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Magnus Carlsen arrives at the ninth Breakthrough Prize ceremony, April 15, 2023, at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen quits a tournament in a dispute over jeans

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Sat,12/28/24-7:29PM, 163 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of the jeans he wore to the competition, the International Chess Federation said.
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Jetliner skids off runway and bursts into flames while landing in South Korea, killing 179

By HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG HYUNG-JIN KIM AND KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press
Sat,12/28/24-6:56PM, 215 Reads
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A jetliner skidded off a runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames Sunday in South Korea after its landing gear apparently failed to deploy.
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President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk as he arrives to watch SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lift off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Nov. 19, 2024. (Brandon Bell/Pool via AP, File)

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Trump appears to side with Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters

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Sat,12/28/24-2:27PM, 207 Reads
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump appears to be siding with Elon Musk and his other backers in the tech industry as a dispute over immigration visas has divided his supporters.
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Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, foreground, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, walks in the presidential palace ahead of his meeting with Walid Ellafi, Libyan minister of state for communication and political affairs, in Damascus, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

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Syria's embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon hands over former Syrian army officers

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Sat,12/28/24-1:24PM, 136 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspended consular services Saturday, a day after two relatives of deposed Syrian President Bashar Assad were arrested at the Beirut airport with allegedly forged passports.
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