Month: July 2020

Alfa Romeo reserve driver Robert Kubica will have an opportunity to saddle the Swiss outfit’s C39 machine this week, the Pole replacing Antonio Giovionazzi in Friday’s Styrian GP FP1 session at the Red Bull Ring. Kubica, whose valued technical feedback will hopefully help Alfa Romeo improve the low-key performance of its 2020 car as displayed…

A Bel Air mansion where more than 1,000 guns were discovered by police belonged to the former mistress of an heir to the Getty oil fortune. The arsenal was found in a $7 million home owned by Cynthia Beck who had a long affair, and three children, with Gordon Getty. Gordon Getty, 85, son of the late oil tycoon…

Hamas has thanked Jeremy Corbyn for his message of solidarity to a pro-Palestinian rally in London, a move that threatens to reignite questions over the Labour leader’s links with the militant group.   “We have received with great respect and appreciation the solidarity message sent by the British Labor Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to the…

After more than two centuries, and three devastating fires, the brothers of Grimbergen Abbey in Belgium will soon once again be brewing their famous medieval beer. Four years of research into ancient recipes are set to bear fruit as the Norbetine order of monks resume the traditional practice at the site close to Brussels after…

A number of French police officers will face criminal charges for injuring yellow vest protesters following investigations into 174 incidents, Rémy Heitz, the public prosecutor, said on Thursday. “Police officers will be sent before the criminal court between now and the end of the year,” Mr Heitz told Le Parisien newspaper. He did not specify…

A Japanese journalist who has been kidnapped twice while working in conflict zones around the world has claimed the government has “effectively banned” him from travelling overseas. Jumpei Yasuda, 45, who returned to Japan last year after more than three years held as a hostage by a Syrian terror group, has been trying to obtain…

Donald Trump called Iran "a nation of terror" on Friday but gave no indication the US plans to retaliate for the alleged Iranian attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. The US military released a grainy video that it said proved Iran was behind Thursday’s attack and allegedly showed Iranian forces trying to…

Donald Trump has been accused of raping a woman in a department store changing room 23 years ago – the 16th woman to accuse him of sexual assault. E. Jean Carroll, an agony aunt, television show host and magazine columnist, made the accusation in an essay in NY Magazine, published on Friday. Mr Trump on…

NEWARK, NJ — It’s been more than 24 years since Jose Lopez has seen his family. But with the help of NJ Transit police, the formerly homeless Garden State resident has been reunited with his loved ones and is on his way to a brighter future. According to NJ Transit, Lopez, 61, a former Long…

Tonight on WWE 205 Live, Tony Nese battles Kalisto and The Brian Kendrick takes on Drew Gulak in the first two matches of a tournament that will determine who will challenge WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy at WrestleMania. Tournament Of Challengers: After WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy defeated Akira Tozawa in a thrilling title bout…