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SAINT PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Rich Byhre had 15 points in St. Thomas' 100-61 victory over Crown (MN) on Sunday. Byhre went 6 of 9 from the field (3 for 4 from 3-point range) for the Tommies (9-4). Ryan Lafferty scored 13 points and added 13 rebounds and six assists. Jermaine Coleman shot 5 for 8, including 2 for 5 from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points. The Polars were led by Rayquan Moore, who posted 23 points. Tyrus Buckner added 13 points and seven rebounds for Crown (MN). Parker Behne also put up eight points. St. Thomas visits Bowling Green in its next matchup on Saturday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
Mr Carter, a former peanut farmer, served one term in the White House between 1977 and 1981, taking over in the wake of the Watergate scandal and the end of the Vietnam War. After his defeat by Ronald Reagan, he spent his post-presidency years as a global humanitarian, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. His death on Sunday was announced by his family and came more than a year after he decided to enter hospice care. He was the longest-lived US president. Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia. — The Carter Center (@CarterCenter) His son, Chip Carter, said: “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights and unselfish love. “My brothers, sister and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs. “The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honouring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs.” Mr Carter is expected to receive a state funeral featuring public observances in Atlanta and Washington DC before being buried in his home town of Plains, Georgia. A moderate democrat born in Plains in October 1924, Mr Carter’s political career took him from the Georgia state senate to the state governorship and finally the White House, where he took office as the 39th president. His presidency saw economic disruption amid volatile oil prices, along with social tensions at home and challenges abroad including the Iranian revolution that sparked a 444-day hostage crisis at the US embassy in Tehran. But he also brokered the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, which led to a peace treaty between the two countries in 1979. After his defeat in the 1980 presidential election, he worked for more than four decades leading the Carter Centre, which he and his late wife Rosalynn co-founded in 1982 to “wage peace, fight disease, and build hope”. Mrs Carter, who died last year aged 96, had played a more active role in her husband’s presidency than previous first ladies, with Mr Carter saying she had been “my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished”. Earlier this year, on his 100th birthday, Mr Carter received a private congratulatory message from the King, expressing admiration for his life of public service.Berry Global: Middle Innings Of A Turnaround (Rating Upgrade)Former US president Jimmy Carter dies aged 100
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Every year at every NRL club, several people - players and staff alike - lose their job. The intensely results-driven nature of the business creates a pressure cooker environment that not everyone can handle. Watch every ball of Australia v India LIVE & ad-break free during play in 4K on Kayo | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer > For every premier, there are 16 clubs who fall short each season but even at the best clubs, Penrith and Melbourne, there are people under pressure heading into 2025. The highs are high but the lows are low, and with the game under a constant microscope, rugby league isn’t always fun at the highest level. Latrell Mitchell needs to put a disappointing couple of seasons behind him and repay the Rabbitohs’ huge investment in his services. Selwyn Cobbo is playing for his future and needs to convince Michael Maguire he is in the Broncos’ long-term plans. And Nicho Hynes needs to live up to his pay packet after being overshadowed by his halves partner Braydon Trindall last season. Here foxsports.com.au looks at the person at each club under the most pressure heading into the 2025 NRL season. MORE NRL NEWS HONOUR ROLL: Extraordinary honour roll of Australian Schoolboys representatives 25 FOR ’25 BOLD PREDICTIONS: Broncos surge snares Dally M; wooden spoon shock EVERY CLUB’S CHRISTMAS WISH: Manly’s desperate Turbo bid; Roosters’ new era BRONCOS Selwyn Cobbo There aren’t too many 22-year-old State of Origin players who clubs allow to hit the open market, but Selwyn Cobbo has been a 2026 free agent for months now. The talented outside back has played six games for Queensland since debuting in 2022 just a few days after his 20th birthday, while he has also played one Test for the Kangaroos. But several off-field controversies have seen Cobbo fall out of favour at the Broncos and it’s doubtful he’ll earn a new deal when his current one expires at the end of next season, especially given that the Broncos are trying to keep fellow big-money centre Kotoni Staggs. With 43 tries in 68 NRL games, Cobbo has the potential to be a superstar in the NRL at either fullback or centre, but he needs a big year to convince Michael Maguire he is in the Broncos’ long-term plans. RAIDERS Ricky Stuart Canberra’s longest-serving coach has been given several years to rebuild since their premiership window closed in 2020 and it’s time to deliver. The Raiders have one of the youngest squads in the NRL and they looked the goods at the back end of the season, notching up three straight wins to just miss the top eight. So if they regress in 2025, it will be time for the club to seriously ask itself if their prodigal son is still capable of delivering a drought-breaking premiership. 2025 will be Stuart’s 12th year in charge of the Raiders and after 260 wins from 516 NRL games, it is time to start contending for a first title since his rookie year with the Roosters back in 2002. SHARKS Nicho Hynes Cronulla’s No.7 is their highest-paid player, but Hynes was outclassed by his unassuming halves partner, Braydon Trindall in 2024. Hynes was picked for NSW, yet for the second straight season axed after the Blues lost Game I and his club form suffered. Hynes played a reduced role in the Sharks’ drought-breaking finals win but he’ll need to play to his $1 million price tag next year if they’re going to be genuine contenders. Turning 29 in 2025, Hynes now has 23 tries in 100 NRL games and the time has come for him to take ownership of the team and lead them to a first premiership since 2016. DOLPHINS Kristian Woolf There’s no sugar-coating it: rookie coach Kristian Woolf will be feeling the heat to do something that hasn’t been done in decades. Wayne Bennett has been replaced at NRL clubs six times and it’s 30 years since any of his successors tasted sustained success; and that was Tim Sheens at the Raiders. Dolphins officials believe Woolf will end the curse because he’s the product of a succession plan years in the making, but try telling that to Jason Demetriou, who did the same thing at Souths and lasted just 58 games. The loss of retired skipper Jesse Bromwich can’t be understated and Woolf needs to get his leadership team in place to set the standards going forward if the Dolphins are to make a maiden finals appearance in 2025. RABBITOHS Latrell Mitchell The most polarising player in the NRL will start the 2025 season suspended over his white substance scandal, unless he is allowed to count the All Stars game towards it. Mitchell has reportedly quit drinking alcohol and dropped around 5kg since the scandal and now it’s time to deliver on his enormous potential. The 27-year-old is back playing for his favourite coach, Wayne Bennett, but he’ll need to justify his $1 million pay cheque. With 106 tries and 1,165 points in 171 NRL games, there is no doubting Mitchell’s class, but he needs to show more consistency on both sides of the ball as a fullback and lead Souths to a drought-breaking title. DRAGONS Kyle Flanagan The son of Dragons coach Shane Flanagan was impressive at different stages of last season, but now he’s got to deliver without Ben Hunt. Kangaroos and Maroons star Hunt joined the Broncos and left Flanagan as the chief playmaker in Wollongong, while he has also signed a two-year extension. As we’ve seen with father-son duos at the Eels and Broncos, if the losses start mounting up then the criticism will come thick and fast for both Flanagans. No longer a youngster, Flanagan turns 27 in 2025 and will play his 100th game in Round 1 after he was banned for biting late last season, so it is time to step up and deliver, especially with Lachlan Ilias and Daniel Atkinson joining the club over the next two seasons. ROOSTERS Brandon Smith The Roosters thought they could harness Smith’s enormous personality when they won a six-club race for his signature, but it hasn’t worked out. The club won’t be extending his deal that runs until the end of next season, which means Smith will be playing for his next contract in 2025 when he returns from injury. Considering Smith will be 30 in the first year of his next deal, it will likely be his last for significant money, so the Kiwi international will want to get paid and to do that, he’ll need to rediscover the form that made him a rep star. With 27 tries in 148 NRL games and 13 Tests for the Kiwis to his name, Smith has had a solid career, but is yet to realise his potential as a starting No.9 in the NRL. TIGERS Benji Marshall Nobody thought it would work out when the Tigers announced Benji Marshall as their next coach - and so far it hasn’t. The Tigers collected a third-straight wooden spoon in Marshall’s first season at the helm last year and some pundits believe they’ll win a fourth in 2025. Almost no coach survives back-to-back wooden spoons, let alone if it also means a fourth straight, even if you are a club legend; so the pressure will be on Marshall to not only avoid last place, but also push to end the longest finals drought in the NRL, stretching back to 2011. With just six wins from 24 games last season, Marshall has a much better team on paper in 2025, but his forward stocks still look a little light to make a big climb up the ladder next season. WARRIORS Andrew Webster The previously unknown Webster went from 2023 Dally M Coach of the Year to pulling his hair out and missing finals the very next season. The Warriors finished a disappointing 13th this year and if Webster can’t correct the course with star recruit James Fisher-Harris on his books, he’ll be on the chopping block. The third-year coach should look to Cowboys’ Todd Payten, who also suffered second-year syndrome before guiding his side back to the finals this year. Not many teams lose their halfback and get better, so after Shaun Johnson’s retirement, Webster needs to unearth a new No.7 to have any hope of getting back to the finals in 2025. BULLDOGS Matt Burton Turning 25 in 2025, Matt Burton’s place in the Bulldogs side is safe, but the pressure is on him to take ownership of the team and take them to greater heights next season. The club have invested in him to be their main man and chief playmaker, and he is now in the sweet spot of his career for NRL halves and needs to deliver more consistency. With 39 tries in 102 NRL games, Burton has the experience to up his game next season and start creating more try-scoring opportunities for both himself and more importantly his teammates, if the Bulldogs are to push for a deeper finals run. The Bulldogs’ spine is solid without being spectacular, so they desperately need Burton to take his game to another level to match the elite teams in the competition. TITANS AJ Brimson Apart from skipper Tino Fa’asuamaleaui (2033), AJ Brimson owns the longest current contract at the Titans, which expires in 2030, yet he doesn’t have a set position in the side. At his best, Brimson is a walk up start at fullback or five-eighth, but injuries have opened the door for Keano Kini and Jayden Campbell to rise above him in the spine pecking order. With 43 tries in 112 games, the 26-year-old is now in the sweet spot of his career, but after a failed switch to the centres, Des Hasler needs to work out where is best to play Brimson. Kini deserves first shot at fullback, so Brimson will be fighting with Campbell and former Wallaby Carter Gordon for the five-eighth role alongside Kieran Foran, or he may have to have another crack at making the centre position his own. The Titans have plenty of options at fullback and five-eighth, but it is up to Brimson and the other contenders to stand up and take ownership of the roles and deliver more consistency to cement a spot in the side and get the Titans back to the finals. SEA EAGLES Tolu Koula In 2023, Tolu Koula was one of the most exciting prospects in the NRL as a potential fullback and winger with blinding speed, but after converting to a full-time centre his career has stalled. Koula has been solid with 21 tries in 60 NRL games, but the 22-year-old has yet to realise his immense potential as a centre. Having lost his Tonga fullback spot to club teammate Lehi Hopoate, Koula is now behind him and Tom Trbojevic in the Manly No.1 pecking order and needs to show more consistency as a centre. Hopoate and Tommy Talau are keeping the pressure on Koula’s spot in the backline and while he will get first crack at partnering Reuben Garrick, Hopoate will be pushing hard for a permanent starting spot in 2025, so the competition for spots will be fierce. STORM Ryan Papenhuyzen A premiership winner and Clive Churchill Medallist with 62 tries in 92 NRL games, Ryan Papenhuyzen’s spot in the side shouldn’t be in question, except for who is waiting in the wings. Sualauvi Fa’alogo is considered one of the hottest prospects in the NRL and will be pushing for more game time in 2025. Papenhuyzen recently signed a one-year extension for 2027, but Fa’alogo is signed until 2028 and is the younger fullback prospect with more long-term potential. Papenhuyzen needs to put his injury troubles behind him and show more consistency in the fullback role, or the Storm may need to look at putting Fa’alogo in the No.1 jersey to avoid him leaving the club to get more opportunities elsewhere. KNIGHTS Jack Cogger By all reports, Jack Cogger is likely to shift from five-eighth to the halfback role ahead of Phoenix Crossland and Jackson Hastings in 2025, but he is a long way from cementing a starting spot at this stage. The fact the club went hard for Storm halfback Jonah Pezet means the Knights are not sold on their halfback options in Cogger, Crossland and Hastings. Crossland is the incumbent Kiwis No.9 and could finish up at hooker if Jayden Brailey leaves the club, but he finished last season at halfback and may play there again in 2025, if Cogger doesn’t cement the chief playmaker role. With Will Pryce and Tyson Gamble also vying for a spot in the halves, it is up to Cogger and all the playmaker contenders to step up and help Kalyn Ponga or the club will go to market again to find the right halves. COWBOYS Jake Clifford Jake Clifford returned to the Cowboys last season and usurped Chad Townsend as the club’s halfback in their run to the finals playing eight games. Turning 27 in 2025, Clifford has 12 tries in 75 NRL games and five tries in 26 games for Hull FC in the Super League, so he has the experience behind him to be a consistent playmaker. However, Cowboys skipper Tom Dearden could be in line to shift to the halfback role in the future to take more ownership of the team, after spending most of his juniors in the position. The Cowboys also have Tom Duffy as a promising halfback option, so the pressure will be on Clifford in a contract year to cement the No.7 jersey by showing more consistency and creating try-scoring opportunities for his teammates. EELS Dylan Brown The owner of the longest contract at the Eels through until 2031, albeit with player options to leave in 2026, the time has come for Dylan Brown to live up to the club’s immense investment in their playmaker. Turning 25 in 2025 and with 32 tries in 123 NRL games, Brown is no longer the promising youngster and needs to step up and take ownership of the team with Mitchell Moses. Clint Gutherson’s departure has left a massive leadership void and it is up to Brown to help fill it and take the club forward into a new era under Jason Ryles. With a rookie fullback in Isaiah Iongi and a lack of an elite hooker, the Eels need Brown to have his best season yet and consistently create more try-scoring opportunities for himself and the team in 2025. PANTHERS Blaize Talagi There is arguably no bigger shoes to fill in the NRL than replacing four time premiership winning five-eighth and Origin star Jarome Luai at the Panthers. Blaize Talagi is still just 19 and scored the bulk of his 11 tries in 20 games for the Eels at fullback and in the outside backs. His switch to the Panthers will see him vie for Luai’s old No.6 jersey with Jack Cole and Brad Schneider for the right to partner Nathan Cleary in the Penrith halves. Talagi has all the talent to make a splash as an NRL playmaker and having Cleary beside him will make things a lot easier, but at such a young age it will take time for him to make the position his own and develop a combination as the club hunts a fifth straight title.
SPORTS DIGEST: Valparaiso football stuns DavidsonA new study warns about frequent solar superflaresCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Bruce Thornton scored 25 points to lead seven players in double figures, and Devin Royal posted a double-double as Ohio State steamrolled Green Bay 102-69 on Monday night. Thornton made 7 of 10 shots with five 3-pointers for the Buckeyes (5-1), who improved to 4-0 at home. He made 6 of 7 at the free-throw line and totaled nine assists. Royal pitched in with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Meechie Johnson scored 15 of his 17 points in the first half to help Ohio State take a 42-32 lead into the locker room. John Mobley Jr. had 14 points and Sean Stewart added 11 points and eight rebounds for the Buckeyes. Micah Parrish and reserve Evan Mahaffey both scored 10. Anthony Roy scored 30 points to lead the Phoenix (2-5), who fell to 1-4 on the road. Roy buried 10 of 16 shots, including 8 of 12 from beyond the arc. He has scored at least 30 in three straight games and done it four times this season. Roy, an NAIA All-America choice last season at Langston University, leads the nation with a 28.0 scoring average. The Buckeyes topped the century mark for a second straight game after posting a 104-60 victory over Campbell their last time out. Ohio State outrebounded Green Bay 37-23 and scored 30 points off of 18 turnovers by the Phoenix. Ohio State shot 55.9% from the floor, 45.2% from beyond the arc (14 for 31) and made 12 of 19 free throws. Green Bay shot 49% overall and 41.7% from distance (10 for 24). The Phoenix were 11 for 16 at the foul line. The Buckeyes will host Pittsburgh on Friday. Green Bay returns home to play Campbell on Saturday.
SALEM, W.Va. (WV News) — Salem vs. UCLA. That’s the matchup for the Tigers’ first-ever NCAA Tournament match in men’s water polo. The Bruins (23-2), the No. 1 overall seed, face the Tigers (20-3) at 3 p.m. on Dec. 6 to open the eight-team single-elimination tournament, hosted by Stanford and running from Dec. 6-8 at the Avery Aquatic Center. Salem earned an automatic bid by virtue of winning the Western Water Polo Association title in Irvine, Calif. The Tigers started things out last Friday with an 18-15 exhibition win over UC Merced. Salem led 8-4 after the first quarter, 11-8 at the half and 18-10 through three quarters before UC Merced got five goals in the fourth quarter. Danko Kesic led the way for Salem with five goals. On Saturday, Salem went up against Biola in the WWPA semifinals. In the first, both teams went back and forth with Biola holding the narrow 5-4 lead after one. In the second quarter, both offenses struggled but Salem was able to knot it back up at 8 heading to the half. In the third, Salem outscored Biola 9-7 to lead 17-15. Biola put up a fight in the fourth, but it wasn't enough as Salem was able to secure the 19-18 victory. Nikola Krstonosic led the way with seven goals and Marko Zivojinovic had six goals. In the championship game against Concordia on Sunday, Salem got off to an early 5-2 lead and extended it to 10-6 at the break. Concordia would fight back to cut the deficit to three, 12-9, heading to the fourth quarter. Ivan Petkovski was able to score two goals in the last period to seal the result. The Tigers were led by Kesic and Petkovski with five goals each. Krstonosic, Zivojinovic and Kesic were named to the all-tournament first team and Duarte Costa earned a spot on the second team. UCLA was the national runner-up to Cal last year by a 13-11 final and earned one of two at-large bids after a 15-13 loss to rival Southern California in the MPSF championship game. No. 4 Stanford faces Princeton at 5 p.m., No. 2 USC takes on California Baptist at 7 p.m. and No. 3 Fordham draws Long Beach State at 9 p.m. in the other quarterfinals. Semifinals are Dec. 7 at 5 p.m. (Salem’s bracket) and 7 p.m. and the championship game is on Dec. 8 at 6 p.m.BOSTON — Forty years ago, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie rolled to his right and threw a pass that has become one of college football’s most iconic moments. With Boston College trailing defending champion Miami, Flutie threw the Hail Mary and found receiver Gerard Phalen, who made the grab while falling into the end zone behind a pair of defenders for a game-winning 48-yard TD. Flutie and many of his 1984 teammates were honored on the field during BC’s 41-21 victory over North Carolina before the second quarter on Saturday afternoon, the anniversary of the Eagles’ Miracle in Miami. “There’s no way its been 40 years,” Flutie told The Associated Press on the sideline a few minutes before he walked out with some of his former teammates to be recognized after a video of The Play was shown on the scoreboards. A statue commemorating Doug Flutie's famed "Hail Mary" pass during a game against Miami on Nov. 23, 1994, sits outside Alumni Stadium at Boston College. Famous football plays often attain a legendary status with religious names like the "Immaculate Reception," the "Hail Mary" pass and the Holy Roller fumble. It’s a moment and highlight that’s not only played throughout decades of BC students and fans, but around the college football world. “What is really so humbling is that the kids 40 years later are wearing 22 jerseys, still,” Flutie said of his old number. “That amazes me.” That game was played on national TV the Friday after Thanksgiving. The ironic thing is it was originally scheduled for earlier in the season before CBS paid Rutgers to move its game against Miami, thus setting up the BC-Miami post-holiday matchup. Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie rejoices in his brother Darren's arms after B.C. defeats Miami with a last second touchdown pass on Nov. 23, 1984, in Miami. “It shows you how random some things are, that the game was moved,” Flutie said. “The game got moved to the Friday after Thanksgiving, which was the most watched game of the year. We both end up being nationally ranked and up there. All those things lent to how big the game itself was, and made the pass and the catch that much more relevant and remembered because so many people were watching.” There’s a statue of Flutie winding up to make The Pass outside the north gates at Alumni Stadium. Fans and visitors can often be seen taking photos there. “In casual conversation, it comes up every day,” Flutie said, when asked how many times people bring it up. “It brings a smile to my face every time we talk about it.” A week after the game-ending Flutie pass, the Eagles beat Holy Cross and before he flew off to New York to accept the Heisman. They went on to win the 49th Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day. Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie evades Miami defensive tackle Kevin Fagan during the first quarter of a game on Nov. 23, 1984, in Miami, Fla. “Forty years seem almost like incomprehensible,” said Phalen, also standing on the sideline a few minutes after the game started. “I always say to Doug: ‘Thank God for social media. It’s kept it alive for us.”’ Earlier this week, current BC coach Bill O’Brien, 55, was asked if he remembered where he was 40 years ago. “We were eating Thanksgiving leftovers in my family room,” he said. “My mom was saying a Rosary in the kitchen because she didn’t like Miami and wanted BC to win. My dad, my brother and I were watching the game. “It was unbelievable,” he said. “Everybody remembers where they were for the Hail Mary, Flutie pass.” Mike Tyson, left, slaps Jake Paul during a weigh-in ahead of their heavyweight bout, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Irving, Texas. 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Photos: Remembering Jimmy Carter, the 39th US presidentValpo stuns Davidson: With just 8 seconds left, Davidson looked to have the game in the bag. The Wildcats led 17-10 and were lining up to punt, hoping to flip the field on Valparaiso and give the Beacons nothing more than a last-ditch heave at a win. Instead, Valparaiso blocked the punt. Davidson would fall on the loose ball but it set up the Beacons at the 17-yard line with 4 seconds to play. Caron Tyler hit Gary Givens in the back of the end zone with no time on the clock. The Beacons then converted the 2-point conversion for the win. The victory improved Valparaiso's record to 5-7 to close out the season. WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL VU pair honored: Two Valparaiso volleyball players were named to the Missouri Valley Conference All-Freshman Team on Saturday. Ava Helming and Jessica Pickett were selected as some of the conference's top freshmen. Helming ranked second on the Beacons in points and kills this fall. Picket tallied the third-most blocks in the conference for the Beacons. It's the first time since 2017 that Valparaiso placed two or more players on the MVC All-Freshman team.
To Really Narrow Digital Divides, Canada Should Consistently Fund Adult Education ProgramsAfD leader Alice Weidel "has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Come on!" Musk wrote. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Elon Musk is nothing if not shameless. He proved that again this weekend, when he published an op-ed in one of Germany’s biggest newspapers, Die Welt , doubling down on his earlier support for the racist, far-right political party Alternative for Germany (AfD). In the op-ed—reportedly published online Saturday and in print Sunday—Musk writes that the AfD is “the last spark of hope for this country” and, essentially, that his vast wealth makes his politics a matter of public interest. “As someone who has made significant investments in Germany’s industrial and technological landscape, I believe I have the right to speak openly about its political orientation,” Musk writes, according to a Google translation of the text. As the country approaches a snap election on February 23, following the November collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, AfD is polling second, at 19 percent, behind the center-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany. Musk outlines five areas in which he claims AfD reigns supreme: His op-ed was published alongside a rebuttal from editor Jan Philipp Burgard, who writes that “Musk’s diagnosis is correct, but his therapeutic approach that only the AfD can save Germany is fatally wrong.” Burgard notes that the AfD wants to remove Germany from the EU, which he says would be a “catastrophe” given the nation’s reliance on exports and the reliance of German citizens on the EU single market. He further argues that AfD’s isolationist focus could harm its relationship with the US in particular—and “doesn’t Elon Musk want to see many Teslas rolling along Germany’s highways in the future?” And, Burgard points out, Musk’s claims that the party isn’t so bad ignore the reality that Björn Höcke, another AfD leader, has been convicted—twice—of using banned Nazi slogans. The publication of Musk’s op-ed elicited immediate internal backlash. Die Welt ‘s opinion editor, Eva Marie Kogel, announced on X on Saturday that she’d resigned after it posted online. Musk’s piece was meant to expand upon Musk’s December 20 X post that “only the AfD can save Germany.” (The party thanked him with a public video from party leader Weidel.) But as my colleague Alex Nguyen wrote , AfD is even controversial among Europe’s nationalists. In May, France’s far-right party led by Marine Le Pen split from the AfD in its European Parliament coalition after the German party’s top candidate, Maximilian Krah, said that a person was “not automatically a criminal” just because they had been a member of the SS, Adolph Hitler’s paramilitary organization. When you dig more into the priorities of AfD leaders, it makes sense that they’re on an island of their own—and why Musk is trying to court them. Some party officials, like Trump , have been clear about their desire to carry out mass deportations. As Mother Jones contributor Josh Axelrod, a Berlin-based reporter, wrote recently: The AfD’s central pledge is to counteract the so-called Great Replacement, a conspiracy theory that claims white Europeans or Americans are the victims of a plot by nonwhite immigrants to “replace” them and poison their societies. It was the inspiration for shooters to take up arms and target Muslim victims in Christchurch, Jews in Pittsburgh, Black people in Buffalo, and gay people in Bratislava. “It’s the thing that brings together the far-right in multiple countries,” Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the nonprofit Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, told Mother Jones . As Burgard put it in his Musk rebuttal: “Even a genius can be wrong.”
Tens of thousands of Spaniards protest housing crunch and high rents in BarcelonaDubai Land Department (DLD) is set to launch the Smart Rental Index in January 2025. The new initiative aims to advance the real estate sector while fostering transparency, trust, and confidence among landlords, tenants and investors. The Smart Rental Index will use cutting-edge technology and up-to-date data to regulate rental valuations and ensure balance in the market. By offering integrated solutions, the index is designed to enhance transparency, providing clear, accurate information to all stakeholders and supporting informed decision-making. Rental index aligns with Dubai’s Real Estate Sector Strategy 2033 The project aligns with Dubai’s broader digital strategy and the Dubai Real Estate Sector Strategy 2033. It also reflects the government’s efforts to improve services, enhance quality of life, and achieve sustainable development in key economic sectors. The initiative aims to streamline real estate transactions by offering up-to-date data and facilitating a fair, transparent rental market. Through the Smart Rental Index, the Dubai Land Department seeks to position the city as a global model for technology-driven real estate solutions, contributing to the emirate’s ongoing push for innovation and excellence. Read: Dubai reigns as the ultimate destination for luxury living