Magnus Carlsen thrown out of World Chess Championship for carrying denims, World No.1 says ‘I’m fairly bored with FIDE’

Magnus Carlsen is a five-time world chess champion and is presently no.1 in rankings. World no.1 Magnus Carlsen was thrown out of the World Speedy and Blitz Chess Championship in New York on Friday after the previous world chess champion refused to alter his apparel regardless of a warning, violating FIDE’s costume code. Carlsen, who…

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Probe suggests Azerbaijan airplane crashed as a result of ‘bodily exterior interference’

MOSCOW: The Azerbaijan Airways airplane that crashed in Kazakhstan this week suffered bodily “exterior interference”, the airline and Azerbaijan’s transport minister stated Friday, citing preliminary outcomes of an investigation, including to hypothesis it was hit by a Russian air defence system. The jet crashed close to the Kazakh metropolis of Aktau on Wednesday, killing 38…

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