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How two WEC manufacturers are fighting to overcome similar issues

Starting their World Endurance Championship Hypercar programmes one year behind the likes of fellow LMDh entrants Porsche and Cadillac was always likely to mean a period of playing catchup for Alpine and Lamborghini in 2024. Two rounds into the season, that prediction has borne out and both marques are experiencing…

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Qatar Urges Israel And Hamas To Step Up Efforts For A Ceasefire Deal: Reports

An Israeli delegation is expected to arrive in Egypt in the coming days to discuss the latest proposals in negotiations.

International Business Times

Qatari Official Urges Israel And Hamas For Cease-Fire Commitment

Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to show commitment in cease-fire talks. Efforts continue amidst stalled negotiations and mounting international pres...

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We must learn the lessons of Covid before another deadly disease strikes

Why has so little been done to make indoor spaces safer, to stop the spread of airborne viruses?

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Qatar pledges $3m to Ukrainian human rights body

Funds aim to provide support for children, others affected by armed conflict in Ukraine, Qatari foreign ministry says.

Al Jazeera

Binder “had my bike back” in Jerez MotoGP practice breakthrough

The South African made a strong start to the season in Qatar with a brace of podiums in the sprint and grand prix but hasn’t made it to the rostrum since.

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Qataris 'Strike Back' At Gaza Mediation Critics

Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its detractors, analysts have said.

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Middle East crisis: it could take 14 years to clear Gaza Strip of rubble and unexploded bombs, says UN official – as it happened

War has left estimated 37m tons of debris in area, requiring years of work with ‘100 trucks’, says Pehr Lodhammar

The Guardian - AU

Qatar hails mediation ‘milestone’ as it hosts freed Ukrainian, Russian kids

Twenty reunited Ukrainian, Russian families are in Doha to receive support as part of Qatar’s ongoing mediation efforts.

Al Jazeera

Australian women alleging ‘unlawful’ treatment at Doha airport launch appeal

Five women who say they were forced to undergo invasive examinations seek to overturn judgment finding they could not directly sue Qatar Airways

The Guardian - AU

‘Every day I cry’: 50 women talk about life as a domestic worker under the Gulf’s kafala system

Denounced as giving a ‘veneer of legality to slaveholding’, the kafala labour code persists, allowing employers to abuse women, who vanish from society. This is the testimony of some of those workers, gathered over two years in a Guardian investigation

The Guardian - UK

Russia, Ukraine to exchange displaced children in Qatar-brokered deal

Russia and Ukraine have agreed in a Qatari-brokered deal to exchange almost 50 children displaced by Moscow's invasion, the Kremlin's children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova announced in Doha Wednesday.

France 24

Qatar Considers Closing Hamas Office Amid Gaza Hostage Talks

Qatar mulls closing Hamas office in Doha amid doubts on ceasefire agreement. Pressure from Israel and US.

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Could Acosta get a Verstappen-like mid-season promotion to KTM in MotoGP 2024?

The 2016 F1 season had started with Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo driving for the main Red Bull team, with Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, both directly contracted to the energy drinks giant, occupying the two seats at Toro Rosso. But ahead of the fifth round of the season in…

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Porsche GT3 driver planned move on winning Toyota in Imola WEC's tricky conditions

Watch: BrrrakeF1 - How IMSA use Advanced Data to Enforce the Rules

Al Jazeera

Russian, Ukrainian families arrive in Qatar for healthcare and support

Doha says families will receive medical, psychological and social support, state media report.

The Guardian - UK

Israel’s foreign minister says Erdoğan ‘should be ashamed’ of meeting with Hamas chief

Israel Katz criticises Turkish president over discussion with Ismail Haniyeh about Gaza attacks

Motorsport

Fuoco explains secret behind "special" WEC Imola pole lap

The Italian explained how completing two warmup laps in the decisive Hyperpole session in his factory #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar allowed him to set two laps good enough to earn his first pole position since last year's Le Mans 24 Hours. He improved on his 1m29.735s lap time…

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Fuoco explains tyre preparation behind "special" WEC Imola pole lap

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BMW's Vanthoor frustrated by "harsh red flag" call in Imola WEC qualifying

The Belgian was pushing for a place in the Hyperpole session ultimately topped by Antonio Fuoco in a Ferrari top three sweep when he rotated the WRT-run M Hybrid V8 on the exit of the fast Piratella left-hander. Having avoided contact with the wall and got going again, Vanthoor felt…

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Four Asian Powerhouses Impress In AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Qatar, Japan, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia dominate the AFC U-23 Asian Cup with strong performances and talented players, aiming for Olympic qualification.

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Rast: "More time" needed for BMW to emulate Porsche WEC win with LMDh

The triple DTM champion believes that the victory achieved by Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer for Porsche Penske Motorsport in the Qatar 1812km season-opener gives BMW "hope" in the first year of its WEC programme with the M Hybrid V8 run by WRT.

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Rast: "More time" needed for BMW to emulate Porsche's WEC win with LMDh

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Why Imola could bring “more chaos” to the WEC

Following a season-opening race in Qatar that ran without interruption from safety cars, there is widespread expectation that Imola’s tight and undulating nature may conspire to produce incidents that the open, flowing nature of the Losail International Circuit helped negate.

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Peugeot surprised by severity of WEC Balance of Performance hit

The French manufacturer has admitted surprise at the BoP for its Le Mans Hypercar, now known as the 9X8 2024, which will hit the track 31kg heavier and with 10kW (13bhp) less power than its predecessor did at the Qatar WEC season-opener in March.

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