Click:composite insulator UNITED NATIONS (IPS)—When the United States sells billions of dollars in sophisticated arms to Arab nations, they are conditioned on two key factors: no weapons with a qualitative military edge over Israel will ever be sold to the Arabs, nor will they receive any weapons that are not an integral part of the…
Bangladeshi police on Monday formally filed murder charges against 41 people for the Rana Plaza factory collapse over two years ago that killed 1,138 workers—most of them women—in what is is believed to be the worst single tragedy in the history of the world’s garment industry. Among those charged are building owner Sohel Rana, his…
Kevin Magnussen will line up fifth on Sunday’s German Grand Prix starting grid, the Dane delivering to Haas its best qualifying performance since it joined the F1 grid in 2016. Magnussen was consistently in the midfield mix through the first two segments of the Saturday afternoon session, ultimately edging team mate Romain Grosjean by 0.344s…
Greenpeace India, which has been fighting for its life in the face of a government suppression, said on Wednesday that its office in the eastern city of Chennai had been inspected—with little notice—by government authorities. The Times of India reports that the investigators “refused to submit their request in writing, but verbally confirmed that they…
Rubens Barrichello has revealed the reasons he underwent emergency surgery earlier this year, insisting he was lucky to still be alive. The 45-year-old former F1 driver, a veteran of 323 Grands Prix, said he was rushed to a Florida hospital back in January after collapsing in his shower. A diagnosis revealed a brain tumor and…
(STOCKHOLM) — Sweden on Tuesday dropped its investigation into an alleged rape by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain, because too much time has elapsed since the accusation was made over nine years ago. Assange, who is battling an extradition attempt by the U.S. so he can face spying charges…
Russia‘s new Vostochny space center, a pet project of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has lost at least 11 billion rubles ($172 million) through theft and top officials have been jailed, the Kremlin has confirmed. Earlier this week, Russia’s investigative committee (SK) said 58 people have been sentenced to jail for crimes of embezzlement, swindling and…
Pirelli has included its hypersoft tyre among the three compounds it has selected for the Canadian Grand Prix in June. It’s uncertain however if the new tyre will get its baptism of fire in Montreal as Pirelli has yet to reveal its selection for Monaco which could include the pink-rimmed compound. Pirelli will also include…
Formula 1 sporting manager Ross Brawn is open to the idea of shaking up the format of Grand Prix weekends and introducing a special qualifying race on Saturday afternoons. The concept was revealed last week by Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport as part of Liberty Media’s potential initiatives to revamp F1’s weekend format. Formula 1’s…
Force India put its first point of the season on the board in Bahrain, thanks to the relentless efforts of Esteban Ocon, but it was hard work for the team and its driver. In a race which never offered a moment of respite, Ocon was hoping for a better result after lining up P8 on…