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Lando Norris of McLaren has topped the first practice session for the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix.Last weekend’s Monaco GP winner clocked 1 minute 13.718 seconds on Friday to beat the Red Bull of four-time defending champion Max Verstappen by 0.367s.Lewis Hamilton of Ferrari was third, followed by team-mate Charles Leclerc.Drivers’ championship leader Oscar Piastri was fifth, 0.576s behind team-mate and title rival Norris.Mercedes were 11th and 18th with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli respectively, while home favourite Fernando Alonso was 13th in the Aston Martin.Following the race in Monaco, Piastri retained his lead in the standings, but only three…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s customs authorities arrested on Friday (May 30) a woman and seized the largest haul of cocaine ever detected at the country’s main international airport, an official said. The unnamed 38-year-old Thai woman was carrying nearly 10kg of cocaine stuffed into three soft toys, Customs Additional Director-General Seevali Arukgoda said. “This is the biggest attempt at cocaine smuggling stopped by Sri Lanka Customs at the airport,” Arukgoda said in a statement. Customs officials at Bandaranaike International Airport posed for photos with the cocaine, which had been neatly stuffed into just over 500 plastic capsules, with an estimated street value…

A total of 79 people were injured after a car drove into a crowd after Liverpool Football Club’s trophy parade.A former British marine has appeared in court accused of driving a vehicle into a crowd of people celebrating Liverpool Football Club’s Premier League title win. Paul Doyle briefly appeared at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning, where he read out his personal details, according to United Kingdom media reports. Doyle, 53, is facing seven charges, including dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm with intent, which carry a maximum life sentence if convicted, after a dark Ford Galaxy drove into…

Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama were seen in public for the first time in six months, via new photos captured by BackGrid outside the Lowell Hotel & Restaurant in Lenox Hill, Manhattan.While Michelle Obama has refuted rumors of a separation amid solo appearances by the former president, the Lowell sighting was the first for the 44th first family since December 2024.Guarded by the Secret Service, the Obamas stepped out into a car but with markedly different expressions and body language, an observation seconded by The Human Behavior Lab President Susan Constantine.”Definitely a completely different [public]…

No éclaircissement was needed after 13-year-old Faizan Zaki triumphed in the 21st round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The teen collapsed on the floor with excitement after correctly spelling “éclaircissement” and securing the national title — not to mention a trophy and $50,000. Zaki’s win also coincided with a major milestone: the 100th anniversary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.When spelling the “M-E-N-T” in “éclaircissement,” Zaki, who hails from Allen, Texas, was understandably thrilled after coming in second place at last year’s competition behind Bruhat Soma, who was 12 years old when he took home the trophy. E.W. Scripps…

Quebec’s language watchdog contacted the Montreal transit agency at least six times in the wake of a complaint about using the word “go” on city buses to cheer on a local soccer team. The watchdog — the Office québécois de la langue française — asked for multiple updates on the agency’s efforts to remove the word, and kept the complaint open for nine months until “go” had been scrubbed from more than 1,000 city buses in Montreal, according to emails obtained by The Canadian Press.The correspondence contrasts with the office’s public comments responding to an April report in the Montreal…

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has won his libel suit against the BBC over a claim he authorised the killing of an informant inside the Irish republican movement.A jury at the High Court in Dublin ruled in Adams’ favour and awarded him 100,000 euros ($A175,000) in damages. Jurors deliberated for just under seven hours after the month-long trial before reaching a verdict, rejecting the BBC’s argument it had acted in good faith and in a “fair and reasonable” way.Adams sued Britain’s public broadcaster over a claim in a decade-old documentary and online article that he sanctioned the killing of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A lawsuit claims that a former Seton Hall pitcher was the subject of hazing by his teammates, including gross sexual acts.The former pitcher, whose name has not been publicly identified, said he was “spitting blood everywhere” during one incident, and the hazing dashed his dream of making the big leagues.The lawsuit claims that nude and violent wrestling, as well as a masturbation ritual, are just some of the hazing incidents. A former Seton Hall pitcher is claiming his ex-teammates hazed him sexually, and the coaches did nothing about it. (Getty Images)The player…

KARACHI: At least 32 people have been killed and more than 150 injured in Pakistan in a week of storms that followed a heatwave, with officials reporting on Friday (May 30) five more deaths. Five people including a child were killed on Thursday in different districts of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during heavy rains and strong winds, the province’s disaster management authority said. Stormy weather is expected to continue in northern and central parts of Pakistan until Saturday, according to the national meteorological office. Heavy windstorms killed 10 people on Tuesday and 14 on Saturday in different parts of the country, one…

Spanish giants Real Madrid have confirmed the signing of England international Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool.Real Madrid have signed defender Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool on a deal until 2031. The 26-year-old England international’s contract at Anfield was drawing to an end but Madrid paid a fee to bring him in earlier so he can play in the Club World Cup, the Spanish club said on Friday. Right-back Alexander-Arnold, who has just won the Premier League title with Liverpool, came through the academy of his boyhood club and won the Champions League in 2019. He also won the Premier League in 2020…