Here are all the timings – along with all the additional information you need – for the fourth Grand Prix weekend of the 2026 season from the Miami International Autodrome in Florida.
Fernando Alonso has voiced his hope that 2026 will not be “the last season” for him in F1, with the Spaniard suggesting that he does not “feel it is that time yet”.
McLaren won both titles last season but, in a new era of F1, they have not started as well as they might have hoped. Under Andrea Stella's watchful eye, can the papaya team turn things around?
Chris Medland highlights the key talking points as F1 heads to Miami for the fourth round of the 2026 season.
"There are about 70% more bookstores now than there were six years ago in the United States," says Andy Hunter, the founder/CEO of Bookshop.org.
Fast Company checks in on his site, which gives over 80% of its profit margin to independent bookstores, structuring itself as a B Corporation (a for-profit company certified for its social-impact) while providing an alternative to Amazon and other online booksellers:
Hunter created Bookshop.org in January 2020 to help independent bookstores survive by utilizing e-commerce... "There were over 5,000 bookstores in the American Booksellers Association in 1995, which is one year after Amazon launched. By 2019, that had gone down to 1,889, so more than half of them disappeared." He says he never could have predicted how the pandemic would accelerate his company's growth... "All these stores that had been trying to get around e-commerce or never really launching or building their website, they had to sell online. That was the only way they could survive during the pandemic...."
"Our goal is to help independent local bookstores get their fair share of online sales, which would end up being maybe 10% of Amazon's market share," he says. "And right now we're at about 2%, so we have a long way to go. But a lot of people didn't even think we could ever get 1%...." Bookshop.org has given almost $47 million back to local bookstores.
For Hunter, it's not just about the money but changing the way society thinks. He's delighted that many big organizations no longer use Amazon affiliate links, choosing to send people his way instead. "People have absorbed the message that they should support independent bookstores when they buy books," he says.
Fast Company checks in on his site, which gives over 80% of its profit margin to independent bookstores, structuring itself as a B Corporation (a for-profit company certified for its social-impact) while providing an alternative to Amazon and other online booksellers:
Hunter created Bookshop.org in January 2020 to help independent bookstores survive by utilizing e-commerce... "There were over 5,000 bookstores in the American Booksellers Association in 1995, which is one year after Amazon launched. By 2019, that had gone down to 1,889, so more than half of them disappeared." He says he never could have predicted how the pandemic would accelerate his company's growth... "All these stores that had been trying to get around e-commerce or never really launching or building their website, they had to sell online. That was the only way they could survive during the pandemic...."
"Our goal is to help independent local bookstores get their fair share of online sales, which would end up being maybe 10% of Amazon's market share," he says. "And right now we're at about 2%, so we have a long way to go. But a lot of people didn't even think we could ever get 1%...." Bookshop.org has given almost $47 million back to local bookstores.
For Hunter, it's not just about the money but changing the way society thinks. He's delighted that many big organizations no longer use Amazon affiliate links, choosing to send people his way instead. "People have absorbed the message that they should support independent bookstores when they buy books," he says.
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Hondenkruisingen zoals labradoodles zijn populair, omdat ze goed in een gezin passen. Maar in de praktijk valt dat tegen. „In onze gedragskliniek zien we buitensporig veel designerhonden.”
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Uit straatboekenkastjes in heel Nederland haalt Arjen Fortuin steeds een boek, bespreekt het, en geeft het door. Deze week een pijnlijk actuele roman van Elisabeth Keesing op Schiermonnikoog.
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Politician Roderich Kiesewetter was accused of expressing support for the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, which was recently designated as a “terrorist” organization in Russia.
Critics hit out at ‘dire’ situation in the country which has the strictest laws around abortion in western Europe
Rights campaigners have affixed lockboxes containing abortion pills to sites across Malta, in a campaign designed to highlight the country’s near-total ban on abortion.
The 15 black boxes aim to provide practical help to women grappling with the EU’s strictest abortion laws; anyone who is less than nine weeks pregnant and in need of an abortion is invited to send an email to obtain the location and codes to access the pills.
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Continue reading...Barça’s need to adapt on show in Bayern draw, while Sam Kerr’s ‘perfect hat-trick’ is denied by a lack of technology
Alexia Putellas said Barcelona have to “adapt our game” after a 1-1 draw away to Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals. The game, in which the scorer of Bayern’s equaliser, Franziska Kett, was sent off for pulling Salma Paralluelo’s hair late on, was a far cry from the 7-1 victory the Spanish champions earned over the German champions in their opening match of the league phase of the competition. “We knew this game would be different. As you’ve seen, we were right,” said the two-time Ballon d’Or winner. “The first half was different from the second half. In the end, they were in a medium block; we waited for more space in the middle. We have to adapt our game.” The key seems to be to let Barcelona have the ball and Bayern’s Giulia Gwinn said: “The biggest challenge against Barcelona is to accept that you’ll have very little possession without becoming passive. Every time we managed to go beyond that initial moment of pressing, we were dangerous. In the second half, we had the momentum. We could’ve made more of a couple of chances, but we could tell that they’re not unbeatable, that we can get something done.” Suzanne Wrack
Continue reading...Teatro La Fenice called comments by its controversial appointee Beatrice Venezi ‘offensive and detrimental’
Teatro La Fenice, the prestigious Venice opera house, has fired its incoming music director after she insinuated its hiring practices were nepotistic, with jobs “practically passed down from father to son”.
After months of controversy over the appointment of Beatrice Venezi, La Fenice Foundation said on Sunday it had decided to “cancel all future collaborations” with the 36-year-old conductor and pianist.
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Het was wel mooi bedacht. Het WK voetbal in de Verenigde Staten, Canada en Mexico om zo de eenheid van het Amerikaanse continent te vieren. Daarvan is dus niets terecht gekomen. De drie landen zijn nog net niet in staat van oorlog maar veel scheelt het niet.
En binnen Amerika valt het ook niet mee.
Gouverneur Greg Abbott van Texas heeft gedreigd 200 miljoen dollar aan veiligheidsbudget in te trekken voor Houston, Dallas en Austin als deze steden niet vollediger gaan samenwerken met de federale immigratiedienst ICE. De dreiging komt minder dan 50 dagen voor de start van het WK voetbal 2026, waarbij Dallas en Houston gastheer zijn.
Abbott eist dat de steden hun beleid herzien dat de samenwerking tussen lokale politie en ICE beperkt bij civiele immigratiezaken. Houston en Dallas hebben hun beleidsregels inmiddels aangepast, Austin – basiskamp voor het Saoedische nationale elftal – heeft nog geen besluit genomen.
De confrontatie legt de spanning bloot tussen lokaal bestuur en het strenge immigratiebeleid van de regering-Trump. Burgemeester John Whitmire van Houston zei dat de stad "geen alternatief had" en moest meewerken om zich voor te kunnen bereiden op het FIFA-toernooi.
Mensenrechtenorganisatie ACLU waarschuwde dat bezoekers aan de VS risico lopen op arrestatie en deportatie. Hotelmanagers meldden dat hoge ticketprijzen, inflatie en anti-Amerikaans sentiment internationale fans al doen twijfelen over reizen naar het WK.
Koning Willem-Alexander heeft de viering van Koningsdag in de Friese stad Dokkum afgesloten. Aan het einde van het programma sprak hij van een "onvergetelijke dag" en bedankte hij alle betrokkenen.
"Jullie hebben de meest onvergetelijke Koningsdag gegeven die mogelijk was", zei de koning tegen "de burgemeester, de commissaris en iedereen in Dokkum, Noardeast-Fryslân en Friesland".
"Veertig jaar geleden wist ik niet hoe snel ik weer weg moest uit Dokkum", blikte de koning terug. Willem-Alexander deed in 1986 mee aan de Elfstedentocht, die langs Dokkum loopt. "Maar deze keer zou ik niets liever willen dan nog eens terugkomen om hier weer te schaatsen. Het is zo mooi in deze prachtige stad."
De koning sloot zijn toespraak af met de woorden "Fryslân boppe", wat betekent "Friesland bovenaan".