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The talking point was Gukesh’s second victory, over local Misratdin Iskandrov, that took him past his hero Viswanathan Anand in live rankings to World No. 9. Gukesh now faces teammate S.L. Narayanan whose victorious game against Ukraine’s Yuriy Kuzubov was the day’s longest featuring an Indian.

US General Mark Milley says Ukraine making ‘steady progress’ in counteroffensive that is ‘very violent’ and costly.

As the first anniversary of the war approaches, Ukrainians say Russians should be doing more to stop the bloodshed.

Throughout Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down bombed-out buildings at a rate of at least one a day, hauling away shattered bodies with the debris