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ECU to hold Hybrid Qualification for FIDE World Cup 2021 In the course of the 2nd ECU Board meeting on February 20, 2021, several important decisions regarding the European Qualification system for the World Championship Cycle have been made. European Championship 2021 will be held in Reykjavik between August and September 2021, being a part of the next World Championship Cycle (FIDE World Cup 2023). The exact dates will be announced by the Icelandic Chess Federation the following days.   The...

Hit Europe’s Open Road With spring—and, hopefully, a spate of vaccine-induce border openings—just around the corner, I thought now would be a good time to round up the best road trips in Europe. Although many European countries are famous for trips by train and even by river boat, the fact is that having your own set of wheels gives you unbridled freedom to explore the continent. Moreover, even if you are fully vaccinated by the next time you touch down in Paris or Rome, “social distanc...

Carlsen & Firouzja back for Norway Chess in May Magnus Carlsen will be out to defend his Altibox Norway Chess title just 7 months after the 2020 tournament ended, with the organisers planning to return to a 10-player global event in May with the likes of Ding Liren and Wesley So back in Stavanger. There are more World Champions in action, with Anatoly Karpov set to play in the Tepe Sigeman & Co. Chess tournament in April, Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik to play in Dortmund in July, and we can ...

By David Kaminski-Morrow2021-02-24T07:52:00+00:00 Canada’s Conair Group has received the first in a batch of former Flybe Bombardier Q400s due for conversion into aerial firefighters. The turboprop – registered G-KKEV, and originally delivered to the UK operator in 2008 – is one of 11 acquired by Conair for the modification, following the collapse of Flybe a year ago. Conair will convert the aircraft, flown to Canada via Reykjavik, into Q400AT air tankers at its Abbotsford facility in B...

Earthquake news: reports and updates on earthquake activity world-wide

Detailed earthquake information - overview map, magnitude, time, depth, source, shake map, list of reports. File an "I felt it" report if you felt the quake! Features interactive map, read user reports and get links to further info.

More info Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake ruptured along a surface of approx. 50 km 2 (=19 sqare miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 12 km (8 mi). Aftershocks typically occur during the days and weeks following the quake at or near the same fault, at distances of up to approx. two times the length of the rupture zone. The often broadly linear arrangement of aftershock epicenters encompasses the rupture zone...

© Getty Images/iStockphoto Reykjavik residents reported shaking buildingsParts of Iceland were rocked by a 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday as residents reported shaking buildings and strong tremors. The quakes epicentre was recorded about 25 miles away from Reykjavik, in the Reykjanes Peninsula region, on Icelands southeast coast. The effects of the quake, which struck at a depth of around six miles, were felt in Reykjavik and the surrounding areas. It was not immediately clear if there ...

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Icelandair Sends A Boeing 767 To Antarctica Advertisement: Icelandair is sending one of its Boeing 767 aircraft to Antarctica. Before flying down to Troll Research Station on the Earth’s southernmost continent, the aircraft will stop in Cape Town, South Africa. It comes weeks after Lufthansa’s longest flight yet to get German researchers to the South Pole. Icelandair is flying one of its Boeing 767s to Antarctica via South Africa. Photo: Vincenzo Pace – Simple Flying The pandemic has prom...