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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen returns to a tournament after a dispute over jeans is resolved

Dec. 29, 2024 16:57 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament for refusing to change out of jeans. ...

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen quits a tournament in a dispute over jeans

Dec. 28, 2024 20:38 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of the jeans he wore to the competition, the International Chess Federation said. The federation said in a Friday statement that its...

Iran restores access to WhatsApp and Google Play after they were banned amid protests

Dec. 24, 2024 14:22 PM EST

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's government on Tuesday said it had lifted a ban on access to WhatsApp and Google Play after more than two years, the official IRNA news agency reported. The report said the country’s Supreme Council of Cyber Space made the decision in a meeting led by...