A Russian chess champion has been suspended from competing after she was filmed allegedly tampering with another player’s game pieces and contaminating a chessboard with mercury. The Russian Chess Federation on Wednesday issued a statement claiming competitor Amina Abakarova attempted to poison another participant at the Dagestan Republic Championship in the city of Makhachkala on…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A former U.N. official from Canada who now works as a North Korea specialist has been detained in Switzerland on charges of spying, likely for China, media reports said on Thursday, citing unnamed intelligence sources. The reports were part of a joint investigation by the German news…
Russian troops are battling to push back Ukrainian forces from the Kursk region on the third day of one of the largest cross-border incursions of the war, the Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday. A ministry statement said the Russian military and border guards have blocked Ukrainian forces from pushing deeper into the region in southwestern…
