Leclerc 10-place grid penalty in Abu Dhabi hits Ferrari title hopes
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was hit with a 10-place grid penalty on Friday for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, compromising the Italian team's bid to capture the constructors' title.
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Leclerc on top but hit with grid penalty at Abu Dhabi practice
Charles Leclerc topped the times for Ferrari ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, in his final race weekend with Mercedes, in Friday's opening practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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S. Africa deporting assassin of anti-apartheid leader to Poland
The man who killed South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, who was released from prison on parole in 2022, is being deported to Poland, the government announced Friday.
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Impeachment looms ever closer for South Korean president
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday looked increasingly likely to be unseated after the head of his ruling party demanded he be stripped of office for briefly imposing martial law.
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Political storm clouds Macron's Notre Dame glory
"We can do it!" President Emmanuel Macron told France on the night of April 16, 2019, the day after the fire that ravaged Notre Dame, as he set a target of five years to rebuild the great mediaeval edifice in the heart of Paris to its former glory.
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Defiant Macron seeks new French PM and way out of crisis
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday was holding talks with French political leaders on the left and right as he seeks to name a new prime minister and find a way out of France's political crisis.
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S. Korean democracy faces 'most critical moment', opposition leader tells AFP
Lawmakers camping out in parliament, hundreds of thousands of protestors expected outside, a landmark vote to impeach the president over martial law -- South Korean democracy faces its "most critical moment", opposition leader Lee Jae-myung told AFP Friday.
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Shanghai to remain on F1 calendar until at least 2030
The Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai will remain on the Formula One calendar until at least 2030 after a new five-year deal, officials said on Friday.
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Old boys' club? S Korea plotters' high school links in spotlight
Key figures in South Korea's failed martial law bid share one key connection: they are all graduates of a prestigious, all-boys school in Seoul.
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Indonesia, Philippines agree on repatriation of Filipina on death row
Manila and Jakarta signed an agreement Friday to repatriate Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina on death row for drug charges in Indonesia since 2015, with officials saying she could return to the Philippines before Christmas.
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