Hints and tips:
...Risc-V, mentioned above, is an alternative architecture for low-power chips that’s open-source and free to use....
...Around us, business meetings were in full swing with groups of (mainly) men in crisp white shirts and V-necks talking quietly over pots of coffee....
...A peer reviewer might consider it a red flag that the computer wanted to buy and sell the same stock. Duplications make the whole exercise appear a bit random and fortune-teller-ish....
...Despite the discomfort of King George V — whose cousin the Tsar had been executed by the Bolsheviks — Labour formally recognised the Soviet Union....
...the piece is reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds from Queen Elizabeth II’s jewellery collection....
...The report flags the “permacrisis” of the continued war in Ukraine coupled with higher interest rates, high inflation and slower economic growth....
...Puzzle 2502 Kirill Alekseenko v Karen Grigoryan, Sunway Sitges 2022. White to move and win. The Russian, playing under the neutral Fide flag, went on to take first prize. Click here for solution...
...Puzzle 2498 Gyula Breyer v Kornel Havasi, Budapest 1918. White to move and win. Both kings are exposed, but White can strike first. Click here for solution...
...Puzzle 2496 David Howell v Das Debashis, Doha 2016. White to move and win. The three-time British champion and Olympiad gold medallist scores in style. Click here for solution...
...India flew flags at half-mast over government buildings....
...In London, too, February is going to be a gala month, with the cream of the crop being the V&A’s hosting of the magnificent display of the works of Donatello — possibly the first ever in the British capital...
...It could end up as a low-key Russia v China encounter, like the 2020 world women’s championship which took place under the radar in Shanghai and Vladivostok....
...As always, drop your story ideas to me at sid.v@ft.com and have a great week....
...Having built up an art collection that reflects her family’s peripatetic trajectory, Lohia is now poised to plant her flag in British cultural life in a particularly high-profile fashion....
...Any naval mission conducted under a Nato flag by allied ships would require the support of all 30 alliance members....
...“Drinks this eve is a lovely idea so I’ve shared with the E & V team who are in the office,” he wrote in a WhatsApp message, referring to the “events and visits” team....
...The absent pair were named for the team, their games were unplayed and shown as “no result”, while sunflowers were placed on their boards and the chairs covered with the Ukrainian flag....
...The Russian, who plays under a neutral Fide flag, totalled an impressive 7/10 with only four rounds remaining....
...Fly Davis’s burnished gold backdrop yawns open to create a blazing flag of St George, contrasting with the ragged confusion and fears of the ordinary soldiers, the watchful scepticism of the courtiers (Kate...
...Five Russian grandmasters, playing under the Fide flag, are currently competing as individuals at Belgrade in the Fide Grand Prix....
...Fabiano Caruana’s 2018 challenge failed only in speed tie-breaks, while Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, who will play under the neutral Fide flag, was heavily beaten....
...At the request of King George V, it mounted the 520-carat Cullinan I diamond, which is also known as the Great Star of Africa, in the royal sceptre....
...Until then, you can reach Sid and I at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com. Happy reading!...
...It gives me hope that the blue-and-yellow flag was a spontaneous act, while the St George ribbon was driven by money — and ruled out by law....
...In open fields to the west of Moldova’s border with Ukraine, a red, white and blue striped flag bearing three stars fluttered over thousands of Turkish and Russian-speaking Gagauzians....
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