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Mohammed bin Sulayem will hold key talks with embattled Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner at the Bahrain International Circuit on Friday afternoon. The president of Formula 1’s governing body the FIA ​​will hold talks with the 50-year-old on Thursday to consider how to deal with it as controversy over allegations of misconduct engulfed the 50-year-old again.An independent investigation into allegations made by a female Red Bull Racing employee cleared Horner on Wednesday, with the complaint having been dismissed.On Thursday, however, a leaked email containing messages purportedly between Horner and the female staff member was sent to the media,…

Some people are just charmers. They can sweet-talk an otherwise immovable doorman, cajole a small child into picking up their toys without protest, and smile their way to a freebie. But being a blagger isn’t the preserve of a select few loudmouths and self-aggrandising entrepreneurs; highly persuasive people walk among us. I know, I married one. Lost the receipt? No matter; my nice, softly spoken husband somehow gets the item returned. A complimentary upgrade to business class? It has been known. He’s particularly astute at getting let off the hook – having a missed appointment fee waived, say. There was even the incident where he smashed a bus window…

SecondIn the 1990s, the New York Yankees had a top executive-Assistant arrive If memory serves me, the traveling secretary is a firm believer in the power of breathable uniforms. But even George Costanza is unlikely to adapt to baseball’s latest sartorial change.Ahead of the upcoming season, Major League Baseball announced plans to update the game uniforms for all 30 clubs. The league has made other attempts in recent years to breathe new life into America’s boring old pastime. What’s more, it’s almost too fitting that the poster boy for the issue is the game’s biggest draw.When spring training began last…

When I grew up in Italy, secondhand shopping was far from cool. We immigrated to New York in 1984, when I was seven. As a family, we didn’t have much money and would make the most of the secondhand stores. A lot of people think these shops are dirty, smelly and full of junk people don’t want – but to me they are treasure troves.In 2014 I got married, and my partner and I were trying to furnish our first rented apartment. I had worked three jobs to put myself through college, and money had always been a strain. I found…

Michael Adams has now won seven major tournaments in a row without losing a single.The eight-time British champion trailed the leaders at last week’s Cambridge International Open until the ninth and final round, but surged when it mattered most to win the £1,500 prize for the second year running.The 52-year-old Cornish native has completed a series of events at Cambridge 2023, the England and British Championships, the World 50+ team and individual events and the London Classic before his latest win. He has proven himself to be an expert at taking photos, winning two narrow tie-breaks, and his current unbeaten…

The prosecution: Lars Lily takes clippings from plants that aren’t hers. It’s setting a terrible example for our future child Lily and I love going to gardens and parks, but she takes cuttings off any plant she fancies. When we’re out on a walk, I feel awkward when she leans over to take a clipping. If I saw someone else doing it, I would be quite shocked. I don’t want to be the kind of person who cuts things off plants in the park. I respect rules and I like to follow them. The only way to live all together in society…

Australia took control of the first Test on Friday as they bowled out New Zealand for 179 after Cameron Green’s superb late-wicket partnership A score of 174 not out forced the visitors to 383 not out.The Black Caps lost wickets en masse against the Australian attack and Glenn Phillips’ aggressive 71-for-71 only saved the home side from further embarrassment in front of a sell-out crowd.Australia opted not to execute the follow-on but wickets continued to fall, with captain Tim Southee dismissing Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne cheaply, Because the shadows on the ground lengthened.Nightwatchman Nathan Lyon was dismissed by Southee…

George Galloway calls Rochdale win a ‘shifting of the tectonic plates’The veteran political agitator George Galloway has won the Rochdale byelection after urging voters to lodge “the ultimate protest” over the conflict in Gaza.After his victory was declared at about 01:45am, Galloway spoke to the assembled crowd at the count. He said: Keir Starmer – this is for Gaza. And you will pay a high price, in enabling, encouraging and covering for, the catastrophe presently going on in occupied Palestine in the Gaza Strip. George Galloway speaks after winning the Rochdale byelection. Photograph: Phil Noble/ReutersGalloway was then interrupted by a…

Miriam Adib first learned of the photos when she returned home from a business trip. “Mom,” her daughter said. “Let me show you something.”The 14-year-old girl opened her phone and displayed explicit photos of herself. “When you see it, you’re shocked,” said Adib, a gynecologist and mother of four daughters in the southern Spanish town of Almendralejo. “The image is completely real… If I didn’t know my daughter’s body, I would have thought that image was real.”The deepfake is one of dozens of nude photos of schoolgirls in Almendralejo that were generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and posted on a…

The veteran political agitator George Galloway declared “a shifting of the tectonic plates” away from Labour after claiming a stunning victory in the Rochdale byelection.Galloway, one of the most divisive politicians in Britain, won almost 40% of the vote in a contest beset by chaos and controversy and dominated by the conflict in Gaza.He took aim at Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak in a victory speech that was interrupted by hecklers after a dramatic count at Rochdale leisure centre.“Keir Starmer, this is for Gaza,” he said. “You will pay a high price for the role that you have played in…