Month: November 2019

Over the past few months, teams have been hard at work finalizing their 2019 designs that will integrate a few significant technical rule changes. In a bid to facilitate overtaking and – ultimately – promote closer racing, Formula 1 will introduce a new aero package that will include a less sophisticated front-wing design, simplified front brake ducts with no winglets and a wider, deeper rear wing. Not everyone is on-board with the changes, with Red…

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A café. A stadium. A concert hall. One of the most horrifying things about the murderous attacks in Paris was the terrorists’ choice of targets. They chose gathering places where people’s minds wander furthest from unhappy thoughts like war. And they struck on a Friday night, when many westerners take psychic refuge from the troubles of the working week. The message was simple: Wherever you are, this war will find you. The same could be…

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Kimi Raikkonen says that he still he has no idea how Alfa Romeo will fare in next weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, or how it lines up compared to its rivals on the grid. “It’s a big mystery,” he admitted. “We’re going to give our best and see what we get in the first race, and just work from there. “I don’t know if we are fifth or we are tenth,” he shrugged. “I think it’s…

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There were 64 fires burning as of early Monday, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service said in a tweet, with 40 yet to be contained. At least three people were confirmed dead in the blazes Saturday, said NSW Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, and another seven were missing. ### At that time, preliminary reports suggested more than 100 homes had been lost, Fitzsimmons said. ### Three firefighters on the north coast were injured…

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Georgia proved the College Football Playoff committee right Saturday, at least for three quarters.   The Bulldogs, who are fourth in the committee’s rankings, grinded out a 21-14 victory over No. 12 Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium, a third quality win on their resume heading into the final two weeks of the regular season. Georgia (9-1, 6-1 SEC) also clinched a spot in the SEC championship game for the third season in a row as East Division…

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What channel is the NASCAR race on today? What time does the NASCAR race start? These are the questions that have plagued race fans every Sunday, when each Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races were scheduled to be shown on either NBC or NBCSN for the second half of the 2019 season with differing start times. As for Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, the Cup Series’ only visit to the track all year and the season finale that will decide the…

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The NFL wasted little time in beginning to punish the Browns and Steelers for the wild Thursday night brawl that included Cleveland defensive end Myles Garrett tearing off the helmet of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and hitting him in the head with it. Late Friday morning, a little over 12 hours after the fight, the league announced a series of fines and suspensions for players involved, but there is more fallout coming, per the statement. Below…

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In the lead-up to the United Nations talks in Paris next month, parents and grandparents from around the world announced Tuesday that they are launching a global coalition to demand climate solutions for the people they love most: their children. “When I became a parent for first time, catastrophic climate change became a lot more real to me,” Frida Berry Eklund with the Swedish organization Parents Roar told reporters on a call Tuesday. “To build…

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In October, the teen-drama movie “Better Days” (少年的你) and the TV show “Legend of Fei” (有翡) were dominating social media conversations in China. On-screen Celebrities like Zhao Liying, Wang Yibo, and Zhou Dongyu received lots of online buzzes, but the month’s biggest winner was Jackson Yee, an 18-year-old supporting actor from “Better Days.” Thanks to that performance, Yee jumped to No.3 in global marketing consultancy R3’s October celebrity index (up from No.11 in last month’s…

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This post originally appeared on Quartzy, our content partner. This year’s Singles’ Day shopping festival, an enormously successful Chinese e-commerce marketing effort that has grown so huge it’s practically an economic indicator, is offering one reassuring signal amid the US-China trade war. The 24-hour shopping extravaganza was created in 2009 by e-commerce giant Alibaba to promote its platform for brands, now known as Tmall, and boost domestic buying in the midst of a global recession.…

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