Lingering questions about the death of Mexican boxer Martin Sanchez following a July 1 bout in Las Vegas have prompted the World Boxing Council to launch an investigation, the governing body’s president said on Tuesday. ”In the case of ‘Fireman’ Sanchez, there are things that should be investigated in greater depth,” WBC President Jose Sulaiman said.
Formula one’s debut visit to Turkey last weekend left those involved in the grand prix circus seeking a mix of new tracks and classic circuits on the calendars of the future. The recently created Istanbul Park circuit proved popular with drivers as well as teams, with many hailing it as the perfect mix of top racing track design and high-tech facilities.
What is the right age to start driving a car? The deaths of four teenagers in a horrific high-speed crash on a suburban street has revived the debate in New Zealand where 15-year-olds can legally take the wheel. It is one of the lowest minimum driving ages in the world, introduced 80 years ago when licensing began to ensure that youngsters living on farms could drive to and from work.
Zimbabwean officials want custom duties to be paid for about 6 000 blankets given by South Africans to victims of the government’s recent mass demolitions campaign, an aid organisation said on Wednesday. Aid workers have been barred from distributing the blankets until the matter is resolved.
PetroSA, the state oil and gas company, will ”have nothing to do” with Imvume Management in future and it has been ordered to pay back monies owed to it, says PetroSA chairperson Popo Molefe. The former North West premier faced tough questions from opposition MPs in the standing committee on public accounts on Wednesday morning.
It remains the greatest mystery in Australian political history: did the then prime minister Harold Holt drown while swimming at his favourite beach or was he spirited away in a Chinese submarine? Almost four decades after Holt vanished at Cheviot Beach, south-east of Melbourne, an inquest is trying to solve one of the country’s oldest political whodunits.
It took two hours to drag it aboard, but the battle was worth it: a tuna fish the ”size of a cow” appears to have netted a New Zealand angler a place in the record books. The 6ft to 8ft-long Pacific bluefin tuna, weighing 268kg, is believed to be the largest of its species landed by anglers.
The Bush administration on Tuesday put forward a plan to make the United States’s burgeoning fleet of pickup trucks, minivans and some sports utility vehicles go further on a gallon of gas in response to the soaring cost of petrol. But the plan, which would not be implemented until 2008, was condemned by environmental groups because the largest SUVs would not be affected.
Following statements on Wednesday by PetroSA, the state oil and gas company, that it will "have nothing to do" with Imvume Management in future and that Imvume has been ordered to pay back monies owed to it, the Democratic Alliance said in a statement that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) must now investigate Imvume.
Fires and floods continue to leave a trail of death and destruction across Europe, with some countries experiencing devastating floods, while authorities in Spain and Portugal battle raging wildfires. Record flooding in southern Germany surged downstream from the Alps on Wednesday as rescue workers raced to save cities and towns in its path.