George Russell won the opening sprint race of the new Formula One season at the Chinese Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver ultimately took a strong win from pole position but only after a fierce to and fro with Lewis Hamilton during the opening phase of the race. Charles Leclerc took second for Ferrari, with Hamilton in third, with the victory for Russell further cementing his position as favourite f...
George Russell won the opening sprint race of the new Formula One season at the Chinese Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver ultimately took a strong win from pole position but only after a fierce to and fro with Lewis Hamilton during the opening phase of the race. Charles Leclerc took second for Ferrari, with Hamilton in third, with the victory for Russell further cementing his position as favourite for the world championship and confirming that Mercedes will be remarkably hard to beat this season. Lando Norris was in fourth for McLaren and Kimi Antonelli in fifth for Mercedes. Max Verstappen, who has struggled with his car all weekend, dismissing it as undriveable at one point, had a poor, slow start and could manage only ninth for Red Bull with his teammate Isack Hadjar in 15th. Russell had said that to be in the top three in turn one would be a success, given how quick the Ferrari is off the line but the British driver did manage a good getaway, with the team focused on improving their starts after the Australian GP. Yet he was immediately faced by a fierce attack from Hamilton as the pair swapped places for the lead repeatedly. While the Ferrari showed much improve race pace over its qualifying speed, the Mercedes once more demonstrated its superiority in optimising its energy management across a lap, with their cars able to maintain the least reduction in power in the last part of the long back straight and once more showing real pace coming out of the corners. Until a late safety car closed up the pack Russell had put five seconds on Leclerc, despite the Ferrari showing good form in Shanghai. Having taken a dominant victory at the first round in Australia, this reinforces the advantage Mercedes hold over the rest of the field this season, with Russell’s second sprint victory after he took the first in Brazil in 2022. View image in fullscreen Mercedes driver George Russell leads Ferrari duo Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc during the sprint race of the Chinese Fo...
Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St's easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. YouTube has surpassed Disney to become the world's largest media company by revenue, marking a shift toward streaming platforms. This change highlights Alphabet's growing influence in paid media subscriptions and global advertising. The development underscor...
Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St's easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. YouTube has surpassed Disney to become the world's largest media company by revenue, marking a shift toward streaming platforms. This change highlights Alphabet's growing influence in paid media subscriptions and global advertising. The development underscores how YouTube has scaled direct consumer media beyond traditional legacy players. For Alphabet (NasdaqGS: GOOGL), YouTube's new status as the top revenue generator in global media adds a fresh pillar to the story that investors have been watching. The stock trades at $302.28, with a 1 year return of 83.3% and a 3 year return of 199.9%. Those numbers frame how materially YouTube's growth drivers now sit alongside Alphabet's other businesses that were previously in focus. Looking ahead, YouTube's position as the largest media company by revenue could shape how investors think about Alphabet's mix of subscription, advertising, and streaming exposure. It may also influence how markets compare Alphabet to traditional media peers, as YouTube increasingly behaves like a global media platform rather than just a video sharing site. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Alphabet by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Alphabet. NasdaqGS:GOOGL Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Mar 2026 📰 Beyond the headline: 1 risk and 4 things going right for Alphabet that every investor should see. YouTube overtaking Disney on revenue puts Alphabet squarely in the middle of the shift from legacy media to streaming platforms. For you as an investor, this is less about a single league table and more about what it says regarding Alphabet’s partnership reach, monetisation depth, and bargaining position with content owners. YouTube already works with media groups such as Canal+, which is turning to Google Cloud AI to i...
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深水埗後巷發現11隻貓 部分情況欠佳 六旬翁、非華裔男涉虐畜被捕 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】深水埗 兩 名男子懷疑棄置多隻貓，涉嫌殘酷對待動物被捕。 11隻貓被遺棄在後巷，警員封鎖後巷調查，並由愛護動物協會人員帶走貓隻。下午二時許，警方接獲報案，指在荔枝角道300號後巷有多隻貓被棄置在兩個籠內，警員到場發現部分貓隻身體欠佳。調查後拘捕一名60歲男子及一名46歲非華裔男子，涉嫌殘酷對待動物。
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深水埗後巷發現11隻貓 部分情況欠佳 六旬翁、非華裔男涉虐畜被捕 To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video 【有線新聞】深水埗兩名男子懷疑棄置多隻貓，涉嫌殘酷對待動物被捕。 11隻貓被遺棄在後巷，警員封鎖後巷調查，並由愛護動物協會人員帶走貓隻。下午二時許，警方接獲報案，指在荔枝角道300號後巷有多隻貓被棄置在兩個籠內，警員到場發現部分貓隻身體欠佳。調查後拘捕一名60歲男子及一名46歲非華裔男子，涉嫌殘酷對待動物。
Consumer staples companies sell products that get bought in good times and bad. That's why they are considered safe-haven investments during times of uncertainty. Given the economic concerns among consumers and the unfolding geopolitical conflict in the Middle East, now could be a good time to err on the side of caution. Which is why stocks like Coca-Cola (KO +0.28%) and Procter & Gamble (PG +0.10...
Consumer staples companies sell products that get bought in good times and bad. That's why they are considered safe-haven investments during times of uncertainty. Given the economic concerns among consumers and the unfolding geopolitical conflict in the Middle East, now could be a good time to err on the side of caution. Which is why stocks like Coca-Cola (KO +0.28%) and Procter & Gamble (PG +0.10%) could be perfect fits for your portfolio. Consumer staples and Dividend Kings Coca-Cola is the world's largest non-alcoholic beverage maker, with iconic brands that stretch well beyond its namesake Coke. Procter & Gamble is also one of the world's largest consumer staples companies, with a portfolio of brands that range from toilet paper to toothpaste. But there's something even more interesting that links these two companies. They are both Dividend Kings. Reaching the elite status of Dividend King requires a company to increase its dividend annually for at least 50 consecutive years. A company can only do that if it has a strong business plan that gets executed well in both good times and bad. It also shows that a company places a high value on returning value to shareholders over time via dividend payments. Both Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble have proven they are resilient businesses. And right now, Coca-Cola is offering a dividend yield of 2.6% while P&G is yielding 2.8%. For comparison, the S&P 500 index (^GSPC 0.61%) is yielding only 1.1% or so. Expand NYSE : KO Coca-Cola Today's Change ( 0.28 %) $ 0.22 Current Price $ 77.30 Key Data Points Market Cap $334B Day's Range $ 77.19 - $ 78.05 52wk Range $ 65.35 - $ 82.00 Volume 470K Avg Vol 18M Gross Margin 61.75 % Dividend Yield 2.63 % Coca-Cola and P&G are reasonably priced Industry-leading businesses like Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble don't go on sale very often. But even a fair price is likely to be a good entry point if your holding period is a decade or longer. P&G's price-to-sale, price-to-earnings, and price-to-b...
China’s Zhejiang provincial government signed a new strategic cooperation agreement with automobile group Geely, deepening ties as the region seeks to strengthen its position in the global electric‑vehicle supply chain. The agreement aims to broaden industrial coordination, with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. designated as a lead company to drive integration across the automotive value chain, ac...
China’s Zhejiang provincial government signed a new strategic cooperation agreement with automobile group Geely, deepening ties as the region seeks to strengthen its position in the global electric‑vehicle supply chain. The agreement aims to broaden industrial coordination, with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. designated as a lead company to drive integration across the automotive value chain, according to a statement Saturday on the automaker’s official WeChat account. The focus will be on smart manufacturing, new‑energy vehicles and connected‑car technologies. Geely, China’s third-largest automaker by vehicle sales, is a key player in Zhejiang’s automotive ecosystem. The coastal province in eastern China and the company previously signed a strategic framework agreement in 2022 to improve digitalization and sustainability across the sector. The expanded pact is intended to accelerate industrial upgrading and support Zhejiang’s goal of building a world‑class automotive and auto‑parts manufacturing cluster, according to the statement. Zhejiang, known as a cradle of Chinese private enterprise, is home to private companies including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd . Authorities plan to leverage the province’s business environment, industrial base and supply‑chain support, alongside Geely’s capabilities in intelligent manufacturing and green technologies. The move comes as Chinese provinces compete to attract investment and secure leadership roles in the fast‑evolving electric‑vehicle industry, where cost, technology and scale are increasingly critical.
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2m ago 04.19 GMT Israeli military tells Iranians to 'immediately evacuate' an industrial area of Tabriz The Israeli military has issued an evacuation warning for a designated industrial area in Tabriz, in northwestern Iran, saying it will “conduct operations in this area in the coming hours”. The warning, issued on social media, tells citizens to “immediately evacuate”. Share 11m ago 04.10 GMT Missile strikes helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad A missile has struck a helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, two Iraqi security officials told Associated Press. The US Embassy in Baghdad has not yet commented on the reports. On Friday, the embassy renewed its Level 4 security alert for Iraq, warning that Iran and Iran-aligned militia groups have previously carried out attacks against US citizens, interests and infrastructure, and “may continue to target them.” The embassy complex, which is one of the largest US diplomatic facilities in the world, has been repeatedly targeted by rockets and drones fired by Iran-aligned militias. Share
Australia’s Energy Minister Chris Bowen says rural and regional areas are facing “real and unacceptable shortages” of fuel, a ripple effect of the US-Israel war with Iran that has caused global oil prices to surge. Bowen’s comments came a day after the government announced it would release fuel from its emergency stockpile to meet demand in rural areas. He said the additional supply would not reac...
Australia’s Energy Minister Chris Bowen says rural and regional areas are facing “real and unacceptable shortages” of fuel, a ripple effect of the US-Israel war with Iran that has caused global oil prices to surge. Bowen’s comments came a day after the government announced it would release fuel from its emergency stockpile to meet demand in rural areas. He said the additional supply would not reach the market immediately. The shortage has been driven by a “massive explosion in demand” not because of any supply disruptions, Bowen said, adding Australia had received all of its shipments of petrol and diesel as expected. Demand is “up 100% at every terminal across Australia,” the minister said at a press conference on Saturday. “This has seen shortages for farmers, for people in regional areas in particular, which the government has been working very hard with the industry to get addressed as quickly as possible.” Bowen was presenting the government’s first weekly report on fuel reserves after shifting from quarterly reporting. Australia holds 1.6 billion liters of petrol, the equivalent of 37 days of supply, up from 36 days in the last report. Diesel reserves stand at 2.7 billion liters, the equivalent of 30 days. Farmers have warned the conflict-driven energy crisis could lead to smaller plantings and reduced food production , while trucking groups say higher fuel costs could soon flow through to consumers. Airlines have also begun raising fares to account for rising costs. Jet fuel prices had risen by as much as 150% over a two-week period, Qantas Airways Ltd said. Bowen said Australia was not facing an immediate jet fuel shortage, but that the government was in close communication with Virgin Australia and Qantas, the country’s two largest airlines. Australia has the equivalent of 29 days, or about 800 million liters, of jet fuel supplies, he said. “They have fuel on hand for the immediate and foreseeable future,” Bowen said. “But, obviously, any impacts from globa...