Euroviews. Peace in Ukraine needs more than a plan
As the Trump administration is preparing an attempt to stop the war in Ukraine, Europe fears, for good reason, that it won’t have a place at the table where decisions are made.
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'India's Future Is Bright': Garry Kasparov Reacts As D Gukesh Breaks His Record To Become Youngest World Chess Champion
Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov congratulated India's D Gukesh, who broke his record to become the youngest world chess champion on Thursday. Before Gukesh's feat on Thursday, Kasparov of Russia was the youngest world champion when he won the title at the age of 22, dethroning Anatoly Karpov in 1985. Gukesh, 18, defeated defending champion Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 by winning the 14th and last classical game of their World Championship tie in Singapore. Taking to social media platform X, Kasparov said Gukesh conquered the summit of world chess.
Seven journalists arrested in Belarus in crackdown ahead of presidential election
Authorities in Belarus have arrested seven journalists who worked for an independent regional news outlet, a media watchdog has said, the latest move in a sweeping crackdown on dissent and freedom of speech by the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko.
'India's Future Is Bright': Garry Kasparov Reacts As D Gukesh Breaks His Record To Become Youngest World Chess Champion
Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov congratulated India's D Gukesh, who broke his record to become the youngest world chess champion on Thursday. Before Gukesh's feat on Thursday, Kasparov of Russia was the youngest world champion when he won the title at the age of 22, dethroning Anatoly Karpov in 1985. Gukesh, 18, defeated defending champion Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 by winning the 14th and last classical game of their World Championship tie in Singapore. Taking to social media platform X, Kasparov said Gukesh conquered the summit of world chess.
Romania's far-right Georgescu denounces cancelled vote outside closed polling station
Romania’s defiant far-right presidential candidate, Călin Georgescu, stood outside a closed polling station on Sunday in protest of the country's top court’s unprecedented decision to annul the first round of the vote in which he emerged as the frontrunner.
Montenegro aims to become 28th EU member state by 2028, President Milatović says
Montenegro's youngest-ever president at the age of 36, Jakov Milatović, was elected in May last year, winning a landslide majority on an unabashedly pro-EU platform.
Sources: NBA returns to China with Nets-Suns preseason games - ESPN
The NBA will return to China for the first time since 2019 with two preseason games in Macao between the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns in October, sources told ESPN on Thursday.
'Shocking' levels of democratic backsliding across Europe - ex-Justice Commissioner Jourová
Jourová - a lawyer by trade - was EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency from 2019 until November 2024.