Month: November 2019

There are plenty of reasons to love Amal Clooney: her effortless style, her incredible grace, and of course her #marriagegoals relationship with George Clooney. But Amal’s mission to take on ISIS in court is definitely the most inspiring. Clooney recently met Nadia Murad, a young girl of the minority Yazidi religion, whose family was killed…

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel remained top of the timesheets in day 5 of pre-season testing, with McLaren and Red Bull both causing red flags on Tuesday. Few drivers were able to improve on their morning running, despite a welcome appearance from the sun at the start of the final four-day pre-season test at the Circuit de…

Ferrari will unveil its 2018 prancing horse on February 22, just a few days before pre-season testing kicks off in Barcelona. The Scuderia will likely pull of the covers of its car in Maranello on Thursday February 22 before heading to Spain where winter testing will start on the following Monday, February 26. Ferrari chairman…

Climate activists worldwide mobilized Friday for what they’re calling Global Divestment Day, which will see more than 400 actions and protests calling on top institutions to pull their financial support for coal, oil, and gas companies. Photos from actions around the world were pouring into the GoFossilFree website, the online hub for the fossil fuel…

Anti-austerity protests boiled over near the new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt on Wednesday, with hundreds of people arrested after an off-shoot from an otherwise peaceful march clashed with police. Around 10,000 anti-austerity protesters reportedly gathered under the banner of #Blockupy—an alliance united against the so-called ‘Troika’ of the ECB, the…

Record-breaking heat waves, long-term drought, “100-year floods” in consecutive years, and increasingly extreme superstorms are becoming the new normal. The planet is now facing an unprecedented era of accelerating and intensifying global climate change, with negative impacts already being widely felt. While global climate change will impact nearly everyone and everything, the greatest impact is…

According to Danish media, plans for Copenhagen to host the country’s first F1 Grand Prix in the near future are progressing nicely. Click Here: habitat tord boontje It was reported last September that a Danish consortium had initiated talks with Formula 1’s commercial rights holders about staging a race on the streets of the country’s…

While Zak Brown is no longer seeking a title sponsor for McLaren, the American executive says the team is still pursuing commercial partnerships with big brands. McLaren’s depressed on-track performance in the last three years has taken its toll on the Woking-based outfit’s ability to secure major sponsorship deals, with the team recording a net…

Poleman Jean-Eric Vergne fended off Techeetah team mate André Lotterer to win an action-packed ePrix held on the streets of Santiago. Formula E’s maiden race in the Chilean capital was a close fought affair and delivered the first one-two finish for a team in the burgeoning all-electric series. Vergne sparked ahead from pole but was…

If a budget-cap is introduced into F1, then Manor could jump back into the fray says team boss Graeme Lowdon. Lowdon departed Manor F1’s failing operation at the end of 2015, along with colleague John Booth, a year before the outfit’s demise from Grand Prix racing. He then took the British racing marque into the…