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McLaren’s Oscar Piastri stormed to victory at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday, overtaking Max Verstappen and rising to the top of the Formula 1 driver standings.
Oscar Piastri continued his stellar start to the season by winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, securing back-to-back victories after his triumph in Bahrain and climbing to the top of the Formula 1 standings.
Starting second on the grid beside Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, Piastri took the lead early after Verstappen was handed a five-second penalty for leaving the track while battling for position at turn one. The Australian insisted he had the racing line.
“Once I got on the inside, I wasn’t coming out of turn one in second,” Piastri said after the race.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc rounded out the podium in third, while Piastri’s teammate Lando Norris recovered from a crash in qualifying to finish fourth, thanks to a well-executed race strategy.
The 23-year-old McLaren driver now has three victories in five races this season—already surpassing his career total before 2025—and has firmly established himself as a title contender in what’s shaping up to be a tightly fought championship.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he thinks there is a chance of a peace being reached with Ukraine. He told the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia that he believed there was "a chance of finding a solution," to the conflict.
The U.S. has launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran, targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites as Tehran retaliated against U.S. positions across the region, while Iranian officials said at least five people were killed and dozens wounded at a wedding near Sirik.
The Iranian Health Ministry said at least 18 people were killed and 142 others injured in U.S. airstrikes carried out between 30 August and 2 September.
The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaia Kallas says the bloc will tighten enforcement of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine. EU foreign ministers were meeting in Ireland following renewed Russian strikes on cities across Ukraine.
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President Donald Trump is leaving more than a paper trail from his time in office. The U.S. is now minting commemorative $1 coins for America’s 250th anniversary, featuring a portrait of the sitting president.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia then Ukraine over the weekend, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citing an unnamed source. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also said American envoys will visit the capitals of both countries.
Pacific Island leaders expressed concern about China's Pacific missile test at their annual summit, though Nauru formally dissented, in a meeting largely overshadowed by Beijing's objections to Taiwan's presence.
China’s southern coastal provinces of Fujian and Guangdong are bracing for more torrential rain after Typhoon Saudel triggered widespread flooding, swept away vehicles and caused a three-storey building to collapse.
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