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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow. He was 88.

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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88

Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American Bobby Fischer in one of the most famous duels in the history of the game as well as a metaphor for the competition for Cold War supremacy,

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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88

A televised 1972 match between Spassky and Fischer, at the height of the Cold War, became an international sensation and was known as the "Match of the Century."

Elon Musk appears to back US withdrawing from NATO and UN

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Elon Musk appears to back US withdrawing from NATO and the UN

Tech baron Elon Musk backed calls for the US to withdraw from both NATO and the United Nations after months of occasionally badmouthing both international organizations.

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Elon Musk Reacts to SNL Mockery

Billionaire Elon Musk responded on social media after he was again mocked during Saturday Night Live's (SNL) most recent episode after it took a satirical take on last week's tense Oval Office meeting between President Doanld Trump,

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Elon Musk Thinks U.S. Should Leave NATO And The United Nations

Elon Musk, who holds no official cabinet position in the administration, wrote on social media that he agrees the United States should leave NATO and the United Nations. On Saturday, Musk quote-tweeted “I agree” to a post from someone who wrote,

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Ekranoplans: The Soviet Union’s High-Speed Monsters of the Sea

Ekranoplans—massive Soviet machines combining elements of ships and planes—were built to be the ultimate coastal transport and military asset. This video explores how they could glide over the water ...

Ex-KGB Officer Claims Trump Was Recruited as 'Krasnov' by Soviet Union in 1987

A former KGB officer claims Donald Trump was recruited by Soviet intelligence in 1987 under the codename "Krasnov." He ...

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Donald Trump was recruited by KGB with codename 'Krasnov', claims ex-Soviet spy

At the time, Trump, then a rising star in the New York property market, travelled to the Soviet Union to explore the ...

Daily Quiz: On Soviet Union’s history

While it lasted, the Soviet Union was defined by many actions and ideas that captured the unique practices required to ...

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Russia 'Reactivates' Secret Soviet-Era Submarine Base In Occupied Ukraine

A submarine base in Balaklava was once a Soviet secret, then it reopened as a tourist museum. Now, observers claim the base ...

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NATO turned into offensive alliance in late 1990s, former U.S. ambassador says

Jack Matlock noted that he had been a participant in the negotiations when the Western countries had promised the leadership ...

Putin Could Face His Biggest Threat After Ukraine War

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared 2025 the "Year of the Defender of the Fatherland," but the soldiers whose ...

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Why the Soviet answer to the F-16 failed - MiG 29 story

The MiG-29 was supposed to be the Soviet Union’s answer to the highly versatile F-16, yet it never achieved the same success. Despite being a capable dogfighter with impressive maneuverability, ...

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