-How many of us members of the hoi polloi bemoan the fact that when someone buys a supercar it never sees a track? That millions of dollars of R&D and lightweight racing material are simply wasted on Sundays-only garage queens? – Canadian automotive retailer Pfaff Automotive recently released a video of a private track day held at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Ontario, where a McLaren P1, a Porsche 918 Spyder, and a Porsche
The chief executive officer of biotechnology company Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc said on Friday the company has temporarily stopped screening new patients for the trial of its experimental brain cancer drug. CEO Linda Powers said in a telephone interview the company will issue a statement later Friday explaining why it took the step, just a few months before it had planned to complete recruitment of patients for the 7-year-old study of
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini thinks the arrival of new defender Nicolas Otamendi fills an important hole in the squad.
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Carrie Underwood fans, great news! The 32-year-old country singer on Thursday released a new single, “Smoke Break,” which will be featured on her new, fifth studio album,…
Heidi Klum’s not leaving much to the imagination with this ensemble. Leaving her New York City apartment on Wednesday, the 42-year-old turned a sheer skirt set into a…
By Ju-min Park and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea appeared headed toward another clash, as Seoul refused an ultimatum that it halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts by Saturday afternoon or face military action, and North Korea said its troops were on a war footing. South Korean Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung-joo said on Friday it was likely the North would fire at some of the 11 sites
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – Air crash investigators risk being sidelined in a tussle to unlock the secrets of lost flight MH370, fuelling concerns that their role in making flying safer could be diminished. By drifting on to Reunion Island, the barnacled remains of a Boeing wing part from the Malaysia Airlines jet have given the upper hand to a French judicial investigation, exposing for the second time this
China has reclaimed more land in the disputed Spratly islands of the South China Sea than previously known, according to a new Pentagon report, which says Beijing is also completing construction of a runway on one of its seven man-made outposts. Once the airstrip on Fiery Cross Reef is operational, China could potentially use it as an alternative runway for carrier-based planes, allowing the Chinese military to conduct “sustained operations”
By George Georgiopoulos and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – Rebels opposed to Greece’s international bailout walked out of the leftist Syriza party on Friday, formalising a split after its leader Alexis Tsipras resigned as prime minister and paved the way for early elections. Greece’s president gave the conservative opposition a chance to form a new government following Tsipras’s resignation on Thursday, but the country appears almost certain to be heading
