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Melissa Harris speaks about working with the renowned photographer on his visual biography, "Josef Koudelka: Next."

Chess legend Vlastimil Hort turned 80 on Friday. In a short interview, he talks about when and how he learned to play chess, which player he admired the most, why he left the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and what he thinks of online chess tournaments. | See also: <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/vlastimil-hort-turns-80">Vlastimil Hort, the great chess entertainer, turns 80!</a> by Eduard Frey

František Janouch, a Czech nuclear physicist who set up a foundation in Sweden while in exile to support the dissident movement in his communist homeland at the time, has died. The Charter 77 Foundation said Janouch died on Friday morning in Sweden's capital, Stockholm, where he had lived since the 1970s. Born on Sept. 22, 1931 in the town of Lysa nad Labem near Prague, Janouch studied nuclear physics at Charles University in Prague and at universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg i...

EAM Jaishankars mission is aimed at strengthening Indias strategic autonomy in a complex international environment, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

New thinking on India-Russia-US triangle?

Three authors write on Newsroom: Considering international events such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the violence in Gaza, it could be argued that now is not the moment to be proposing disarmament and the abolition of the military. Isn’t a strong and professional military necessary for guaranteeing protection and national security? Don’t we

Leading flute soloist Brandon Patrick George will perform Jacques Ibert’s Flute Concerto with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra on Jan. 13-14. The program will be conducted by Lidiya Yankovskaya, who, a...

The acclaimed environmental scientist is annoyed with the eco movement and shunning media—just when we need him most

On January 7, 1999, the Senate trial to impeach US President Bill Clinton began in Washington D.C. The impeachment was the product of a right-wing campaign spearheaded by the Republican Party to remove a sitting president, shifting the entire political establishment to the right.

Rock ‘n’ Roll – Hampstead Theatre