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By Glen Levy, Elizabeth Pérez, CNN

Miami, Florida (CNN) — For Kimi Antonelli, time is of the essence.

The Italian driver, who competes in Formula One for Mercedes – replacing no less a legend than Lewis Hamilton at the Silver Arrows – is still just 19 years old, but he isn’t biding his time, fully aware that a title is there to be won in only his second season in the sport.

On the grid, the current leader in the 2026 drivers’ standings hasn’t hung around, with achievements stacking up as effortlessly as he maneuvers his car around the track.

In his debut season in 2025, at just 18 years and 224 days, Antonelli became the youngest driver to lead a race, and on the same day in Japan, the youngest to set the fastest ever lap (1:30.965 seconds).

He’s arguably taken it up a notch this season by becoming the youngest Grand Prix Pole Sitter (19 years, 6 months, and 17 days at the Chinese Grand Prix) and by going on to clinch victory in Shanghai that weekend, the second youngest race winner – that sound you can hear is Max Verstappen breathing easy, safe in the knowledge that he remains the youngest driver to win a race (18 years and 228 days old at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix on his debut for Red Bull Racing).

His love for driving

But Verstappen and the rest of the competition are currently being left behind by Antonelli, who will hope it’s business as usual when the F1 season resumes this weekend in Miami. With a nine-point lead over his Mercedes teammate George Russell, Antonelli is the youngest ever Championship leader.

“I’m a very ambitious person,” Antonelli tells CNN Sports just days ahead of competing in the Miami Grand Prix.

“The goal is to win, not only racing, but try to win the championship… this year is looking good so far, we’ve been very strong, and this weekend is going to be very important in Miami, to be back from where we left [off].”

And off the track, time is at the forefront of the young man’s mind too. Or perhaps that should be, at the forefront of the young man’s wrist. CNN Sports is catching up with the Italian in his guise as an IWC Schaffhausen ambassador, as he partakes in an event in Miami’s fashion district before his next race.

“It’s important to do these kind of activities,” he acknowledges, before impressing upon CNN Sports that “the thing I love the most is driving.”

No kidding. A highly respectable seventh-place finish in Antonelli’s rookie campaign – and, yes, the 150 points he amassed are a record in a driver’s first Championship season – will surely be improved upon in year two, with those early-season victories in Shanghai and Suzuka seeing Antonelli ascend to the top of the standings.

Even if his age precluded him from indulging in the traditional post-race celebrations of enjoying some champagne in Japan. “It was very tricky because, obviously, they had to get it ready, but yeah, it was a non-alcoholic bev

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By Lianne Kolirin, CNN

(CNN) — A dazzling collection of modern art belonging to the former owner of British soccer club Tottenham Hotspur is expected to fetch a record amount when it goes up for auction next month.

Paintings by Gustav Klimt, Henri Matisse, Egon Schiele, Amedeo Modigliani, Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud are among the dozens of masterpieces being sold by UK billionaire Joe Lewis and his daughter, Vivienne, at Sotheby’s in London in June.

Experts at the auction house estimate the collection will sell for more than £150 million ($204 million) overall. This would make it the most valuable single collection ever to be offered in London, Sotheby’s said in a press statement.

Highlights include Klimt’s 1902 full-length society portrait of Gertrud Loew (Gertha Felsőványi), which could sell for between £20 million ($27 million) and £30 million ($41 million). Schiele’s early piece “Danaë” –– painted when he was just 19 –– is likely to sell for somewhere in the region of £12 million ($16 million) to £18 million ($25 million), according the statement, as is Modigliani’s “Homme à la pipe (Le notaire de Nice).”

These are among the auction highlights that will be on public display at Sotheby’s headquarters in New York from this weekend until May 18.

Also up for sale are “Two Studies for Self Portrait” by Bacon, valued at £8-12 million ($11-16 million); Gustave Caillebotte’s “Portrait de Paul Hugot,” expected to sell for £3.5-4.5 million ($4.8-6 million); and Freud’s “Woman in a Grey Sweater” for £3-4 million ($4-5.5 million).

Although some of the works have appeared on loan at museums around the world, “many have not been seen on the open market for decades, if at all,” according to Sotheby’s.

Lewis was the majority owner of the Premier League football team Tottenham Hotspur until 2022, when he handed over his stake to the Lewis Family Trust. He is also the founder of private equity company Tavistock Group, of which his daughter, Vivienne Lewis, is senior managing director.

A spokesperson for the Lewis Collection said they hope to inspire a new generation of collectors “with works that have been a source of joy and fascination for us, and that have shaped our own collecting journey over many years.”

That said, the sale does not mean they are no longer collecting, they added. “While this public sale represents a significant staging post, our journey as collectors is far from over –– we remain committed to the avant-garde painters of today, much of whose work is informed by the artists showcased here.”

Oliver Barker, chairman of Sotheby’s Europe, said of Lewis in the press release: “Joe Lewis grew up amid the creative ferment of post-war London, the city of Bacon, Freud, and Kossoff, where the School of London first ignited his passion as a collector. That early spark developed into a broader passion for figuration, and from that into one of the world’s most important private collections of Modern art, with works that have been shown and celebrated in museums across the globe.”

“Now, in the city where this story began, it is a privilege to present these works together as the most valuable private collection ever offered in London. Truly a full circle moment.”

Magnus Resch is an art market expert who teaches at Yale. He told CNN: “This sale shows how dependent the market has become on single-owner collections. They create moments of excitement and strong prices — but they also mask a much thinner underlying market, especially outside the very top end.”

“With a major generational wealth transfer ahead, we’ll see more collections like this

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Esta semana, el Gobierno de Estados Unidos anunció dos medidas que endurecen los trámites de inmigración:

• Una pausa temporal a las decisiones sobre solicitudes como residencia, permisos de trabajo, renovación de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia (DACA, por sus siglas en inglés) y Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS, por sus siglas en inglés).
• Un nuevo requisito para los solicitantes de visas de no inmigrante: decir expresamente que no temen persecución en su país de origen.

La primera medida, la pausa temporal, pretende “garantizar que las aprobaciones cumplan con nuevas verificaciones de seguridad”, según una fuente familiarizada con la situación.

En una declaración a CNN, el portavoz de Servicios de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS, por sus siglas en inglés), Zach Kahler, dijo que la agencia “ha implementado nuevas verificaciones de seguridad para fortalecer la evaluación y el filtrado de los solicitantes mediante un acceso ampliado a bases de datos federales de antecedentes penales”.

Jaime Barrón, abogado de inmigración, dijo a CNN que es probable que algunos solicitantes sean citados de nuevo a trámites como huellas biométricas, pero que los detalles de los siguientes pasos no han sido dados a conocer.

La segunda medida establece que los solicitantes de visas de no inmigrante para Estados Unidos tendrán que afirmar que no temen persecución en sus países de origen. La norma se aplica a quienes solicitan visas de no inmigrante, que incluyen las de turistas, estudiantes y trabajadores temporales.

La directiva del Departamento de Estado instruye a los funcionarios consulares a hacer dos preguntas a los solicitantes de visas de no inmigrante: “¿Ha experimentado daño o maltrato en su país de nacionalidad o última residencia habitual?” y “¿Teme sufrir daño o maltrato al regresar a su país natal o de residencia permanente?”

“Los solicitantes de visa deben responder verbalmente con un ‘no’ a ambas preguntas para que el funcionario consular continúe con la emisión de la visa”, instruía el cable diplomático revisado por CNN.

“Están tratando de documentar y prevenir que lleguen personas a Estados Unidos a solicitar asilo político”, explicó Barrón a CNN, quien añadió que la intención es documentar lo que llaman “miedo creíble”.

Explicó que si una persona declara que no teme ser perseguida en su país al solicitar su visa, pero llega a EE.UU. y solicita asilo político, el Gobierno tendría facilidad para negarle el proceso gracias a su declaración anterior.

“Lo pueden acusar de fraude de visa o de no calificar para asilo. Es una espada de doble filo para todo solicitante”, dijo Barrón.

El abogado enfatizó también que lo que un solicitante publica en sus redes sociales podría ser motivo para negar una solicitud de inmigración.

“El Gobierno tiene una discreción inapelable de a quién le otorgan una visa, sobre todo de turista. Lo que están haciendo es pedir que hagan públicas sus redes sociales para indagar en ellas por medio de inteligencia artificial, para ver si encuentran algo que crean que crea conflicto”, explicó.

Dio como ejemplos fotografías con sustancias controladas o armas, pero también evidencia de participación en alguna protesta propalestina. “Todo eso puede ser usado en contra del individuo para que no llegue a Estados Unidos”, dijo.

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(CNN) — The Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen seized US funded supplies and equipment, including vehicles, after the Trump administration suspended and slashed humanitarian funding around the world and began dismantling the US Agency of International Development.

Former US officials told the CNN the seizure of more than $122,000 worth of equipment in 2025, was a consequence of the speed of the Trump administration funding cuts and the drastic changes at USAID.

According to those former officials, USAID officials and humanitarian workers had warned that those sudden changes – which the administration said were made to combat waste of taxpayer resources – could lead to US-funded goods falling into hostile hands.

“You have to ask yourself – did we, by all of a sudden pulling out all of this aid, did we unwittingly help (the Houthis)?” one former government official said.

The seizure was revealed by the USAID watchdog in early April. CNN spoke to several former US government officials who said the organization’s sudden dismantling created a vacuum which the US adversary was able to exploit.

The US is historically the largest donor of humanitarian aid to Yemen, where millions rely on the assistance. At the beginning of the administration’s suspension of humanitarian aid, officials said funding for Yemen was not affected. But that suddenly changed in April when the administration terminated all of its humanitarian awards for work in Yemen.

“Within 24 to 48 hours, 100% of the portfolio was gone,” the former official said.

Under normal circumstances, the officials said, humanitarian organizations that are no longer going to receive funding will work with USAID on what is called a “disposition plan.” Those plans are meant to ensure that US-funded assets are used “in the best interest of the United States,” and might see equipment or goods transferred to other organizations or other countries or disposed of to ensure they are not wasted, stolen or misused.

The plans typically are reviewed by multiple officials before receiving final approval, and they usually take several months, the former official said.

“In this case, none of that happened,” they said. The Trump administration had already put most USAID staff on leave and furloughed or laid off thousands of contractors when contracts for Yemen were cut. Staff members who remained were not allowed to communicate with humanitarian partners on the ground.

“Partners wouldn’t even know whom to contact, and they weren’t getting any callbacks,” another former US government official told CNN.

“Not only did we not have any guidance for them – in fact we were not even allowed to acknowledge the receipt of an email – they couldn’t spend any money to dispose of the items responsibly and they didn’t know who they were allowed to give it to,” the first former official said.

There were very few organizations who could have taken the assets, because US support “was so central to the humanitarian response” in Yemen. As such, the humanitarian organizations were left in limbo about what to do with the US-funded goods, including food, hygiene kits and equipment, now that the funding was cut off.

The situation was especially complicated in northern Yemen, which is largely controlled b