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Silk Way Rally: Bryce Menzies beats defending champion Despres in stage 7

American Bryce Menzies wins his first special and in the Kamaz has a clean sweep in the trucks section

14/07/2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Stephane Peterhansel doubles up on stage six

Peugeot’s Stephane Peterhansel won his second stage of the Silk Way Rally in the cars category but the Frenchman remains more than three hours behind overall leader Sébastien…

13/07/2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Cyril Despres has his day in the sun

Stage five of the Silk Way Rally featured another long day.

12/07/2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Sébastian Loeb benefits from Peterhansel's pain

Peugeot's Stephane Peterhansel took a roll in the mud and ended up losing three hours

11/07/2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Sébastian Loeb leaves rivals in the shade

Stage three of the Silk Way Rally left Russia and headed to Kazakhstan with a long stage between Ufa and Kostanay, featuring 329km of special.

10/07/2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: Peterhansel leads Peugeot procession

Stage two of the Silk Way took the riders on a 785km trip eastwards from Cheboksary to Ufa, with 157km of special section on the menu.

09/07/2017

Sport

Sebastian Loeb sets marker in Silk Way starter

The official podium ceremony for the 2017 Silk Way Rally was held on Moscow’s iconic Red Square on Friday, with defending car champion Cyril Despres leading the…

08/07/2017

Germany

Muslims march against extremism in Cologne

Several hundred Germans. most of them Muslims, held a peace march in Cologne on Saturday in protest at the number of deadly Islamic extremist attacks that have hit Europe in recent years.

17/06/2017

Eco-Innovation

Vintage car rally in Moscow

Moscow residents had an opportunity to immerse themselves in the automotive history last weekend, as vintage car fans gathered in the centre of the Russian capital to show off their…

06/06/2017

Argentina

People power: Argentina blocks early release for human rights criminals

Under pressure from the street, Congress stopped a ruling from applying to dictatorship-era human rights offenders.

11/05/2017

Sport

Silk Way Rally: from Moscow to Xi'An

Rally raid teams will tackle 10,000kms through Russia, Kazakhstan and China

09/05/2017

Spain

Rally driver involved in incredible near miss as his car skids off a cliff-top road

09/05/2017

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Australia: Ginger Pride Rally celebrates beauty of redheads

After years of being on the receiving end of insults, nicknames and jokes, thousands of redheads took to the streets of Melbourne to proclaim their ginger pride.

03/05/2017

World News

Workers and activists mark May Day around the globe

Workers and activists around the world have marked May Day with defiant rallies and marches.

02/05/2017

Hungary

"We belong to Europe" - Hungarians hold May Day rally

Thousands of pro-EU protesters warn Hungary's government not to abandon European liberal values in a May Day rally in Budapest

02/05/2017

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Russian flags waved at Trump rally

Donald Trump celebrated his first 100 days as US President on Saturday with a campaign-style rally attended by cheering fans in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

01/05/2017

Sport

Thierry Neuville wins in Argentina

Belgian Thierry Neuville has snatched his second rally victory in a row for Hyundai in Argentina with a last-gasp burst of speed

30/04/2017

Venezuela

Venezuelan anti-government rallies turn violent, two dead

At least two protesters were killed as clashes broke out on the sidelines of a mass anti-government rally that the opposition billed "the mother of all marches".

19/04/2017

Slovakia

​Students against corruption in Slovakia

Citizens take to the streets in Bratislava to protest what they see as a corrupt government.

18/04/2017

Russia

Unbowed, Navalny calls for more protests

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has called on his supporters to hold protest rallies across the country on June 12. Navalny, who wants to run for president in 2018, was freed earlier this wee

12/04/2017