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 Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...
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 ...
A New Spy Unit is Leading Russia’s Shadow War Against the West
The Department of Special Tasks has brought together veterans of the Kremlin’s most daring clandestine operations to carry ...
Olympic rower becomes firefighter 'to fulfil dream'
Olympic rower Jacob Dawson has said he is taking a step back from the sport to fulfil his "childhood dream" of becoming a ...