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 ...

Top Russian and U.S. officials are set to hold talks hold talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday in a bid to improve their ties and ...

Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

In surveillance footage before the start of a renowned chess tournament on August 2, Russian chess star Amina Abakarova is ...

MOSCOW, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak will preside over a meeting of government officials and oil producers next week to discuss a possible gasoline exports ban ...

The Russian economy is further weakening due to falling oil prices, budget constraints, and rising corporate debt. This showed internal Russian government documents analyzed by Reuters. Reports from ...

By Paul Sonne Talks involving Secretary of State Marco Rubio and two other senior Trump officials would be the first between American and Russian delegations since the start of Russia’s full ...

By Andrew E. Kramer Talks involving Secretary of State Marco Rubio and two other senior Trump officials would be the first between American and Russian delegations since the start of Russia’s ...

February 15, 2025 • NPR's Scott Simon remembers Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died a year ago Sunday in a Russian prison.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz also rejected the call by US Vice President JD Vance to open Germany’s door to far-right parties.