Ukrainian Grandmaster Bids to Unseat Russian Head of World Chess Body
Hoping to end Russia’s domination of the International Chess Federation, Andrii Baryshpolets is running for the presidency of the powerful governing organization.
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Month: August 2022
The bizarre Soviet movie that predicted Putinism
It could have been any sleepy industrial town anywhere across the old Soviet Union. A weary out-of-town businessman enters the office of the local factory manager and gets his first hint that things aren’t quite right when he sees the manager’s secretary typing away, completely naked. When the dumbstruck visitor alerts the manager that his […]
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World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
Published on Cagle.com, Jordan, August 3, 2022 | By Osama Hajjaj Published on PoliticalCartoons.com, U.S., August 2, 2022 | By Peter Kuper Published on Politicalcartoons.com, Croatia, August 1, 2022 | By Nikola Listes First published in FloridaPolitics.com, U.S., August 1, 2022 | By Bill Day Published on Virginiamercury.com, U.S., August 1, 2022 | By John Cole […]
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U.S. and Russia Ready to Negotiate Griner’s Release
The countries’ top envoys made separate announcements after a meeting where they sat close together — without talking.
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Seven-year-old girl killed in speedboat accident on holiday in Albania
East London local was only 15ft from shore when she was hit
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Somalia: ‘We cannot wait for famine to be declared; we must act now’
Rising acute food insecurity in Somalia has caused more than 900,000 people to flee their homes in search of humanitarian assistance since January last year, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned.
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Nuclear technology helps Mexico eradicate invasive insect pest
One of the most devastating insect pests infesting fruits and vegetables in Mexico has been eradicated in the state of Colima, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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European Population and its Drug Problem, a 2022 overview
Being present across European countries and in direct contact in the streets, markets, any kind of shops, associations, schools, administrations, and agencies, with the youth, parents and the populations at large gives the right and objective data on how the European population perceives and behave facing the drug problem. This extents from: -the young lady […]
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U.S. Warns African Countries That Buying Russian Oil Could Break Sanctions
“We caution countries not to break those sanctions,” the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, warning of that they stood the chance “of having actions taken against them.”
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Brittney Griner’s Sentence Renews Pressure on President Biden
The basketball star’s supporters are pressing for action. But critics of any possible deal are already fuming.
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