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Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:35:13 GMTEarly F1 leader Russell says 'championship means nothing at this point'
The Briton began the campaign as favourite to win a maiden world championship and showed why as he led home a Mercedes one-two with teammate Kimi Antonelli in Sunday's season-opener.
The Australian Grand Prix heralded a new era for the sport with n...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:33:10 GMTFerrari's Leclerc hopes year of the horse a good omen in China
Both Ferraris were sensationally disqualified from the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix after the race for "excessive plank wear" on the undersides of their cars.
China ushered in the new year of the horse last month and Leclerc reckoned that could be a go...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:25:14 GMTCathay Pacific roughly doubles fuel surcharge on most routes
The company revealed a detailed list of affected routes in a statement titled "Fuel surcharge updates", a day after warning that fuel prices had soared in March with the outbreak of war in the Middle East.
Cathay Group's CEO Ronald Lam told a Wedne...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:50:02 GMTUS war on Iran: 'An American war in desperate search of a strategy'
FRANCE 24's François Picard is pleased to welcome Dr. Rouzbeh Parsi, Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Lund University in Sweden. According to Dr. Parsi, the current political situation in Iran should be approached with caution, too much attention is bein...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:43:10 GMTBMW profit holds up despite Trump tariffs, China woes
Net profit in 2025 fell to 7.45 billion euros ($8.6 billion), the Munich-based firm said, compared to earlier reported falls of almost a half at Mercedes-Benz and the Volkswagen Group.
"Over the past years, we have adopted the right strategic posit...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:41:11 GMTLast S. Africa, West Indies players leave India after flight delays
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:35:42 GMT'EU needs a bit of a revolution: There is no European strategy or foreign policy'
François Picard is pleased to welcome Sophie in 't Veld, former Dutch MEP and member of Volt Europa. She argues that the EU faces a profound structural crisis in its capacity to act on the global stage. What appears as policy debate is, in practic...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:33:10 GMTElectric vehicle rethink to cost Honda almost $16 billion
"Honda believed EVs would be the optimal solution from a long-term perspective. Based on this belief, Honda shifted its strategic direction toward the popularisation of EVs," the firm said.
But it added that the profitability of its auto business w...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:27:09 GMTBangladesh parliament reconvenes after uprising and polls
The government of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), took over after February 12 elections from the interim administration that had led the country of 170 million people since August 2024.
"After more t...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:57:11 GMTVerstappen jokes new F1 cars 'more like Mario Kart'
The Red Bull driver crashed in qualifying in the season-opener in Australia last weekend before having to carve his way from 20th on the grid to finish a creditable sixth.
The new cars require battery management and energy harvesting with a 50-50 s...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:47:10 GMTNorth Korea vow no more protests in Women's Asian Cup
An incensed North Korea refused to play for several minutes in their 2-1 loss to the Chinese during a group game on Monday.
They were left fuming when former Tottenham attacker Wang Shuang scored in first-half stoppage time, demanding the referee l...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:23:22 GMTUkraine's tech evangelist defence chief preaching the 'future of war'
The Ted-talk style briefing -- a departure from the ministry's previously stiff approach -- encapsulates the energy Fedorov is trying to inject into Ukraine's war machine, four years into the Russian invasion.
Appointed in January, the 35-year-old ...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:17:16 GMTChampions League: PSG pull away late to beat Chelsea (5-2)
After twice being caught up by an ambitious Blues side, Paris Saint-Germain finally won 5-2, putting one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals. Scoring three goals in the last quarter of an hour, PSG seem to have restored the confidence they d...
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:13:21 GMTCheckpoints, air strikes and hope: a Tehran resident tells her story
We are withholding her identity for her protection. Here is an edited transcript of the conversation:
How is daily life in Tehran?
People left in waves, especially those who were next to targets.
The financial situation is very bad. My job has be...