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Former World Chess Champion Kasparov Says US Warned Him About Kremlin Kill Plot Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has said the security services from both the United States and Lithuania have warned him that his life was in danger, after a Russian plot was discovered which allegedly targeted Kremlin critics living abroad. Last month the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said five people had been charged with plotting, on behalf of Russian intelligence, to assassinate two opposition figures. One of the targets was in...

Strategic Autonomy Is Running Dry By Bas van Geffen, senior macro strategist at Rabobank Yesterday, my road cycling took me along the Lek River, which branches off from the Rhine. I frequently ride the path along this river, but the Lek was almost unrecognisable in the distance and what is normally part of the riverbed has now run dry. It’s a very tangible reminder of numbers we’ve recently been watching on our screens: Upstream, at Kaub, the water level in the Rhine has fallen to historical lows. And a new heatwave that...