LONDON : Formula One teams will discuss on Thursday a proposal to extend the points scoring positions from 10th down to 12th place next season.An FIA spokesman confirmed the matter was on the agenda along with other sporting regulations for the virtual F1 commission meeting that includes the governing FIA…
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PARIS: A French court this week handed an Iran-born man a suspended 10-month sentence for entering the Iranian consulate in Paris with fake grenades in what he said was “revenge” for a crackdown at home that targeted his family. The 61-year-old, a long-time resident of France who regularly attends Iranian opposition demonstrations, told the court he acted on Friday (Apr 19) after learning the previous day that his sister had been arrested. He said he…
BEIJING : Xiaomi secured lock-in orders of more than 70,000 SU7 cars as of Saturday,…
MELBOURNE : Jordan Petaia’s Super Rugby Pacific season is likely over after the Australia winger…
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SINGAPORE — Wearing his wife’s black dress to avoid being identified, a man held a kitchen knife near a 74-year-old cashier’s face in an attempt to rob a convenience store. Mahmoud Abdeltawwab Riad Abdelhak, 39, was sentenced on Tuesday (April 23) to two years and six months’ jail and six…
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Cutting banks off from access to the dollar – the denomination of most of global trade – is often reserved as a last resort, as such sanctions often force banks into failure, affecting their customer and client base. Such an action also represents a particular risk for China as the…
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BANGKOK: Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Tuesday said he had asked the country’s four largest lenders to lower interest rates to help small businesses and the economy. “Vulnerable groups like SMEs have a problem with a high interest rates … I asked the four to consider interest rates,” Sretta…
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DO LIKE THE KIDS DO Jill Dreves, the founder of Wild Bear Nature Center in Nederland, Colorado, has a simple recipe for getting dirty: Make a mud pie. She suggested throwing something similar to a sip and paint event: Ask everyone to bring an old cake pan and get creative…
