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Book Review: Sally Rooney’s latest novel 'Intermezzo' examines unacknowledged grief

Sep. 24, 2024 09:50 AM EDT

Ivan and Peter Koubek’s father has just died, but neither seems willing to talk much about it, let alone to one another. After all, it’s not like the two brothers are even friends. Peter, the eldest by a decade, pities his awkward, 22-year-old brother, a competitive chess player...

A chess club for kids thrives in a Congo refugee camp. It’s about more than the game

Aug. 10, 2024 04:08 AM EDT

KANYARUCHINYA, Congo (AP) — Children sit on the dirt, their clothes ragged and torn, their shoes punctured with holes, but their eyes bright and fixed on what's playing out in front of them. In a corner of a refugee camp in conflict-wracked eastern Congo, about a dozen chess games...