonso returns to the Brickyard this year for the second time, having taken part in “the greatest spectacle in racing” in 2017 as part of his Triple Crown endeavor. To tackle Indy […]
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Worried TPP Will Hurt Workers? This Case Will Provide Some Clues.
In a development with real implications for the upcoming Congressional debate over the corporate-friendly TransPacific Partnership (TPP), an international coalition of labor and consumer groups on Thursday filed “double-barrel,” cross-border complaints to challenge workers’ rights abuses by a Mexican retail giant in both the U.S. and Mexico. Though the complaints are not directly tied to […]
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Albon: ‘It’s a big deal for me to be a Thai driver’
Alexander Albon is particularly proud of his Thai heritage, the Toro Rosso driver becoming only the second driver in Grand Prix history to fly the Southeast Asian country’s flag in F1. One must travel all the way back to the early fifties and note the presence in the history books of one Prince Bira of […]
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UK Ditches Saudi Prison Deal After Human Rights Outcry
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday canceled a £5.9m deal for the Ministry of Justice to provide prison services to Saudi Arabia, following growing political pressure and international outcry at the Gulf state’s human rights abuses. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn last month called on the Ministry of Justice to scrap the deal, citing the […]
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Declining Snowpack Threatens Water Supply for Billions Worldwide
Vast areas of the northern hemisphere that are home to nearly two billion people face dangerous water shortages due to shrinking snowpacks, according to a new study released Thursday. Less snowfall and earlier melting over the next century, coupled with the current trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions, means that people living in nearly a hundred […]
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UN Upholds Human Rights, World Bank Dismisses Them
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations has always remained one of the most vociferous and passionate advocates of human rights – exemplified in the creation in 2006 of a 47-member Human Rights Council in Geneva to uphold its mandate. But, in its own political yard, a member of its extended family, namely the World Bank, […]
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Cold War Redux? NATO Flexes Muscle In Largest 'War Games' In Decade
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Monday began its largest military exercise in more than a decade, deploying over 36,000 troops from more than 30 countries to the central Mediterranean in a massive show of force that analysts say revives Cold War posturing towards Russia. According to NATO, the “Trident Juncture” war games will […]
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To Offer In-Depth Look at Issue, This Paper Gave Refugees Full Editorial Control
A small newspaper has found an obvious—if underutilized—way to press Danish society to listen to the actual voices of the refugees seeking safe haven and passage in Europe. The left-leaning Dagbladet Information on Friday released a 48-page special issue which gives a dozen refugees newly arrived in Denmark—who are also professional journalists—complete editorial control. “This […]
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Overheated Planet Entering 'Uncharted Territory at Frightening Speed'
With new evidence that the concentration of greenhouse gases broke yet another record in 2014, the head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Monday that the warming planet is hurtling “into uncharted territory at a frightening speed.” The United Nations weather agency’s latest Greenhouse Gas Bulletin (pdf) reports that atmospheric concentrations of carbon […]
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