World Chess Championship final 2024: Schedule, format, prize money, players | Sport News

World Chess Championship final 2024: Schedule, format, prize money, players | Sport News

EXPLAINER All the details about the biggest two weeks in the global chess calendar as a young Indian grandmaster takes on the Chinese world champion. The attention of the world’s chess aficionados will turn towards Singapore from Monday, as the city-state gears up to host the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE)…

Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week | Human Rights News

Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week | Human Rights News

Southeast Asian city-state is among a handful of countries that impose the death penalty for drug offences. Singapore has carried out its third hanging of a convicted drug trafficker in a week despite appeals for clemency from the United Nations. Rosman Abdullah, 55, was executed for trafficking 57.43 grams of…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,002 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,002 | Russia-Ukraine war News

These were the key developments on the 1,002nd day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Friday, November 22: Ballistic missile attack President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at the Ukrainian city of Dnipro in response to the United States and United…

US ‘Secret War’ remembered as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits Laos | Conflict News

US ‘Secret War’ remembered as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits Laos | Conflict News

In August, the family of United States Air Force Sergeant David S Price finally buried his remains after more than 50 years of waiting. The 26-year-old was stationed at a top-secret CIA base – Lima Site 85 – on a mountaintop in northeast Laos when it was overrun by Lao…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,001 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,001 | Russia-Ukraine war News

These were the key developments on the 1,001st day of the Russia-Ukraine war. Here is the situation on Thursday, November 21: Fighting and weapons Ukraine reportedly fired 12 British Storm Shadow cruise missiles – the latest Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets – into Russia’s…

Lula and Xi sign dozens of trade deals as Brazil-China ties deepen | International Trade News

Lula and Xi sign dozens of trade deals as Brazil-China ties deepen | International Trade News

Presidents of China and Brazil hail ‘new phase’ in relations between two countries, which are major trading partners. Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have inked dozens of trade and development deals, as the pair held talks in Brazil’s capital aimed at deepening…

Pakistan preparing major offensive against Balochistan separatists | Military News

Pakistan preparing major offensive against Balochistan separatists | Military News

The military has not elaborated on the details of the operation, which comes after a series of deadly attacks. Pakistan has announced a “comprehensive military operation” against separatist groups in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan, which has seen a surge of deadly attacks in recent months. Prime Minister Shehbaz…

Rio Tinto employees report rise in bullying, sexual assault | Mining

Rio Tinto employees report rise in bullying, sexual assault | Mining

Half of survey respondents also say mining giant’s workplace culture has improved ‘a lot’ or ‘a little’. More than one-third of workers at Rio Tinto experienced bullying in the previous 12 months, a progress review has found, nearly three years after the mining giant pledged to tackle pervasive sexism and…