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Giannis and Jokic lead NBA All-Star voting with LeBron well back

Giannis and Jokic lead NBA All-Star voting with LeBron well back

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic set the pace in the first fan voting returns for next month's NBA All-Star Game, the league announced Thursday.

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Mixed day for global stocks as dollar pushes higher

Mixed day for global stocks as dollar pushes higher

Global stocks began 2025 in muted fashion while the dollar advanced Thursday as markets gird for a much heavier news flow later in January with the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

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Nick Clegg leaves Meta global policy team

Nick Clegg leaves Meta global policy team

Former British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said Thursday he is stepping down from his role as president of Meta's global affairs and will be replaced by Republican stalwart Joel Kaplan.

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Vegas Tesla blast suspect shot himself in head: officials

Vegas Tesla blast suspect shot himself in head: officials

The decorated US special forces soldier who blew up a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas apparently shot himself in the head before the blast, authorities said Thursday, adding that his motivation was still "unknown."

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Shiffrin hopes to be back on slopes 'in the next week'

Shiffrin hopes to be back on slopes 'in the next week'

Mikaela Shiffrin on Thursday said that she hopes to "work into some easy turns on snow in the next week or so" as she continues her recovery after suffering a heavy fall in November.

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Dumfries double takes Inter into Italian Super Cup final

Dumfries double takes Inter into Italian Super Cup final

Denzel Dumfries scored both goals as Inter Milan defeated Atalanta 2-0 on Thursday in Riyadh to book his team a place in the Italian Super Cup final.

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Spain's Canary Islands received record 46,843 migrants in 2024: ministry

Spain's Canary Islands received record 46,843 migrants in 2024: ministry

A record 46,843 migrants reached Spain's Canary Islands illegally in 2024 via the increasingly deadly Atlantic route, the second consecutive year of unprecedented arrival numbers, official data showed on Thursday.

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Panama says migrant jungle crossings fell 41% in 2024

Panama says migrant jungle crossings fell 41% in 2024

The number of US-bound migrants passing through the Darien jungle fell by 41 percent in 2024, with around 302,000 attempting the dangerous journey from Colombia, Panama's president said Thursday.

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UN experts slam Israel's 'blatant assault' on health rights in Gaza

UN experts slam Israel's 'blatant assault' on health rights in Gaza

UN experts on Thursday denounced Israel's raid on an embattled hospital in northern Gaza, demanding an end to the "blatant assault" on health rights in the besieged Palestinian territory.

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Tesla reports lower 2024 auto deliveries, missing forecast

Tesla reports lower 2024 auto deliveries, missing forecast

Tesla reported a dip in full-year auto sales Thursday, missing a company forecast in a sign of rising electric vehicle competition in China and other markets.

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