The drivers and teams report back following the Barcelona Shakedown at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
The Daily Beast:
"Salacious claims from Jeffrey Epstein that Bill Gates contracted an STD following 'sex with Russian girls,' and colluded with the disgraced financier on a plot to secretly slip his wife antibiotics, were revealed in the latest Epstein files release."
The New York Times. (Alternate URL)
"A representative of the Gates Foundation said, 'These claims — from a proven, disgruntled liar — are absolutely absurd and completely false. The only thing these documents demonstrate is Epstein's frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to entrap and defame.'"
And Yahoo News points out the error of social media posts about the news:
None paid attention to who actually wrote the email. The email was from Epstein — to Epstein... Both the "From" and "To" fields list Epstein's personal Gmail address. The message appears to be a draft, written during a period when Epstein's relationship with Gates had deteriorated. In it, Epstein alleges that Gates asked him to delete messages related to an STD. But the document does not show Gates making that request, nor does it provide independent confirmation that any of the claims are true.
It reads like Epstein venting. It is not Gates confessing.
"In a 2021 interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Gates called his relationship with the disgraced financier 'a huge mistake'," notes the New York Times. "He also sought to downplay his interactions with Epstein, saying he had several dinners with Epstein, with the hope of getting him to generate donations to the Gates Foundation."
"Salacious claims from Jeffrey Epstein that Bill Gates contracted an STD following 'sex with Russian girls,' and colluded with the disgraced financier on a plot to secretly slip his wife antibiotics, were revealed in the latest Epstein files release."
The New York Times. (Alternate URL)
"A representative of the Gates Foundation said, 'These claims — from a proven, disgruntled liar — are absolutely absurd and completely false. The only thing these documents demonstrate is Epstein's frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to entrap and defame.'"
And Yahoo News points out the error of social media posts about the news:
None paid attention to who actually wrote the email. The email was from Epstein — to Epstein... Both the "From" and "To" fields list Epstein's personal Gmail address. The message appears to be a draft, written during a period when Epstein's relationship with Gates had deteriorated. In it, Epstein alleges that Gates asked him to delete messages related to an STD. But the document does not show Gates making that request, nor does it provide independent confirmation that any of the claims are true.
It reads like Epstein venting. It is not Gates confessing.
"In a 2021 interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Gates called his relationship with the disgraced financier 'a huge mistake'," notes the New York Times. "He also sought to downplay his interactions with Epstein, saying he had several dinners with Epstein, with the hope of getting him to generate donations to the Gates Foundation."
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HULST (ANP) - Lucinda Brand (36) is voor de tweede keer wereldkampioen veldrijden geworden. In het Zeeuwse Hulst was ze de sterkste na een duel met haar landgenote Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado. Puck Pieterse maakte als derde het Nederlandse podium compleet.
Brand volgt Fem van Empel op, die de afgelopen drie wereldkampioenschappen op haar naam schreef. De Brabantse heeft haar carrière vanwege mentale en fysieke klachten voor onbepaalde tijd op pauze gezet. De wereldtitel is de kroon op een topseizoen voor Brand, die acht van de twaalf wereldbekerwedstrijden won.
Het was Pieterse die als beste van start ging. Ze reed in de hele eerste ronde aan kop van de wedstrijd. Daarna ontstond er een groepje met Pieterse, Brand en Alvarado.
Pieterse probeerde los te komen van haar landgenotes, maar Brand wist de aanval te pareren en nam niet veel later de leiding over. Bij het afdalen van de vestingwal van Hulst viel Pieterse, waardoor ze werd teruggeworpen naar de derde plek in de wedstrijd.
Wat volgde was een duel tussen Brand en Alvarado, de enige twee deelneemsters die eerder al eens wereldkampioen waren geweest. Brand had de beste benen, maar gleed uit en moest Alvarado even laten gaan. In de voorlaatste ronde maakte de Dordtse het verschil. Op de eindstreep had ze de tijd om af te stappen en haar fiets omhoog te houden. Pieterse wist de Hongaarse Blanka Vas achter zich te houden in de strijd om het brons.
Apollonio-Socrepes lift unfinished a week from Games
State-backed infrastructure agency says work on course
A cable car being built to carry spectators to the women’s Olympic Alpine skiing events in Cortina is in serious doubt of not being completed in time, prompting Games organisers to request school closures to ease the pressure on the Dolomite resort’s transport system.
The Apollonio-Socrepes lift is one of the most contentious pieces of Olympic infrastructure for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Work on the system, designed to take spectators from the centre of Cortina d’Ampezzo directly to the slopes, began behind schedule, and some residents raised safety concerns about its location in an area prone to landslides.
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