Magnus Carlsen wins 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour championship, secures bonus prize for early title | Chess News

Magnus Carlsen (Photo by Freestyle Chess/Stev Bonhage) World No. 1 and five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen has clinched the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour championship by advancing to the semifinals at Grootbos in Cape Town. The early victory secured him the USD 100,000 bonus prize, while the South Africa Finals, with its USD 200,000…

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Shocking stat: Airlines to earn just $7.90 per passenger next year — less than what Apple makes on an iPhone cover, says IATA chief

Airlines will make less profit flying a passenger across continents than Apple earns from selling an iPhone cover, International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general Willie Walsh said on Tuesday, underlining the industry’s persistently weak margins, PTI reported.Releasing the global aviation industry’s financial outlook for 2026, IATA projected total net profits at $41 billion next…

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Sonia Gandhi turns 78: Veteran leader celebrates inside Parliament; cuts cake with INDIA bloc MPs | India News

NEW DELHI: Veteran Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday celebrated her 78th birthday inside the Parliament complex as the House discussed electoral reforms.Congress party shared images in a post on X, in which Sonia was seen cutting a cake in the Congress Parliamentary Party office as several Members of Parliament from INDIA bloc parties joined…

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Europe’s auto market: Renault & Ford join hands to counter Chinese automakers; ‘in a fight for our lives’

Renault and Ford have announced a new partnership aimed at jointly developing small, low-cost electric vehicles and commercial vans for the European market, in an effort to reduce production costs and defend their market share against fast-growing Chinese automakers. Speaking to reporters in Paris on Monday ahead of the announcement, Ford CEO Jim Farley underlined…

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US work permit validity reduced to 18 months, here is who will be directly affected and who will not

EAD duration cut to 18 months in the US, check which immigrants and visa holders are impacted. (Freepik) The US has sharply curtailed the duration of many immigrant work permits. Under a new policy from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for certain categories will now be issued for a maximum…

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Chess | ‘It’s now time to …’: R Praggnanandhaa opens up after becoming first Indian to qualify for Candidates 2026 | Chess News

Chennai: Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa with his mother R Nagalakshmi after winning the Wijk aan Zee Masters 2025 (PTI Photo)( Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa has qualified for the 2026 Candidates Tournament after winning the FIDE Circuit 2025. The achievement comes following his recent performance at the London Chess Classic, despite a disappointing result at the…

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‘Had a disc bulge’: Shubman Gill breaks silence on neck injury; reveals what really kept him out for nearly a month | Cricket News

India’s T20I vice-captain Shubman Gill has spoken about the neck injury that kept him out of action for close to a month, explaining the nature of the problem and his recovery process. Gill suffered the injury during the opening Test of the two-match series against South Africa in Kolkata, which brought his international season to…

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