‘Not safe’ as Brazilian GP qualifying postponed due to heavy rain on November 4, 2024A prolonged heavy rainstorm led to the postponement of qualifying at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Saturday as deteriorating conditions and poor light ended the day’s action at Interlagos. The session was expected to be delayed until Sunday morning, in the hope that the weather improved, but forecasts have suggested that may not be a […]
Bagnaia wins Malaysia MotoGP to keep title race alive on November 4, 2024Francesco Bagnaia won a thrilling Malaysia MotoGP on Sunday after a battle with championship leader Jorge Martin to take the pair’s title battle to the final weekend of the season. Spaniard Martin’s lead was cut to 24 points after he finished second behind the Italian defending champion Bagnaia, with 37 up for grabs in the […]
Livingstone wins batttle of century-making skippers in England victory on November 4, 2024Captain Liam Livingstone cracked a maiden one-day international hundred to lead England to a five-wicket victory against the West Indies on Saturday. Livingstone’s blistering innings outshone a century earlier in the day scored by opposition skipper Shai Hope. Chasing 329 to win, the England captain made his hundred off 77 balls with four fours and […]
Air monitor records pollution level in Lahore 80 times above WHO limit on November 3, 2024Air pollution in Pakistan’s second biggest city Lahore soared on Saturday more than 80 times over the level deemed acceptable by the World Health Organization (WHO), with an official calling it record high. The level of deadly PM2.5 pollutants-fine particulate matter in the air that causes the most damage to health-peaked at 1,067 before dropping […]
Iran leader vows response to Israel, US after attacks on November 3, 2024Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday vowed retaliation for attacks by Israel and its US ally, as a pro-Iran coalition in Iraq claimed a drone strike on the Israeli resort of Eilat. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq is among pro-Iran groups drawn into more than a year of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and […]
‘Where to go?’: In east Lebanon, Israeli strikes displace thousands on November 3, 2024In the Christian town of Deir al-Ahmar, Hassan Noun has pitched his tent in a church courtyard after fleeing Israeli air strikes in the eastern Lebanese region of Baalbek. “We need shelter — soon there will be snow and rain. Where will these children find refuge?” said the grey-bearded father of five. Uprooted from Baalbek, […]
Serbia mourns victims after roof collapse kills 14 on November 3, 2024Thousands of citizens gathered for a night vigil Saturday in northern Serbia to mourn the 14 people killed when the roof of a train station collapsed. The incident happened early on Friday at the main train station in the northern city of Novi Sad. At the makeshift memorial on the boulevard near the station residents […]
Trump, Harris clash over rhetoric as they battle for swing state votes on November 3, 2024Donald Trump came under fire for violent remarks targeting a high-profile Republican supporter of Kamala Harris Friday as the candidates held rallies in critical Rust Belt battleground states four days before the climax of a volatile US presidential campaign. More than 68 million Americans have already cast their ballots ahead of Election Day on Tuesday. […]
‘Nobody cares about us’: US election doubts in West Bank on November 3, 2024As Palestinian-American entrepreneur Jamal Zaglul stood by his olive press at the end of harvest season in the occupied West Bank, his mind was far away on next week’s US election. Like other US passport holders living in Turmus Aya — where they form the majority — he was sceptical the ballot would bring change […]
Washington begins boarding up as US election looms on November 3, 2024Businesses were boarding up in Washington as the US capital braced for Tuesday’s knife-edge presidential election — and any potential repeat of the shocking violence that erupted in the wake of 2020’s vote. City authorities have warned of a “fluid, unpredictable security environment” in the days and possibly weeks after the polls close, adding that […]