At the next Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher will receive a penalty of 10 grid places due to a move on Rubens Barrichello the latter regarded as the most dangerous encounter in his entire career.
In the late part of the Hungarian Grand Prix, Barrichello had been pushed within centimeters of a concrete wall by his [...]
Calcium pills could be enhancing the risk of heart attack for older people who take them, research shows.
According to a study published in the British Medical Journal, the risk of having a heart attack was 30 per cent more likely for those who took calcium supplements. It was revealed as well that the medicines did [...]
A regional court’s decision to ban YouTube because of a single video with “extremist” content angered the Russian blogosphere
YouTube hosted a non-conformist video Russia For Russians, which is on the justice ministry’s federal list of outlawed extremist contents and so the Komsomolsk-on-Amur court, located in the region of Khabarovsk, Russia, ordered a local internet provider [...]
The US Commerce Department reported that the country’s economy progress between April and June was “sluggish” as its GDP growth saw an annualized rate of 2.4%, compared with the first quarters rate of 3.7%.
The rate is just an initial estimate and could be altered in the next few months.
Fear for the country’s [...]
Lord Mayor of the City of London opposed the UK government plans to put a limitation on the number of non EU skilled workers entering the country.
For Nick Anstree, implementing the temporary cap on workers not from EU is a “lack of understanding.” He also said that London has been called “scary” place for [...]
Amazon launched a wireless-only Kindle worth 139-dollar last week, in a bid to promote the electronic book reader to the masses.
Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and chief executive, revealed that basic Kindle sales went up three times after its price has been cut from 259 dollars to 189 dollars last month. A further boost in [...]
Over 416,000 passenger cars and SUVs of Toyota will be recalled in Canada and US to resolve steering issues, the motor company announced Thursday.
According to the company’s statement, 373,000 Avalon cars from the 2000 to 2004 model years will be recalled in the U.S. because these vehicles’ steering lock bar could break in given conditions. [...]
Miles Maclagan has been fired as Andy Murray’s fifth coach. The former pro player entered Murray’s team in 2007.
Murray is participating in the Farmers Classic in Los Angeles at the moment, his first tournament following his defeat in the semi-finals of the Wimbledon. He will continue his US Open campaign with Spaniard Alex Corretja and [...]
Catalonia’s parliament has decided to ban bullfighting due to animal cruelty issues.
With 68 votes in favor, 55 against and nine abstentions on Wednesday, Catalonia became Spain’s first mainland region to outlaw the tradition.
People who are strongly against bullfighting celebrated the decision in the street right outside parliament while bullfighting supporters consoled themselves on thought that [...]
LG Electronics net profit in the second quarter fell by 33% as its products, such as cell phones and flat-screen TVs, were dragged by the European market slowdown.
Despite the fall, the company is still expecting to post a reasonable boost in the third quarter.
In a statement released on Wednesday, LG promised to launch their [...]
