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Formula One makes rule changes to improve racing after difficult start to 2026 season
Formula One has agreed a package of rule changes for the 2026 season to address problems with the new hybrid power system, with most changes taking effect from the Miami Grand Prix on 3 May.
Read moreAssets seized in Vatican Bank scandal
The Italian financial police have seized €2.5 million in assets from a banker suspected of using a Vatican body for money laundering between 2000 and 2011. Gianpietro Nattino, head of the Italian...
Fillon sticks by VAT raise, looks to American-style heathcare
French presidential candidate François Fillon, 62, is still proposing an increase in VAT, despite reports on Monday that he was about to renounce the idea. The centre-right candidate of Les...
Sailing Yacht A drifts into debt storm
Even billionaires run into trouble with bailiffs, as industrialist Andrey Melnichenko has found out after his new boat, “Sailing Yacht A”, was impounded by the Gibraltar Port Authority over the...
Another win for Monaco’s basketball team
AS Monaco Basket was back at Disneyland Paris for the LNB Leaders Cup and won the quarterfinal game over Gravelines-Dunkerque 90-85. The Northerners had won six victories for a single defeat in Pro A...
On your bike … with a motor
The French state is offering €200 towards the cost of buying an electrically assisted bicycle. The payment will be offered from now until January 31, 2018. The motor must be less than 3kW and...
St Bart’s Superyacht Valentine with My Yacht Group, Bvlgari
My Yacht Group (MYG), known for throwing legendary parties in Monaco, returned to the tiny Caribbean island of St Bart’s for the second time in as many months to celebrate the holiday of love in...
