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  • The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
  • said it is targeting Houthi positions in Taiz and Marib.
  • A missile attack on Aden International Airport put 151 passengers on a Yemenia flight headed for Cairo in danger, the transport minister of Yemen's internationally recognized government said.
  • The Amazon rainforest in Brazil has seen the least amount of deforestation in almost 40 years.
  • Heidi Levine, a journalist for the Washington Post, was injured on Friday after being assaulted by some Israeli settlers while working in the occupied West Bank.
  • Ahead of the country's April 2027 presidential election, French President Emmanuel Macron claimed on Wednesday that political forces are "exploiting" the country's student protesters..
  • Authorities said at a press conference that the mass shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday that claimed the lives of three students and one teacher occurred inside a special needs classroom. They also identified the suspected shooter and some of the victims.

Tag: Chess

September 12, 2024

A Washington Chess Academy Helps Children...

The attempt of a Washington teacher to help one student has turned into something much larger.VOA’s Philip Alexiou has this story of a chess academy for kids.

December 26, 2020

Netflix Hit ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Spurs Interest...

Even before the Netflix hit “The Queens Gambit” aired on television COVID had sparked more interest in the game of Chess.  In this piece narrated by Anna Rice, Elena Wolf talks about the game with Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov

December 25, 2020

South Africa Chess Crisis

A crisis in South Africa’s competitive chess world has demanded the attention of the nation’s parliament and Olympic committee, with Parliament saying the pair of dueling chess factions in the nation’s chess federation are holding back eager players from playing in major events

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