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And the Internet deeply wishes this was a real show.
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Jones one of just two Australians to win F1 title after triumph in 1980
He won 12 grands prix across 10 seasons before retirement in 1986
Alan Jones, the 1980 Formula One world champion, has died aged 80.
Jones won 12 F1 grands prix across his career and became just the second Australian, after Sir Jack Brabham, to be crowned world champion when he claimed the title with Williams in 1980.
Continue reading...US first lady awarded for ‘significant personal contribution to humanitarian support’. What we know on day 1,716
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded Melania Trump a national honour for her role in brokering a partial ceasefire that allowed the evacuation of civilians from the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky. “I hereby decree that the Order of Princess Olga, First Class, be awarded to Melania Trump, first lady of the United States of America,” a decree on the Ukrainian presidential website said on Wednesday. The text acknowledged her “significant personal contribution to humanitarian support for Ukraine, and for active human rights and charitable work”. Melania Trump last month announced a localised truce between Ukrainian and Russian forces to allow for residents of Oleshky – on the southern front – to leave after suffering weeks of shortages of food and medicine. She said nearly 800 people were evacuated. Ukraine this week accused Russia of taking advantage of the truce to strengthen its military position there, while the Kremlin said adjusting positions during a ceasefire was “standard practice”.
Ukraine’s security services announced the dismissal of two senior officials linked to a high-level anti-corruption probe into bogus call centres. The head of the SBU, Oleksandr Poklad, “removed from their posts two senior SBU officials implicated in an investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau” (Nabu), the service said on Telegram on Wednesday. The SBU – Ukraine’s internal security service – said it was “providing full support” for the probe and that Poklad expected Nabu’s investigation to be “transparent, objective and impartial”. The two agencies have long been at odds. Revelations about the scam caused Ukraine’s prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko to quit in September after his offices were searched. He has denied wrongdoing.
Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to Madrid to drum up fresh military support against Russia during a summit of Latin American leaders in Spain. He confirmed his arrival on Wednesday on social media, saying “our top priority is strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses, protecting our people and expanding defense cooperation and production”. “Further support steps are being prepared,” the Ukrainian president added, without providing detail.
Russian attacks triggered power and water outages for hours across the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and surrounding regions on Wednesday while Zelenskyy said the death toll from an attack in southern Ukraine had risen to 40. Multiple Russian guided bombs slammed into a former school and nearby shelter in the village of Komyshuvakha, near the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, as residents waited for humanitarian aid on Monday. In addition to those killed, Zelenskyy said 30 more people could still be buried in the rubble.
A Ukrainian drone attack killed three members of the same family, including a child, in Russia’s border Belgorod region, officials said. The region’s general headquarters said the drone struck a minibus in which the three people, including an eight-year-old child, were travelling on Wednesday.
The UK apologised to Ukrainian child refugees who were told to study Russian in English schools, as it launched funding for a new GCSE in Ukrainian, reports Matthew Weaver. “So many students were pushed into having to do Russian,” UK schools minister Georgia Gould said while announcing the new qualification. “I’m really sorry that they were put in that position.”
Canada joined a coalition of countries refusing to play ice hockey teams from Russia due to the war in Ukraine, with Mark Carney saying Russian skaters will not be able to compete in the world junior championship next month.
Continue reading...The tech billionaire set spending record as he poured $446m into campaigns for failed Republican candidates
Elon Musk set a record for election spending this year after pouring nearly half a billion dollars into backing Republicans in the US midterm elections. It turned out to be a poor investment.
The SpaceX and Tesla CEO contributed at least $446m to Republican-aligned Super Pacs and groups over the course of the elections, specifically targeting several key Senate races in an effort to help the Trump administration retain Republican control of Congress. He outdid his own 2024 spending of nearly $290m. Yet as Democrats swept to power across the country on Tuesday night, it became clear that Musk would get nearly nothing in return for his hundreds of millions in spending.
Continue reading...Hijikata wins 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to end Serb’s ATP Finals hopes
He becomes just fourth Australian to conquer Djokovic
Rinky Hijikata has revealed he almost didn’t even take the court before notching the biggest win of his career to send the great Novak Djokovic crashing out of ATP Finals contention.
Continuing his inspired run from qualifying, Hijikata lit up the indoor Plenitude Arena to bring down Djokovic 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to surge into the Paris Masters third round.
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Dat het D66, VVD en CDA niet lukt tot een consensus te komen over meerderheden voor het Belastingplan, hebben ze inmiddels geaccepteerd. Ze mogen van elkaar gespleten stemmen over amendementen „binnen de pijngrens”.
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Axon has been sued in a proposed class action accusing the Taser and police body-camera maker of illegally collecting and storing license plate data on millions of California drivers through its AI-powered surveillance network. Reuters reports the details: - The lawsuit (PDF), filed on Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco by law firms Hausfeld and Gibbs Mura, alleges Axon has failed to comply with a California privacy provision by not disclosing how it collects, uses and shares plate data gathered through its camera systems
- "Axon has created a mass-surveillance infrastructure that is practically impossible to avoid," the lawsuit said
- Scottsdale, Arizona-based Axon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The lawsuit said the company has more than 1,000 cameras in California and alleges millions of drivers may have been affected
- Some Axon cameras are installed in high-traffic areas and collect plate information as vehicles pass by. Other cameras are placed inside police vehicles, the lawsuit said
- The proposed class covers drivers whose vehicle plate information was captured by an automated license plate reader in California and processed or stored by Axon's system since 2023
- The lawsuit seeks more than $5 million in damages, in addition to a court order stopping Axon from its allegedly unlawful practices
- "Axon has created a mass-surveillance infrastructure that is practically impossible to avoid," the lawsuit said
- Scottsdale, Arizona-based Axon did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The lawsuit said the company has more than 1,000 cameras in California and alleges millions of drivers may have been affected
- Some Axon cameras are installed in high-traffic areas and collect plate information as vehicles pass by. Other cameras are placed inside police vehicles, the lawsuit said
- The proposed class covers drivers whose vehicle plate information was captured by an automated license plate reader in California and processed or stored by Axon's system since 2023
- The lawsuit seeks more than $5 million in damages, in addition to a court order stopping Axon from its allegedly unlawful practices
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