Author: The Guardian

Christian Horner has maintained his innocence throughout Red Bull’s investigation into alleged wrongdoing, and on Wednesday he was finally exonerated. He will no doubt feel vindicated, while Red Bull Ltd, the team’s parent company which launched the investigation, will clearly hope this will simply draw a line under the circumstances. They don’t deserve such mercy.A complaint against Horner by a female employee was dismissed after a nearly eight-week investigation. Speculation has ensued, but nothing about the investigation has been made public, including the nature of the complaints, Horner’s defense, conclusions or how they were reached.Red Bull Limited, which issued the…

Millennials may have been portrayed as frivolous spenders squandering their income on overpriced coffees and online barre classes in the face of pitiful long-term finances – but they are on course to become the “richest generation in history”, a study has shown.Those born between 1981 and 2000 are in line for a “seismic” windfall over the next 20 years, according to research by real estate agent Knight Frank, thanks to the property assets accumulated by the generations before them.While the distribution of wealth may be shifting between world regions, an even bigger shift is happening between generations. The switch will…

Max Verstappen refused to express unequivocal support for Christian Horner on Wednesday, just hours after his Red Bull team principal launched an independent investigation into allegations that a female staff member engaged in inappropriate controlling behavior towards him. He was cleared of any wrongdoing.The investigation began on February 1 after a female Red Bull Racing employee made allegations to the team’s parent company, Red Bull GmbH. No details of the charges have been released, but it is understood they reference what Horner described as “controlling” behavior.An unnamed British barrister conducted the investigation, which included an extensive interview with Horner lasting…

Christian Horner has been exonerated of any wrongdoing by an independent investigation into allegations of inappropriate controlling behaviour made against him by a female member of staff.Horner has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and insisted he would robustly defend himself and on Wednesday Red Bull Racing’s parent company Red Bull GmbH issued a statement having assessed the findings of the investigation that entirely cleared the 50-year-old.“The independent investigation into the allegations made against Mr Horner is complete, and Red Bull can confirm that the grievance has been dismissed,” it read. “The complainant has a right of appeal. Red Bull is confident…

IIt’s easy to be seduced by the idea that Test cricket is delivered by England fans, whether they’re stocking up on Birmingham New Street or wearing colorful shirts and playing trumpet with the Barmy Army in Rajkot.But Test cricket is more than capable of slipping off its sandals and falling into a deck chair away from the pressure of Jerusalem. The first Test between the New Zealand and Australian men’s teams starts on Thursday at the beautiful Wellington Basin Reserve and is sold out, with the venue for the second Test also expected to be tight at Hagley Oval in…

When Sara Kragness’ partner Kadence Porter started dating a new person, they weren’t breaking any rules. The couple, who live in Northampton, Massachusetts, had agreed to try polyamory – they were both free to pursue sexual, intimate relationships with other people. But when Kragness struggled to make an extracurricular connection of her own, she began to feel jealous of Porter’s budding relationship.“I’d get snappy or grumpy right before they went on a date,” Kragness said. “I would pick a fight, get isolated or cold. None of that is healthy or positive.”Things worsened. The couple spent less time together, avoided talking…

It’s only 17 seconds long, and sounds a bit like 80s-era Genesis playing at the bottom of a swimming pool. But this snippet of bouncy yet sonically degraded pop has become one of the biggest and most enduring musical mysteries on the internet.The clip was uploaded in 2021 by someone called Carl92, who wanted to know if anyone could identify it. “I don’t remember its origin,” he wrote on a site called WatZatSong, saying he found it “between a bunch of very old files in a DVD backup … it sounds somewhat familiar to me.” But even after the 17-second…

Kirishima spent nearly half a century evading arrest until his death.Shocking deathbed confession: The 70-year-old who lived a double life as a construction worker was admitted to a hospital near Tokyo last month, where he told staff he was actually one of Japan’s most wanted fugitives one.In the latest photo, provided to Japanese media by an acquaintance, we can see similarities to the black-and-white photos that have decorated Japanese police boxes for decades, showing a smiling, bespectacled man with a haircut A college student with shoulder-length hair.While he shared details about his family and organization that only he knew, it…

It says something that I only remember him as “Mr Tienh”. The small man who taught me such a big lesson may at some point have told me his first name, but it was not one I ever used. Mr Tienh must have been in his 50s, while I was only a few years out of school. So, out of respect, “Mr” he was introduced as, and “Mr” he remained.Back in his home country of Vietnam, the younger generation would automatically have accorded him the same courtesy, particularly given his position as a schoolteacher. But Mr Tienh no longer had…

Dutch authorities have ordered a leading European cargo bike maker to suspend sales and recall thousands of products over safety concerns over broken frames.The Dutch food and consumer product safety regulator (NVWA) called for a temporary halt to trading in Babboe, whose family cargo bikes are seen on school tracks from Berlin to Bristol every day, “because its safety cannot be adequately guaranteed”.The NVWA asked the Dutch company, which describes its product as “the world’s number one cargo bike,” to recall two models and issue public safety warnings for several others. It is understood that the large-scale recall in the…