Three people died and five were injured in Indonesia after protesters set fire to a regional parliament building, authorities said on Saturday, as demonstrations pose the first major test for President Prabowo Subianto’s government. The Southeast Asian nation’s disaster management agency, in a statement, did not give the causes of the deaths in the Friday…
Chennai: Madras HC recently reduced a one-year sentence to four days for a Kerala man convicted in a 2013 car crash that killed three pedestrians and grievously injured two bikers – ruling he was rushing a stranger who had attempted suicide to a hospital.Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy said driver S Sagul Hameed was not acting…
Gold prices are poised to extend gains in the coming week as macroeconomic uncertainty, trade tensions and central bank buying continue to fuel investor demand, analysts said.Traders will track a string of key economic data releases, including GDP figures from the UK and EU, and US Core PPI and Core CPI data. Speeches from US…
McLaren’s Lando Norris clinched a dream victory at the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday, May 25, converting pole position into his second win of the season and slicing Oscar Piastri’s Formula One championship lead down to just three points. The streets of Monte Carlo offered little in terms of overtaking, but that didn’t stop Norris…
Before the sun could rise over Los Angeles International Airport on a recent Tuesday, hundreds of Uber and Lyft drivers had formed a queue nearby, stretching around the block. It was 5 a.m., and the waiting game was about to begin. In a few minutes, the line of cars would file into a fenced-off parking…
NEW DELHI: Taking note of non-implementation of eight hours a day and 48 hours a week “working hours” rule for drivers of trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles as per the Motor Transport Workers (MTW) Act, the Supreme Court has directed road transport ministry to come up with an “effective method”, including the possibility of…
As drivers travel across US highways, they’re usually welcomed with big “Welcome to…” signs. But in some states, not everyone is truly welcome especially undocumented immigrants with out-of-state driver’s licenses. Florida, Wyoming, and now Tennessee have enacted or proposed legislation prohibiting individuals with specific types of licenses — typically issued to undocumented immigrants in other…
SUZUKA, Japan — “That. Is. Insane. That is insane!” Max Verstappen’s engineer, Gianpiero Lambiase, rarely sounds as impressed as he did on the radio when his driver’s pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix was confirmed. He had been through this routine 40 times before, congratulating Verstappen after a job well done. But this pole,…
LONDON — “Didn’t I already do this?” Liam Lawson has plenty to get used to as a fully-fledged Red Bull Racing Formula One driver, not least the additional media commitments. As he took his seat in the ominously named ‘War Room’ for his second media roundtable in 20 minutes ahead of F1 75 Live at…
Andrea Kimi Antonelli was more nervous than he had been for some time. A racing driver’s career can often hinge on sliding doors moments such as these. The 18-year-old wasn’t trying to secure a Formula One drive. He completed that mission months ago when he signed with Mercedes to replace Lewis Hamilton. He was about…