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Tropical cyclone Yasa is barreling towards Fiji, bringing hurricane-force winds to the Pacific island nation. The powerful storm has rapidly strengthened over the past 24 hours from a Category 1 storm to a high-end Category 4. According to CNN, dangerous winds have increased from 80 miles per hour to 155 miles per hour. The storm has the potential to strengthen over the next 12 hours, before weakening slightly as it approaches Fiji. According to experts, a Category 4 storm can be expected to cause "catastrophic damage." The storm is expected to reach Fiji on Thursday night local time (Thursday morning ET).
Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk wins the 2018 Nobel Literature Prize and Austrian Peter Handke the 2019 prize. Olga Tokarczuk, considered the most talented Polish novelist of her generation, has a string of bestsellers to her name and a style that blends the real with the mystical. Handke is a novelist, playwright and translator that the Swedish Academy praised for his "influential work". SOUNDBITE
Before the last four races of the 2019 DTM season, five drivers can still have hopes of winning the drivers’ championship – at least strictly mathematically. Especially the two most promising title candidates, René Rast and Nico Müller, are in for some nerve-wracking races. Each of the Audi DTM drivers is aware of the strengths of the other. And both are using their valuable time at home to replenish their energy reserves once again before the season’s final spurt, each in their own way.
The new Porsche 911 RSR (2019 model year) meet rival vehicles in the GTE-Pro class for the first time at the prologue of the FIA World Endurance Championship on 23 and 24 July in Barcelona, Spain. At the official tests prior to the start of the 2019/2020 FIA WEC season, Porsche, as the reigning world manufacturers’ champions, will run two of the new ca. 515 hp racing vehicles from Weissach. The new Porsche 911 RSR was unveiled at the beginning of July at Goodwood in Great Britain.
'American Horror Story' star Evan Peters has confirmed he will e "sitting out" the next season of the anthology programme, making it the first time in its long run he won't be involved.
The SF90 has now completed its first track outing, following on from last Friday’s launch. It took place at the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit, when Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow carried out a filming day to gather footage for media purposes for itself and its partners.