Rack up some more wins for divestment: the University of Hawaii System, the University of Edinburgh, and the Norwegian wealth fund have all within the last week answered the growing global call for institutions to cut ties with the fossil fuel industry. Norway’s parliamentary parties announced on Thursday that the government would divest its $900…
Month: November 2019
Does Tommy Hilfiger deal mean Hamilton has re-upped at Mercedes?
Mercedes announced yesterday that it had signed a multi-year partnership with designer apparel company Tommy Hilfiger. Now it’s emerged that the team’s star driver, four-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, was a prime mover in pulling the deal together. “Lewis made contact [with Tommy Hilfiger] last summer,” Mercedes boss Toto Wolff confirmed on Tuesday. “It’s a…
As Pressure Mounts, Europeans Rally in Streets for Greek Dignity
As an emergency summit concluded in Brussels on Monday with no clear resolution for the spiraling Greek debt crisis, a call throughout the streets of Europe for lenders to ease their punishing “reforms” in Greece is reverberating. On Sunday, more than 5,000 protested in Brussels, Belgium—the site of the ongoing negotiations between the Greek government…
Team agreement on F1 future is ‘impossible’, says Horner
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says that Formula 1’s new owners should abandon hope of achieving a consensus among the teams about the sport’s future direction. Formula 1 needs to sort out its technical future from 2021 onwards. There are also negotiations for the renewal of the Concorde Agreement which lays out how the…
Ahead of Proposed Ceasefire, Saudi Arabia Pummels Yemen with Heavy Bombing
Just hours before a five-day humanitarian ceasefire is set to take place, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday pummeled Yemen with airstrikes, hitting the capital Sanaa and the southern port of Aden, according to witnesses. Backed by Washington, the bombings are in-step with escalating attacks in the lead-up to the planned temporary truce. On Monday, the coalition…
Field set for 2020 NFCA NAIA Leadoff Classic
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Seventeen teams are poised to compete in the 2020 NFCA NAIA Leadoff Classic on Feb. 28-March 1 at the South Commons Complex in Columbus, Ga., host site of the 2020 NAIA Softball World Series. Highlighting the field are 2019 NAIA Softball World Series participants Georgia Gwinnett College and University of Mobile as well…
‘Wrong’ for FIA’s Mekies to end up at a competitor – Horner
Click:Anti-aging Beauty Device Brand Red Bull’s Christian Horner qualified former FIA official Laurent Mekies’ move to Ferrari as “wrong” and in breach of a tacit agreement between F1’s teams. Last year’s poaching by Renault of the governing body’s F1 technical director Marcin Budkowski fueled an outcry from rival teams, the FIA official having had access…
Lauda ‘understands’ Ecclestone’s criticism of F1’s direction
Niki Lauda has said that he can understand the stream of criticism from former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone about the current trajectory of the sport. “Sure he is not pleased with how Formula 1 is developing,” Lauda told Austrian broadcaster ORF this week. “But in my view completely understandably. “While we’re debating budget caps,…
McLaren upgrade delays rooted in pre-season troubles
McLaren has revealed that part of an upgrade package scheduled for Melbourne was delayed because of the reliability issues encountered by the team in pre-season testing. The Woking-based outfit was banking on several updates and new components to boost its performance in Australia. McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has indicated however that the missing specs…
Vettel ‘just kept getting better’ on super Saturday in Shanghai
Click:Three Wheel Electric Bikes After a relatively subdued time in Friday free practice for Sebastian Vettel, the Ferrari driver came alive on Saturday morning. And he was able to carry that surge in form through to a scintillating qualifying session for the Chinese Grand Prix. “I was happy with the whole lap, not just the…