Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa went down fighting against Fabiano Caruana of United States while world number one Magnus Carlsen inflicted an Armaggeddon defeat on France's Firouzja Alireza in the penultimate round of Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger. Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa With 16 points in his bag, Carlsen stretched his lead to 1.5 points over nearest rival Hikaru Nakamura, who was …
Australian journalist Cheng Lei has been in detention in China for more than 1,000 days. Last month saw Beijing lift its ban on Australian timber, as well as providing Australia’s trade minister, Don Farrell, with a surprise tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing. While attempts at economic coercion through product bans and tariffs are petty and often counterproductive – …
