BANGKOK (AP) — China on Monday urged the U.S. military to “stop flexing muscles” in the disputed South China Sea, a point of persistent friction in a relationship both sides said was generally improving. A spokesman for the Chinese ministry of defense, Col. Wu Qian, told reporters in Bangkok that the South China Sea was…
On Nov. 17, 1989, student protesters filled the streets of Prague. It was eight days after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the same tide of freedom that had swept Berlin seemed to have come to the Czech capital. Police tried to beat back the demonstrators, hoping to tamp down the demand for freedom,…
When Aurora Lo Porto noticed an alarming escalation of racist attitudes on social media in Italy during the past two years, she felt the impulse to act. The medical student had noticed that in her once-welcoming hometown of Catania, Sicily, neighbors and acquaintances had started speaking about immigrants only through harmful stereotypes and unverified data….
Launched in 2008 with the support of the FIA Foundation and local authorities, the Itinerant Education for Road Safety programme aims at raising awareness about the risks on the road among children and students, but also adults, teachers, municipal traffic inspectors and police officers, and provides authorities with concrete tools to address road safety at…
M-Sport Ford’s Elfyn Evans has retaken the lead of the Tour de Corse, restoring a top position he briefly held in this morning’s battle with Toyota’s Ott Tänak, who finished second. Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville is close behind in third place. Friday’s afternoon pass was an identical re-run of this morning’s trio of stages, with dry…
Day two of the rally was held over eight special stages and after the rain and high winds of the opening day, the weather was certainly smiling on the competitors. Some of the crews who were listed as retired on Leg 1 were back out on day two, with time penalties added for the stages…
The track was never quite dry or wet, and it was difficult to anticipate the chassis settings, the type of tyres to be used and the most appropriate pressure at the start time. Sometimes slick tyres were the best performers at the start of the session, but also those with the highest risk of accidents….
Jari-Matti Latvala leads Rally Italia Sardegna after the first loop of stages on Friday morning, heading a Toyota one-two with a 2.8 second advantage over Ott Tänak. After Thursday evening’s rally-opening Super Special Ittiri on a former motorcross track, the crews took on a loop of four stages to the North-Eeast of Alghero, in temperatures…
Brazilian driver earns Sprint Race victory ahead of Ghiotto and De Vries Sérgio Sette Câmara claimed a controlled first win of the 2019 FIA Formula 2 Championship, pouncing from third on the grid and maintaining the position, despite a late safety car bunching up the drivers and creating a tense final few laps. The…
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc went quickest in final practice for the German Grand Prix, finishing 0.168s ahead of Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen and more than two tenths ahead of Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel. Ferrari were quickly to the fore in the early part of the session with Leclerc setting a time of 1:13.117 on soft…