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Musk causes uproar for backing Germany’s far-right party ahead of key elections

BERLIN (AP) — Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk caused uproar after backing Germany’s far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key parliamentary elections in the Western European country, leading to the resignation of the paper’s opinion editor in protest. Germany is to vote in an early election on Feb. 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party

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NBA All-Star Luka Doncic becomes latest professional athlete whose home was burglarized

By Ashley R. Williams, Hanna Park and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Around $30,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic’s home, the Dallas Morning News reported, marking the latest in a string of recent similar burglaries impacting professional athletes. Dallas police said they responded to Doncic’s home around 10:30 p.m.

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New Georgian president sworn in, as pro-EU predecessor says she takes ‘legitimacy’ with her

By Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — Mikheil Kavelashvili was inaugurated as president of Georgia on Sunday, following a tumultuous election period marked by further divisions between pro-Russian and pro-EU factions of the former Soviet state. Kavelashvili, 53 – an ex-lawmaker for the right-wing ruling Georgian Dream party and former English Premier League soccer star

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NFL Week 17: Los Angeles Chargers secure playoff spot, Cincinnati Bengals keep season alive with wild overtime victory

By Issy Ronald and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — With the playoffs rapidly approaching, almost every NFL game assumes an added significance at this time of year. And on Saturday, there were three games that helped shape the playoff picture as the Los Angeles Chargers secured their spot in the postseason while the Cincinnati Bengals

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Syria’s dwindling Jewish community can visit one of the world’s oldest synagogues again

Associated Press JOBAR, Syria (AP) — In this Damascus suburb, the handful of remaining Jews in Syria can again make pilgrimages to one of the world’s oldest synagogues where people from throughout the region once came to pray. Syria’s 13-year civil war left the synagogue partially destroyed. Walls and roofs have collapsed. Some artifacts are

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Low turnout in Chad parliamentary election boycotted by opposition as military rule ends

Associated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chadians have voted in parliamentary and regional elections that will end the three-year transitional period from military rule but which the main opposition is boycotting. Sunday’s parliamentary election is the first in more than a decade in Chad and comes months after the junta leader, Mahamat Idriss Deby, won

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Kavelashvili is inaugurated as Georgia’s president, complicating its path toward EU

Associated Press TBILISI, Goergia (AP) — Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili has been inaugurated as president of Georgia in what the opposition calls a blow to the country’s EU aspirations and a victory for former imperial ruler Russia. Outgoing pro-Western Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said Sunday morning that she would vacate her residence at the

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