Triple F1 world champion Niki Lauda was the recipient last night in Berlin of the Lifetime Achievement award at the Laureus World Sports Awards. The distinguished 67-year-old former driver and current non-executive Chairman of the Mercedes F1 team was honored for his contribution to Grand Prix racing, having won the title in 1975, 1977 and…
There could be some good news on the way for thousands of ordinary depositors in the scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC) who had been running from pillar-to-post to get their money back. This after the promoters of the now-bankrupt Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) has sought to sell off their assets, including…
Max Verstappen has been criticized by Sky Sports team of commentators for his need to rely on team orders to get past team mate Carlos Sainz. Verstappen was hugely impressive in qualifying, securing a fifth place spot on the Australian GP’s grid, but a botched pit stop in the race left him behind Sainz and…
SportPesa Racing Point team boss Otmar Szafnauer says the pink squad is determined to stake its claim for fifth in the Constructors’ standings as long as the math allows it to do so. With the exception of a pointless run in Singapore, the Silverstone-based outfit has enjoyed a consistent presence among the top ten on…
Australia’s ferocious bush fire season reignited on Thursday with a huge number of fires, many of them out of control, causing smoke to blanket a number of major cities. By early afternoon, dozens of fires were burning across the southeastern state of Victoria and temperatures of 40.9C (105.6 F) in Melbourne, its capital, matched the hottest day…
North Korea fired two "unidentified projectiles" on Thursday, Seoul said, as nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington remain deadlocked. The projectiles were fired eastwards from South Hamgyong province and came down in the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. They added that the launch, the latest in a…
Russian cows have been given virtual reality headsets in a bid to boost milk yields by making the animals think they live in a permanently sunny pasture. The Moscow agriculture ministry, which announced the pilot project at a large dairy farm outside the capital, cited research that happy cows produce more milk, saying “the quantity,…
Donald Trump paid a surprise visit to US troops stationed in Afghanistan where he announced that the US and the Taliban have been engaged in ongoing peace talks and are close to making a deal. In his first visit to the country, Mr Trump arrived at Bagram Air Field shortly after 8.30 pm local time…
A special women’s patrol unit with Delhi police has been given pink scooters and crash helmets to identify them, leading to accusations commanders are enforcing “girly” stereotypes. The 16-strong unit was formed to make the police more "approachable" to women and the distinctive pink-check livery was adopted to make the patrol members easy to spot. But…
A former Navy secretary who was fired by Donald Trump has attacked the President’s intervention in a war crimes case involving a Navy SEAL as "shocking and unprecedented". Richard Spencer, who was sacked this week for his handling of the case, wrote in the Washington Post that the US President “has very little understanding” of how…