Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry ...
As Georgia slides into authoritarianism, protesters vow to keep fighting Russian pivot
Many in Georgia feel the government is taking the country back into the Kremlin’s orbit. As the protest movement nears its ...
Russia is relishing a series of contradictory White House messages on Ukraine
As Ukraine’s brutal war nears its third year, two visions risk becoming irreconcilable. On one side, a White House whose ...
Vance uses half-truths to lecture a European audience well aware of the threat of authoritarian rule
US Vice President JD Vance, taking the stage in Munich, to eviscerate totalitarianism in Europe. But not in Moscow, ...
Mapped: Russia’s and Ukraine’s competing visions for peace
As Washington seeks to resolve the war in Ukraine with peace negotiations, these maps show what each side in the conflict is ...
Putin invites Xi and Trump to Moscow, raising prospects for landmark summit
Trump has not met Xi or Putin since his inauguration last month. The Kremlin said that during a phone call on Wednesday, ...
Why Isn’t Ukraine in NATO?
The mutual-defense alliance has been central to Ukraine’s war against Russia, but the future is uncertain with President ...
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Russian car Lada to make Vietnam comeback
Russian state-owned automaker Lada is set to return to Vietnam after two decades and is looking for a local distributor.
US V-P JD Vance criticises European leaders over ‘threat from within’, says freedom is in ‘danger’
Vance also said he feared there'd been a retreat of "fundamental values" - such as free speech - in Europe and the UK, calling on all countries to live by "democratic values" ...
Trump’s No2 Vance blasts Britain over free speech crackdowns & attacks Europe on immigration after Munich attack
US Vice President JD Vance has ripped into Britain over free speech and attacked Europe’s immigration policies. Donald ...
NATO doesn’t serve its original purpose and it should be laid to rest
NATO’s mission was noble, its achievements real. But the world has moved on. It’s time to ask: Does NATO serve any purpose ...
JD Vance says biggest danger in Europe is censorship during Munich address — not Russia or China: ‘Threat from within’
What I worry about is the threat from within, the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values, values shared with the United States of America,” the vice president said in a speech ...