Month: November 2019

Charles Leclerc was putting on a calm and diplomatic front after coming second in the Singapore Grand Prix, but he was clearly unhappy with the Ferrari strategy that had cost him a chance of a hat-trick of victories. Leclerc started on pole and led for the first 19 laps of the race, but when he…

Lewis Hamilton believes new Grand Prix winner Charles Leclerc is heading towards a stellar career in F1, with the Mercedes driver all too happy to watch his rival grow. After coming close to a maiden win in Bahrain earlier this season and running at the front in several races, Leclerc finally broke his duck on…

Costa Rica’s electrical grid ran on 100 percent renewable energy between June 17 and September 2, according to a report published Tuesday by the state-owned energy company, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), which controls energy production and distribution. (Data after September 2 has not yet been released.) “We are a small country with large goals!”…

When French President François Hollande presented a series of labor reforms that would make it easier for employers to fire workers, he probably didn’t expect the mass public outrage that followed. On March 31, thousands of French activists gathered at the Place de la République for the screening of a film called “Merci Patron!” (“Thanks…

More than a thousand people on Friday converged at the Mendiola Peace Arch in Manila following on from the tragic events at Kidapawan in the island of Mindanao on 1st of April, when two people were killed during a peaceful protest by farmers requesting government support following severe drought in the region. Suffering the brunt…

The U.S. State Department is investigating allegations that the Honduran military is targeting environmental activists on a “kill list,” the Guardian reported Friday. A whistleblower first told the Guardian last month that such a list existed, and also alleged that the murdered environmental activist Berta Cáceres was on it before she was shot and killed…

What could be better than a home-cooked meal by Hollywood hunk George Clooney? According to the 55-year-old actor, his wife Amal isn’t too enthralled by his culinary skills. The Oscar-winner joked to E! that his second anniversary on Sept. 27 called for one big night. “It’s very big news. Very, very big celebration—fireworks,” he said.…

Journey to Earthland is a recently released book by the Great Transition Initiative (GTI), a worldwide network of activist scholars with a unique purpose—to advance “a vision and praxis for global transformation”. Few civil society organisations have such a broad focus on transformational strategies towards a new global social-ecological system, as condensed and overviewed in…

Our beloved world is entering an increasingly unstable period, full of dangers and also full of possibilities. In many countries, old political parties are crumbling faster and anyone thought imaginable. Old geopolitical alliances have come unglued as the US comes to exercise its role as world hegemon in new and unpredictable ways. The development of…

Who says haute couture is too fantastical for the real world? Not Diane Kruger, who wowed on the pink carpet at the New York City Ballet fall gala on Tuesday night at Manhattan. For the A-list affair, the 40-year-old actress turned to a mid-sleeve, ivory floral Giambattista Valli haute couture dress that appeared flawless on the…