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Sun, 09 Oct 2022 07:14:22 GMT
Gasly furious after tractor on Japanese GP track
Gasly said he could have been killed after encountering the vehicle, which was deployed to recover Carlos Sainz's car after the Spaniard crashed in heavy rain on a chaotic first lap. The race was red-flagged on the third lap and had not restarted m...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 05:48:18 GMT
Verstappen title bid in Japan delayed by red flag
Verstappen was leading Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, with Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez behind in third when a safety car came out on the first lap before the race was halted soon after. Runaway championship leader Verstappen can clinch the title if...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 04:40:51 GMT
Hey big spenders: Qatar woos the rich with luxury World Cup
A penchant for luxury in the energy-rich Gulf state, which has one of the world's highest GDPs per head, has rubbed off on an unusually high-end edition of a tournament for the masses. If you're able to spring $4,950 for a VIP ticket to a group gam...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 04:40:27 GMT
Vietnam's VinFast targets US market in 'preposterously hard' gamble
The pivot is a bold move by chairman Pham Nhat Vuong -- Vietnam's richest man -- who started out selling dried noodles in the former Soviet Union before amassing his $5 billion fortune in a range of sectors including real estate, tourism and educati...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:52:14 GMT
All Blacks named for Northern Hemisphere tour
There are no surprises in the 35-man group for the four-Test tour, with experienced midfield back Anton Lienert-Brown the only member not to have played for the All Blacks this year. Foster opted against including any uncapped players, saying the t...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:30:25 GMT
Martinez beats Ancajas in 115-pound title rematch
Martinez defended the crown he took from Ancajas in February by judges' scores of 119-109, 118-110 and 118-110 in the championship rematch at Carson, California. "This was a validation of the first fight," Martinez said through a translator. "Defin...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:08:39 GMT
Israeli forces hunt east Jerusalem checkpoint attacker
The Israeli army said a soldier had been "killed as a result of being critically injured by a shooting attack" that police said had taken place at a checkpoint in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem near Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp. Another Israeli...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:00:21 GMT
'Till' lynching film 'not interested' in showing traumatic anti-Black violence
The movie, in theaters next Friday, tells the horrifying true story of 14-year-old Emmett Till's death and its aftermath through the eyes of his mother Mamie, who reluctantly became an activist and helped to inspire the United States' sweeping civil...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 03:00:17 GMT
'Transformation' beckons for embattled Credit Suisse
Ulrich Koerner, who took over as chief executive in August, is due to present the strategic review on October 27. With Switzerland's second-biggest bank refraining from revealing its intentions, speculation about its incoming strategy has been swir...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:38:15 GMT
Flamboyant Italy pull away to beat USA at women's Rugby World Cup
Winger Aura Muzzo scored two of her team's four tries as Italy pulled away in the second half of their opening Pool B match, having led 7-5 at the interval. A clash between the teams ranked fifth and sixth in the world was always expected to be tig...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:22:28 GMT
Austrians vote in presidential election with incumbent set to win
Campaigning on a slogan of "clarity", Van der Bellen is widely tipped to clinch a second mandate, with his six challengers -- all men -- lagging far behind. "The biggest competitor on Sunday will be the sofa," the 78-year-old economics professor sa...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 02:16:40 GMT
Along US Gulf Coast, huge gas plants jostle for space
"It's our life they took here," says Travis Dardar from the doorstep of his camper trailer. An imposing LNG export terminal -- a massive facility that receives and liquefies gas from pipelines, then transfers the LNG to ships for export -- will soo...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 01:58:22 GMT
Julia becomes hurricane as it closes in on Central America
In Bluefields, one of the main Nicaraguan coastal towns expected to be buffeted by the storm, fishermen were busy safeguarding their boats and people rushed to buy groceries and withdraw money from ATMs. "Julia has become a hurricane with 75 mile-p...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 01:44:17 GMT
Sex-scene experts help reshape Hollywood power dynamics in #MeToo era
A fledgling industry of professionals who choreograph intimate scenes, provide equipment to safeguard actors' privates and discuss consent with filmmakers has grown rapidly since a 2017 investigation into Harvey Weinstein forced a wider reckoning. ...

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 01:36:53 GMT
US hurricane rebuilding rules must adapt to 'era of climate change': expert
But as climate change increases the frequency and scale of natural disasters, does US policy need to adapt? Gavin Smith, a professor of environmental planning at the University of North Carolina, worked for several states following major hurricanes...



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