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Mixed emotions for Mercedes drivers in Hungary

Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher were left with mixed emotions after enduring contrasting fortunes in Saturday's qualifying session




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Mixed emotions for Ferrari drivers

Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso suffered differing fortunes during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix




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Nine drivers hit with five-second penalties

The stewards have slapped five-second penalties onto the finishing times of nine Formula One drivers at the European Grand Prix for lapping too quickly under safety car conditions




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Mixed fortunes for Mercedes drivers

Mercedes drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg suffered mixed fortunes in the Korean Grand Prix




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Jarno Trulli slams 'less committed' pay drivers

Jarno Trulli has hit out at the growing influence of so-called 'pay drivers' in Formula One, accusing them of being 'less committed'




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Red Bull drivers clear the air

Red Bull Racing drivers Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel met with team boss Christian Horner, chief technician Adrian Newey and consultant Dr. Marko at the Red Bull Racing factory in further 'clear-the-air' talks on Thursday in the wake of the incident on




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Ferrari to make F-duct more comfortable for drivers

Ferrari will tweak its F-duct system so that it is more "comfortable" for the drivers, Fernando Alonso has revealed




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Ferrari insists no rift between drivers

Ferrari has hit back at reports claiming Felipe Massa was unhappy with Fernando Alonso's pit entry overtaking move in China




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Illicit financial flows in Africa: Drivers, destinations, and policy options

Abstract Since 1980, an estimated $1.3 trillion has left sub-Saharan Africa in the form of illicit financial flows (per Global Financial Integrity methodology), posing a central challenge to development financing. In this paper, we provide an up-to-date examination of illicit financial flows from Africa from 1980 to 2018, assess the drivers and destinations of illicit…

       




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Illicit financial flows in Africa: Drivers, destinations, and policy options

Abstract Since 1980, an estimated $1.3 trillion has left sub-Saharan Africa in the form of illicit financial flows (per Global Financial Integrity methodology), posing a central challenge to development financing. In this paper, we provide an up-to-date examination of illicit financial flows from Africa from 1980 to 2018, assess the drivers and destinations of illicit…

       




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Why the underlying drivers of change in the Middle East haven’t changed


Editors’ Note: In a recent interview with Foreign Policy Interrupted, Tamara Wittes was asked about how the situation in the Middle East has changed since she published her 2008 book Freedom’s Unsteady March. Five years after the Arab uprisings and the start of the Syrian civil war, and a year and a half after the Islamic State captured Mosul (along with the world’s attention), Tamara says that many of the same fundamental dynamics in the Middle East are still at work.

The situation in the region has changed so dramatically since then, but I think that the fundamental insights that informed that book remain true. The underlying drivers of change in the Middle East are still there in terms of the demographic drivers, the economic drivers, the technological drivers that I described in the book; they are all still present.

Although there’s a lot of disorder and a lot of violence, and that leads people on the ground to prioritize security and to search for security in different ways, that doesn’t mean that they’re going to be satisfied. It doesn’t mean that the, “well, at least it’s not ISIS” line is going to suffice for governments in the Middle East for very long.

The underlying drivers of change are still present, the pressure for change is still present, and a lot of those pressures are about the simple fact of individual empowerment. Expectations shifted, and people, individuals, have the ability to act in ways that they didn’t before. States and governments have to accommodate that. It’s affecting politics all over the world, and the Middle East is not immune.

So the question becomes: how are governments going to learn to accommodate that and turn it into a strength? I think that the United States does have a really important role to play there. There were mistakes that the Bush administration made—setting aside his vision of Iraq, which has of course been very thoroughly discussed and assessed. But even in terms of non-military intervention to try to advance reform, the critique I made in the book is that the Bush administration was overly focused on political process and elections in particular. I think that one of the other lessons that has come of recent years is that the United States and other Western countries get very focused on political institutions and think, well, if we set up a judicial system, and we set up a parliament, and a constitution, then the gears in the machine sort of start to turn, the states start to function. Look at the rebuilding efforts in Afghanistan, for example.

But what we see in the Middle East today is that formal institutions aren’t enough. People have to have trust in the institutions, and people and communities have to have sufficient agreement on the basic rules of the game to make those institutions legitimate and authoritative. And that’s what’s missing in a lot of places around the region right now, that there isn’t enough dialogue and debate and ultimately negotiated agreement on the basic rules of the game. So I think that the challenge for the United States and others who care about stability in the Middle East going forward is how to help cultivate platforms for that kind of dialogue, and how to help cultivate the skills and the mechanisms for resolving very fundamental questions about how government should be organized and what should be the role of religion and politics, and what’s the balance between individual rights and collective identity.

These are big, big, questions, and right now, in too many places, they are being fought over violently. But the questions still have to be answered, and so the challenge is helping develop ways to do that, to do it peacefully.

      
 
 




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Florida study finds that drivers flout the law more than cyclists

But cyclists all run stop signs and red lights! Don't they?




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Province of Ontario introduces new penalties for careless drivers causing death

Drivers used to get away with murder; new legislation is much stronger.




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Why are transit riders who jump fares treated so much more harshly than drivers who steal parking spaces?

It's time for some fareness.




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New York's Governor Cuomo considers helmet mandates for car drivers

He wants data? We've got data. And if it saves just one life.....




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London cracks down on drivers who sit with engines idling

It's about time more cities did this.




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Almost half of American drivers don’t bother using their turn signals

And then they yell at cyclists for not following the rules.




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Study finds that drivers would rather use a transporter, but people who walk or bike enjoy the ride

For people who walk or bike, getting there is half the fun.




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Yet another study confirms that drivers of expensive cars are more likely to ignore pedestrians

Nevada study finds that every thousand bucks of added value decreases the odds of yielding to pedestrians by three percent.




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Uber CEO says drivers should get health-care benefits based on how much they work, and Uber would pay for it

The suggestion comes as Uber faces mounting pressure to provide health-care and other protections for its workers during the pandemic.




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Oil surges on big bet that drivers will take to the roads as states reopen

Oil prices are rising as producers cut output and investors bet the U.S. consumer will help drive the industry out of its demand crisis.




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Uber CEO: Our drivers and couriers should get health care and earnings protection based on hours worked

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tells "Squawk Box" that the company is a proponent of a model in which drivers and couriers have minimum earning and health care protections based on the hours worked.




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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on earnings, assisting drivers during pandemic and more

Uber reported its biggest loss in three quarters, but shares of the ride-hailing giant on the rise after pointing to early signs of recovery in different markets across the globe. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi joins "Squawk Box" to discuss.




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Coronavirus outbreak: Game of cards, parties by two drivers infect 38 in Andhra Pradesh

Playing game of cards and hosting parties to kill time during the nationwide lockdown, two truck driver in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada city spread coronavirus to as many as 38 persons, officials said on Sunday.

One of them infected 24 people while organising a game of cards at his house and inviting his neighbours and friends to join in. According to officials, he had gone to Kolkata in West Bengal to ferry some goods and returned to the city on April 4 via Odisha.

Feeling bored, the driver invited neighbours and friends for a game of cards while his wife invited womenfolk from nearby houses.

When the truck driver tested positive, officials questioned him and came to know about his activities since his return hoe. Those who came in contact with him were screened and most found infected.

Another driver spread the virus to 14 people. Investigations revealed that he had gone to Dubai and returned via Sri Lanka and Chennai last month. Without observing home quarantine, he attended parties and thus spread of virus.

Vijayawada is a hotspot in the state and it accounts for more than 100 of the 177 positive cases reported so far in Krishna district.

District collector Imtiyaz Ahmed said unless people cooperate in checking the spread of coronavirus, government efforts alone can't yield the desired results.

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Coronavirus Outbreak: Drivers stop to pick up spilled face masks, cause huge traffic jam

With the Coronavirus outbreak wreaking havoc across the globe with millions of people being infected and scores of lives claimed, government have made wearing face masks mandatory for people. The decision has made face masks a prized commodity for people.

Traffic in California came to brief halt after drivers had stopped to pick up face masks that were littered on the road. Although it is not clear how the masks ended up spilled on the highway, CBS reported that a man was spotted throwing boxes of masks on the road from a white truck.

The California Highway Patrol-Hayward posted pictures of the incident on their Facebook page where scores of masks were found lying on the southbound lanes of Interstate 880. “Multiple individuals stopped in lanes and stepped out of their vehicles to pick up masks,” read the post, adding that debris has been cleared and the lanes were opened.

The post also appealed drivers not to step out of their vehicle on an active freeway. Many users commenting on the post criticized the driver who reportedly threw the mask on the road, instead of donating it. One user said, “Just terrible! That person has no respect.” Another user said, “The highway does not have a need for medical masks. Therefore, I would have donated to an entity that did! A user said, “What a waste of something necessary now.”

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Under-taxing drivers is bad for environment and health, OECD says

Advanced economies are pushing up carbon emissions, traffic congestion and air pollution by under-taxing company cars and diesel fuel, according to new OECD research.




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The drivers of public health spending: integrating policies and institutions

This paper investigates the impact of policies and institutions on health expenditures for a large panel of OECD countries for the period 2000-10.




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Pollution havens? Energy prices are not key drivers of offshoring

New evidence on the effect of energy prices on outward FDI can provide some reassurance in light of concerns about Pollution Havens.




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The fall in real long-term government bond yields: Disentangling different drivers

This paper contributes to the empirical literature investigating reasons for the fall in real interest rates in advanced economies.




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An empirical investigation on the drivers of income redistribution across OECD countries

Income inequality has increased in most OECD countries over the past two decades. This has come about both because incomes before taxes and transfers have become more unequally distributed, and because the extent of redistribution through taxes and transfers has fallen.




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The London bus drivers on the coronavirus front line

Their critical public service has a price attached. Seamus Murphy photographs these key workers




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Admiral to refund £110m of premiums as drivers stay at home

Move by UK group will put pressure on other insurers to follow suit 




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R&D Roundup: Sweat power, Earth imaging, testing ‘ghostdrivers’

I see far more research articles than I could possibly write up. This column collects the most interesting of those papers and advances, along with notes on why they may prove important in the world of tech and startups. This week: one step closer to self-powered on-skin electronics; people dressed as car seats; how to […]




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High-tech phone cameras to catch drivers texting to be switched on in NSW this SUNDAY

High-tech cameras that can capture clear images of drivers illegally using their mobile phones will go live on Sunday in 45 unknown locations across New South Wales.




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Mobile phone cameras to catch texting drivers in NSW turned on today

NSW drivers who threaten lives by using mobile phones behind the wheel risk being caught by unmarked cameras as new technology rolls out across the state today.




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Hi-tech cameras to catch 1 in 100 drivers texting set to make $350 million per year

High-tech cameras are set to ear $350 million per year generating fines. 




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Drivers who kill are being 'let off' with five-year jail terms

In another indictment of 'soft justice' Britain, analysis of Ministry of Justice data shows the average sentence last year for causing death by dangerous driving was five years and three months.




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Gangs are using pizza delivery drivers to courier drugs to people stuck at home during lockdown

Drug dealers are using takeaway delivery drivers to drop 'pizza boxes or other food containers' containing cocaine, marijuana, ketamine and ecstasy at buyer's houses, warns Interpol.




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Sixth title for Lewis Hamilton: Delight as British F1 ace wraps up drivers' championship in Texas

Just a finish of eighth place was needed to secure the four points to land Hamilton out of reach of his last remaining title rival - Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas. The Brit finished in second.




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F1 drivers prepared to walk out on Australian Grand Prix due to coronavirus threat

F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel said the drivers are prepared to pull out of this weekend's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne - effectively cancelling the event - due to coronavirus fears.




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Coronavirus: McLaren drivers Norris and Sainz take voluntary price cut a sF1 team to furlough staff

EXCLUSIVE BY JONATHAN McEVOY: F1 giants McLaren became the sport's first team to place staff on furlough, with their drivers volunteering to take pay cuts themselves.




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London Underground drivers to strike on day of Donald Trump's visit

The US president's time in the capital on July 13 is set to cause chaos above ground because of security fears.




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Tube strike: Piccadilly Line drivers prepare to strike again next month

Drivers on the Piccadilly Line will walk out for 24 hours on November 7 following industrial action last month. RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said the union was 'frustrated' with management.




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Amazon investigates three delivery drivers caught on camera throwing parcels

Footage shows dozens of parcels strewn across the ground (pictured) as the men sort through them one by one outside a Tesco store in Neasden, north-west London.




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Coronavirus fears prompt Tesco delivery drivers to advise each other to take the retailer to COURT

In a forum for Tesco employees in the UK the drivers questioned whether or not it was a fair request to be asked to take food shopping into the homes of those who could have the virus.




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Terrifying footage shows hungry alligator crawling towards car drivers on busy Florida intersection 

The huge alligator was spotted on the corner of MLK Boulevard and Williams Road at the Seffner intersection in Florida as it lumbered across the road.




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Truck drivers have emerged as some of the most ‘essential’ workers of the coronavirus, but they’re not getting paid like it

Truck drivers are getting sick of memes praising their work.They'd rather just get a pay raise.Instead, their rates are crashing to lows not seen since 2009.Meanwhile, America's grocery stores, gas stations, and ATMs would run dry in two to three days if it weren't for truck drivers. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.When President Donald Trump gave four truckers golden keys and declared them the "foot soldiers" of America's fight against the coronavirus last month, truck driver Joe Plummer felt heard — but still hopeless."We as truckers love the support Trump has given us, but unfortunately that doesn't pay bills," Plummer told Business Insider.A typical rate for Plummer to take a truckload of goods from his home base of North Carolina to Los Angeles has plummeted from $4,700




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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says drivers should receive tiered healthcare benefits based on how many hours they work, and that the company would pay for it

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said drivers should be entitled to healthcare benefits based on how much they work, during an interview with CNBC on Friday.Khosrowshahi also said the company would pay for those benefits.Uber was hit this week with a lawsuit in California over its classification of drivers as contractors as it faces growing pressure to provide them with benefits.Uber has aggressively defended its contractor-based model, arguing that drivers enjoy increased flexibility as a result.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Uber drivers' healthcare benefits should be contingent on how much they work, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said during an interview with CNBC on Friday."You should get healthcare based on the hours that you're working, and if you have a 'have' and 'have-nots'




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Drivers for R&S®CMW500




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Drivers for R&S®NGE100B Power supply series