34 h. ago Chess: Gukesh wins impressively on Silk Road as Grand Swiss starts in Samarkand

The contest in Uzbekistan will qualify two of the eight 2026 world title Candidates, but Nakamura, the world No 2, has controversially preferred a low-rated qualification routeThe 11-round $625,000 Fide Grand Swiss, which began on Thursday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the capital of the Silk Road, will decide two of the eight qualifiers for next year’s world title Candidates.India has a strong hand, as the world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju (ineligible to qualify), is joined by the world No 4, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, the world No 5, Arjun Erigaisi, and the world No 27, Vidit Gujrathi, who won the 2023 Grand Swiss in Douglas, Isle of Man. Praggnanandhaa is already well placed to qualify via the 2025 Fide congress circuit, from which the world No 3, Fabiano Caruana, qualified in 2024. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Chess: World champion Gukesh falters against teenager as Grand Swiss starts on Silk Road

The contest in Uzbekistan will qualify two of the eight 2026 world title Candidates, but Nakamura, the world No 2, has controversially preferred a low-rated qualification routeThe 11-round $625,000 Fide Grand Swiss, which began on Thursday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the capital of the Silk Road, will decide two of the eight qualifiers for next year’s world title Candidates.India has a strong hand, as the world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju (ineligible to qualify), is joined by the world No 4, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, the world No 5, Arjun Erigaisi, and the world No 27, Vidit Gujrathi, who won the 2023 Grand Swiss in Douglas, Isle of Man. Praggnanandhaa is already well placed to qualify via the 2025 Fide congress circuit, from which the world No 3, Fabiano Caruana, qualified in 2024. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Gallagher brothers banked £69,000 a week before Oasis reunion tour even began

The Britpop icons saw their back catalogue storm the charts again as fans snapped up anniversary reissues and that was before their globe-spanning reunion tour began

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2 w. ago Israel begins its invasion of Gaza City after calling up 60,000 reservists as Palestinians flee

Israel Defense Forces spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said it now controls the outskirts of Gaza City, which was one of Hamas' last strongholds.

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2 w. ago Construction begins on ‘landmark’ windfarm that will power 335,000 homes

The 44-turbine farm in the south of Scotland is set to deliver more than £800 million in local investment over its 40-year operational life.

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2 w. ago Brits start missing home comforts just five days into holidays says study

A study of 2,000 holidaymakers reveals that, on average, travellers begin to miss home just five days into their holiday

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3 w. ago Vegan activist begs for £14,000 to reclaim her passport so she can travel to UK protest

Tash Peterson and her boyfriend Jack Higgs are pleading for people to donate £14,000 to pay their bankruptcy trustees to leave the country and protest in Herefordshire

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3 w. ago Wayne Rooney set to begin new role after Manchester United great 'signed £800,000 deal'

Former Man United and England hero Wayne Rooney signed a huge contract to take up this next role

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3 w. ago In Trump’s America, vaccination rates are declining and measles is spreading | Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump and RFK Jr have made every effort to undermine one of the major civilizing advances of the 20th century – our public health infrastructureNew data from the CDC suggests a grim back-to-school tradition emerging: in 2024, kindergarten vaccination rates declined for the fifth consecutive year. Meanwhile, vaccine exemptions reached a record high.These statistics became all the more disturbing last fall when, shortly after 286,000 children began their educations without proof of full immunity against measles, a man who has bragged about never getting a flu shot was re-elected to the presidency. Since then, the US has contended with its largest measles outbreak in three decades, while the leaders who should be stamping out this crisis are instead fanning the flames. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Adversary by Michael Crummey review – dark humour and depravity at the edge of the Earth

This prize-winning take on a biblical tale set in 1800s Newfoundland is grim, but has energy, empathy – and a wickedly colourful way with wordsSeveral years have passed since Michael Crummey’s last novel The Innocents was published in the UK in 2020. A pandemic has since occurred and, appropriately perhaps, The Adversary begins on a dark note of contagion. “There was a killing sickness on the shore that winter and the only services at the church were funerals,” runs the opening line, setting the tone for a book that plumbs the depths of depravity but – thanks to its energy, and its ripe and adventurous language – never loses a black sense of humour. Having now won the 30th annual Dublin Literary award, worth €100,000, The Adversary is proof that Crummey is beginning to garner the accolades he deserves beyond his native Canada.Crummey hails from Newfoundland; all six of his novels are set there. He understands the power of lashing sea, scouring wind, an eked-out existence far from wh...

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4 w. ago Palestine Action protesters warned they may never travel to US or work in education again

Lawyers say just being arrested for a terror offence could have lifelong consequences - as hundreds plan to attend mass protest in London on Saturday

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4 w. ago You'll never be able to travel to US or work in education again if you attend this weekend's Palestine Action protest, say Met Police

Palestine Action demonstrators may never be able to visit the US or work in education if they take part in this weekend's protest, the Met Police have warned.

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4 w. ago Met Police: You will never be able to travel to US or work in education again if you attend this weekend's Palestine Action protest

Palestine Action demonstrators may never be able to visit the US or work in education if they take part in this weekend's protest, the Met Police have warned.

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