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Lewis Hamilton qualified last for Sunday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, but did the Ferrari driver make a serious mistake that cost him his chance to improve his starting position?The seven-time world champion crossed the timing line late in rain-hit Q1 and did not attempt any further flying laps, leaving him at the bottom of the timesheets. “When I crossed the line, it was red (light),” he told Sky Sports after qualifying, indicating that he thought he did not get to the line in time to attempt another lap. However, it is clear from on-board photos and timing data that Hamilton…

Africa’s history, from Seal to Kgotla, proves that the practice of democracy is indigenous and that reclaiming it is the key to a stronger future.For too long, young Africans have been told that democracy is imported, borrowed and alien to their identity. But history gives us a completely different truth. Democracy is not an idea introduced from the West. That’s human thinking. And Africa was practicing it long before modern states existed.Africa’s democratic heritage is older than the colonial borders that tore the continent into pieces. In Seal, Somalia, all people could stand, debate, and vote in open assemblies that…

Mascot | Mascot | Getty ImagesIn November 2022, Beth Pinsker’s 76-year-old mother started getting sick.Ann Pinsker, an otherwise healthy woman, suffered from lower back pain and chose to undergo spinal surgery to preserve her ability to walk. Anne and Beth thought they would make an easy recovery, but instead developed complications and infections, and Anne ended up in one nursing home after another while her daughter cared for her.Eventually, by July of the following year, Anne died.”We thought she would be back to normal after a few weeks of hospitalization, rehab, and home care, but she had complications and it…

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was detained at his home in the Brazilian capital on Saturday, days before he was to begin his sentence for leading a coup attempt, CNN affiliate CNN Brasil reported. Federal police said in a statement that they executed a preventive arrest warrant requested by the police and approved by the Supreme Court, CNN Brazil reported. He was arrested at his home in Brasilia. Sources told CNN Brasil that the call for preventive detention was triggered by a vigil organized by Bolsonaro’s eldest son, Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, in front of the former president’s apartment complex. Bolsonaro…

Lando Norris braved dangerous wet conditions to take pole position at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, taking him even closer to the F1 world title.A downpour before qualifying completely flooded the already slippery Las Vegas Strip circuit, and the rain continued into the first knockout session, but Norris, who was fitted with intermediate tires on the dry surface of Q3, eventually took the lead when it mattered most. McLaren teammate and main title rival Oscar Piastri remained in fifth place. Pole position changed hands three times after the checkered flag, with Williams’ Carlos Sainz then Red Bull’s Max Verstappen briefly…

Since the ceasefire was announced on October 10, the Gaza Strip has been divided into the so-called “Green Zone”, which is under Israeli military control, and the so-called “Red Zone”, where Palestinians are evacuated and confined. What separates the two is an invisible “yellow line.”The administration of US President Donald Trump has indicated it will limit reconstruction to the “green zone”, where Israel and its allies are working on a so-called “alternative security community” plan.Last week, there were reports that these plans had been cancelled, but colleagues in the humanitarian sector informed me that the first such community is still…

Kathryn Ziegler | Digital Vision | Getty ImagesConverting a Roth to an individual retirement account is a popular strategy for reducing pre-tax balances and promoting tax-free growth. But converted balances increase revenue, which could have unintended consequences amid new legislation enacted by President Donald Trump’s “Big and Beautiful Bill.”For some investors, the increased returns on some of President Trump’s new tax cuts could become “tax torpedoes” — artificially raising tax rates through phaseouts and benefit cuts, experts say.In that case, the “tax cost” of converting to a Roth could be higher than your marginal tax rate (the tax rate applied…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa greets African heads of state and government at a working dinner at the Sandton Convention Center in Sandton on November 21, 2025, ahead of the G20 Summit. (Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images)Emmanuel Crozet AFP | Getty ImagesSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa, host of this weekend’s Group of 20 (G20) summit, said on Saturday that there was “overwhelming agreement” on the summit’s declaration despite the United States boycotting the meeting.G20 envoys drafted a leaders’ declaration on Friday without U.S. cooperation, four sources familiar with the matter said, in a surprise move that a senior…

US President Donald Trump lavished praise on New York City Mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani on Friday after a surprisingly friendly meeting at the White House, defying expectations that the meeting between the Republican billionaire and the self-proclaimed democratic socialist could be tense.The warmth shown was in stark contrast to the words the two had exchanged over the past few months. Trump has lampooned Mamdani as an anti-Semitic communist and threatened to revoke his U.S. citizenship, while Mamdani called Trump a “tyrant” in his election victory speech a few weeks ago.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut Trump appeared to put…

Travis Head’s furious 69-ball hundred guided Australia to an eight-wicket win on a frenetic second day of the first Ashes Test after England’s batting once again collapsed at Perth’s Optus Stadium.Head (123 off 83 balls) guided Australia to a target of 205 in 28.2 overs after being pushed up to open the bat as England’s pace bowlers lacked the strength and precision they displayed on the opening day and the movement their opponents had generated in the early hours on Saturday. The tourists followed an astonishing collapse of 65-1 to 6-39, hitting 164 shots in the second innings, including a…