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New Nepal PM vows to follow protesters' demands to 'end corruption'
AFP, Published on 14/09/2025
» KATHMANDU - Nepal's new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters' demands to "end corruption" as she began work as interim prime minister, after "Gen Z" youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor.
At least 16 killed in Nepal protest over social media ban
AFP, Published on 08/09/2025
» KATHMANDU - At least 16 protesters were killed Monday when Nepal police dispersed young demonstrators in Kathmandu demanding the government lift its social media ban and tackle corruption.
Hamilton calls for action after Piquet's racist slur
AFP, Published on 28/06/2022
» LONDON - Lewis Hamilton said the "time has come for action" after being the subject of a racially offensive term used by three-time Formula One world champion Nelson Piquet.
Hamilton hopes Mercedes avoid altitude sickness in Mexico
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» MEXICO CITY - Lewis Hamilton will be hoping his Mercedes team have overcome their occasional altitude sickness this weekend as he bids to beat Red Bull's Max Verstappen at the Mexican Grand Prix.
'One lap too many': Motorsport 'icon and legend' Stirling Moss dies, aged 90
AFP, Published on 13/04/2020
» LONDON - Stirling Moss, widely-regarded as the greatest motor racing driver never to win the world title, has died aged 90 following a long illness.
Dakar Rally in mourning as Portuguese rider Goncalves dies in crash
AFP, Published on 12/01/2020
» WADI AD-DAWASIR (SAUDI ARABIA) - Portuguese motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves has died after a crash in the Dakar Rally on Sunday, the 40-year-old becoming the gruelling motorsport marathon's 25th fatality.
Dakar Rally searches for green amid sand
AFP, Published on 11/01/2020
» RIYADH - The images of cars, motorbikes and trucks careering through the sands of the Saudi desert are wonderfully dramatic but the shadow of climate change is lengthening across the Dakar Rally.
Driven Chadwick eyes Formula One but on her own terms
AFP, Published on 14/11/2019
» LONDON - Jamie Chadwick's ambition is to race in Formula One but with conditions attached -- she wants to secure the drive on merit and not because someone pays for her to do so, she told AFP.
Torfaera, Iceland's off-road mania
AFP, Published on 12/11/2019
» AKRANES (ICELAND) - After more than half a century, revving engines in the tough off-road sport known locally as "torfaera" still draw crowds who love the noise and daring drivers.
'It was karma': Mercedes boss rages after German GP flop
AFP, Published on 29/07/2019
» HOCKENHEIM (GERMANY) - Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff was critical of his team's preparations and reactions on Sunday after both drivers Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas crashed out of contention in a chaotic rain-hit German Grand Prix.