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It costs about 14 euros, or about $15, per minute to drive a rented Lamborghini on the public roads of northern Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region. This feels especially exorbitant in a place where a couple of coins buys a glass of world-class wine. Even more grating, however, is that the experience is actually worth the money.Stomping a supercar’s pedal to the metal is exhilarating at an undeniable, visceral level. The chaperone in the passenger seat during my own supercar test drive had to ask me to stop shouting with joy as I accelerated.Twice.I hadn’t even realized I was making a sound.Lamborghini,…

60 YEARS OF RELATIONS Singapore and Thailand celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations this year, said MTI. Both ministers co-chaired the STEER ministerial meeting on Friday in Singapore. They reaffirmed long-standing bilateral economic cooperation and welcomed partnerships between Singapore and Thai businesses. MTI said the meeting also saw good progress on discussions about agri-trade, investments, digital economy, intellectual property, carbon credits and cruise tourism collaboration. “Singapore companies have also found good partners in Thailand to expand into new areas such as electric vehicles, fintech and MedTech,” the ministry added. Dr Tan, who is also Manpower Minister, said: “Singapore and Thailand are…

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, in Moscow late Thursday and now expects to talk to President Trump about a possible cease-fire in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, told reporters on Friday that there was “certainly” reason to feel “cautious optimism” about the prospects for a settlement to the war, after a flurry of diplomacy in recent days. He was echoing similarly optimistic remarks made by Michael Waltz, Mr. Trump’s national security adviser, late Thursday.The comments from Mr. Peskov signaled that Russia was eager to keep negotiating with…

As the prospect of a partial government shutdown looms and the Senate is poised to vote on a House-passed government-funding measure that would avert a shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced on Thursday that he “will vote to keep the government open and not shut it down.”He said that while the “bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse.”The senator’s announcement prompted pushback from some Democrats.”I cannot underscore enough how incorrect that is,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said of Schumer’s argument. “What voting for this CR does is…

The Democratic Party is planning an extensive series of town halls in Republican-held districts in all 50 states to draw attention to the Republican leadership’s recent warning that G.O.P. lawmakers should avoid such open forums.The initial wave of what Democrats are branding “People’s Town Halls” is planned to target nine House Republicans in battleground districts, from Arizona to Pennsylvania, who Democrats believe will be vulnerable in the 2026 midterm elections.The incursions into Republican territory come as the Democratic Party tries to find its political footing after a turbulent first 50 days of President Trump’s second term, and as Republicans control…

Winnipegger Anne Lindsey has been anti-nuclear for nearly 30 years. She first got involved with environmental activism in the 1970s when the Manitoba government tried to implement a nuclear repository in her province. “People here were very upset about the notion that, possibly in Lac Du Bonnet, we could have a huge nuclear waste repository” she said.Lindsey says the province heard their concerns, and eventually passed The High-Level Radioactive Waste Act, which prohibits the long-term storage of nuclear waste in Manitoba.Today, she’s still advocating as part the Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition. Although Lindsey’s proud to see her community remain nuclear-free,…

Fremantle have named Luke Jackson in the forward line and Liam Reidy in the ruck in the absence of Sean Darcy against Geelong. Dockers CEO Simon Garlick explains why.

Dusty May was hired last offseason to be the Michigan men’s basketball coach after spending six seasons with Florida Atlantic. May, 48, was asked about what he learned in his first season in the Big Ten during a recent appearance on OutKick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich.””It was even more physical and physically demanding than we anticipated. All summer, every time one of our players would complain about a foul, our response would be, ‘We play in the Big Ten, you’ve got to play through it,'” May said.  Michigan head coach Dusty May looks on during the first half against…

“PEACEFUL” NUCLEAR PROGRAMME Gharibabadi, in turn, hailed the “constructive” talks in Beijing. “The Iranian nuclear programme is peaceful in nature,” he said. “Our nuclear programme has never been diverted to non-peaceful purposes,” Gharibabadi said. “But unfortunately, some countries are trying to create an unnecessary crisis in this regard.” “The main root cause of the current situation is the unilateral withdrawal of the United States,” Gharibabadi said. The Russian and Iranian officials met China’s Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu earlier on Friday and “exchanged views on the Iran nuclear issue and other issues of common concern”, Beijing state media said. Ma…

Deputy foreign ministers of Russia, China and Iran call for multilateral talks on ending ‘unlawful’ US sanctions.Representatives of Iran, Russia and China have urged United States President Donald Trump’s administration to end sanctions imposed against Tehran over its rapidly advancing nuclear programme, while calling for the resumption of the multilateral talks on the issue. The three nations “emphasised the necessity of terminating all unlawful unilateral sanctions”, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu read from a joint statement issued on Friday. He was flanked by his counterparts from Russia, Ryabkov Sergey Alexeevich, and Iran, Kazem Gharibabadi. “The relevant parties should work…