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More than three boats carrying over 50 people from at least 20 countries will take to the sea in coming days with an ambitious aim: to break the siege of Gaza and send a message of freedom and resistance to the world. “We are sailing because we promised we would until the blockade is lifted,”…

Bolstering long-held criticisms from public interest groups, newly leaked sections of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) show how Big Pharma is employing “an aggressive new form of transnational corporatism” to increase profits at the expense of global health. The TPP’s “Healthcare Annex”—which seeks to regulate government policies around medicines and medical devices—would give big pharmaceutical companies…

Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull Racing have agreed a deadline by which they should have reached agreement about the driver’s future at the team. That’s according to Red Bull motorsports consultant Dr Helmet Marko. He was speaking to Sky Sports News at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during pre-season testing. “We agreed with him a deadline,”…

Sebastian Vettel believes his 2018 prancing horse is a better car than its predecessor, but still requires work for Ferrari to close the gap with Mercedes. Despite his win in Formula 1’s curtain-raiser round in Australian, Vettel said his confidence level in his new mount wasn’t yet where it needed to be. The German driver…

McLaren’s fortunes are looking up after a double points finish for Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne in the first race of the 2018 season in Australia. But Alonso says that the team has got to continue to push hard in the next few races if it’s to press home that new-found advantage. “Australia gave us…

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen defended his aggressive maneuver on Lewis Hamilton in last Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix and which the Mercedes driver had criticized. Verstappen tangled with Hamilton on the second lap as he fought his way up the field at the start. As the two made contact, the Dutchman picked up a puncture and…

Twelve years after he voted against UK involvement in the Iraq war, Labour Party leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has said that if elected, he will apologize to the British people for the “deception” in the run-up to the 2003 invasion and to the Iraqi people for their subsequent suffering. “It is past time that Labour…

Rumours that Fernando Alonso is eyeing a move to Ferrari or Mercedes for 2019 have been denied by the man himself. “I’m happy where I am now,” Alonso told Spain’s AS newspaper this week after stories linking him with switch from current team McLaren. The two-time world champion has opened his account with top ten…

Ferrari is adding new rear-facing wing mirrors to the SF71H this weekend in Spain. And in a first for F1, they’ll be attached to the halo cockpit protection device. It’s not yet clear whether they will appear only in free practice, or will remain on the car through to the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday.…