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Over the weekend, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock clarified that Germany would not block other European countries from sending tanks to Ukraine. They also agreed for Ukrainian troops to begin training on Leopard II tanks in Poland and launched an assessment of their own inventory. The implication is Germany will eventually change course and agree to send tanks. But why the delay? As German politicians continue to debate, Ukrainian civilians continue to die....

The 36-year-old Klose scored twice in Brazil, making him the highest-scoring player in the tournament’s history with 16 goals, one ahead of Ronaldo. It was Klose’s fourth World Cup tournament. With a career total of 71 goals, Klose is also the highest-scoring player for Germany. He is also the second most capped Germany player with 137 games. “The title in Brazil fulfilled a childhood dream of mine,” Klose said in a statement posted Monday on the German national team’s website....

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said in total, far-right crimes rose 5.65 percent in 2020, and accounted for more than half of all “politically motivated” crimes. “This shows again that right-wing extremism is the biggest threat for our country,” Seehofer said Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. In February 2020, the country saw its deadliest anti-immigrant attack when nine immigrants were killed near Frankfurt, Germany, after a gunman opened fire and called for the “complete extermination” of many “races or cultures in our midst,” the AP reported....

Food can directly affect blood sugar levels. Because of this, a healthy, balanced diet can help control blood sugar levels and manage gestational diabetes. Learn more about what you can eat to empower yourself to have a safe and healthy pregnancy. Importance of Managing Blood Sugar High blood sugar levels can cause complications for both you and your baby during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and after giving birth. It’s crucial to manage blood sugar levels to help decrease the risk of complications and ensure the best possible outcomes for you and your baby....

But the laughter stops next year. The division that was a punchline all of 2015 will be back in 2016. This season will prove to be the exception, not the rule. MORE: Top 10 potential replacments for Chip Kelly | Division champs with losing records shouldn’t host playoffs And it won’t just be one team bursting free, like the Panthers did from the smoldering ruins of the 2014 NFC South....

Vader dies Few wrestlers struck fear into opponents or fans the way Vader did over a career that spanned more than 30 years. He was frightening in his red-and-black leather striped mask, which intertwined with his snarling face. Sometimes his entrance included him sporting a metal, Middle Ages beast design with smoke coming out of it to create an even more ominous aura. What was truly scary about him, though, was that he was so quick and agile in the ring even though he weighed about 450 pounds....

That may be, but the Morningstar newsletter has become the “bible” among financial planners, individual investors and financial journalists. Circulation has grown to 50,000. Mutual funds crow when they’re awarded four or five stars, the newsletter’s top rankings. Morningstar’s authority is so pervasive that even Value Line defers to it. When asked about the performance of Value Line’s own mutual funds, asset-management chief John Moore will tell you how many stars his funds have collected from Morningstar....

The housing industry is also highly regulated. There are locales where, three years after you apply for permits to build a new apartment building, you’re still attending public hearings to debate the building’s shadows, how many parking spaces you will have, and what rents you will charge. There are other places where you can drop in a septic tank, haul in a double-wide, and you’re good to go. But as everyone knows, one question increasingly dominates every conversation about this funny business: why are homes getting so expensive?...

Start Using CPAP With a Positive Attitude First, approach the prospect of using CPAP therapy with an open mind and a positive attitude. If you start with the mindset that this horrible device is going to ruin your sleep, serving as both an inconvenience and a hindrance, you will find that your experience may quickly sour. Every minor setback will become additional evidence to justify your eventual dismissal of the treatment....

The area has been under an Extreme Red Flag Warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) on Tuesday due to what could potentially be the strongest Santa Anna winds ever seen, the NWS warning described in a post on the official U.S. Emergency Alert Twitter account. Wind gusts may reach up to 70 miles per hour in the Santa Monica Mountains, while relative humidity is expected to drop into the single digits with little to no recoveries, according to a statement on the official website of the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD)....

The 57-year-old, who saw his Black Stars missing out of the tournament for the first time since 2006, insists that the four-time world champions, unlike the other 31 countries, have prepared adequately for the tournament which is seven months away. Brazil have been handed Group E with Switzerland, Costa Rica and Serbia. “For me, I tip Brazil to lift the trophy. If you monitor them closely, they have kept their team together and have been playing a lot of [strategic] friendly matches,” Kwasi Appiah told Ghanasoccernet....

Egypt will be making their debut appearance at the tournament since 1990 after claiming the sole ticket of the group. “Although, we couldn’t qualify to the World Cup, we need to make sure we win the game as well, especially at home [for pride]. This is because when we went there we lost by two goals and now they’re coming to our home. We can’t sit back and lose the game,” Ofori told KickOff....

Maxwell’s lawyers Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell alleged she has been held in “uniquely onerous conditions” in a letter sent to U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan on Monday. The lawyers asked Nathan to issue an order to move Maxwell out of solitary confinement in Brooklyn, New York’s Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) and be provided with access to a computer and materials related to the case. “As a result of what occurred with Mr....

Bobbi Sternheim is named in a court filing as representing the British socialite, who faces a 17-page indictment in July next year. The New York-based attorney defended Khaled al-Fawwaz, who was jailed for life in 2015 for bombings that killed 224 people at two U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998. After the guilty verdict, Sternheim claimed her client was denied justice because he was tried a few blocks from the World Trade Center....

title: “Ghost In The Machine” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-20” author: “William Woodcock” The terrified trio consists of Lili Taylor (in the mother-dominated Julie Harris role), Catherine Zeta-Jones (as a sexually ambiguous jet-setter) and the amusingly quirky Owen Wilson (as the group skeptic). Keeping admirably straight faces, they must undergo an elaborate trial-by-special effects in this expensive-looking horror movie, which turns the original’s scare strategy on its head. Where Wise worked by suggestion, never showing the spirits haunting Hill House, De Bont and his visual-effects team adopt a more-is-more philosophy....

Giannis Antetokounmpo absolutely erupted in the Bucks’ 105-98 win over the Suns on Tuesday night, clinching Milwaukee’s first championship in half a century. There’s no hyperbole here: Antetokounmpo had one of the greatest NBA Finals performances in league history. He put up 50 points and was an unstoppable freight train all night, absolutely terrorizing the Suns on the inside — and, somewhat surprisingly, at the foul line. MORE: Bucks-Suns highlights and more...

Jonathan Valentine, who runs the Digging Science website, said in a YouTube video that his haul included a tooth that was 6 inches long and another that was 5.5 inches. Megalodon teeth can be up to 7 inches, although fossil finds usually measure between 3 and 5 inches, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History. The megalodon is thought to have become extinct around 3.6 million years ago. The earliest remains of the shark, considered one of the largest and most powerful predators to have lived, date back more than 20 million years....

“After the draft, I didn’t get a call,” Martin said after a recent New York training camp practice. “So the next day, there’s a place called Hershey’s Chocolate (World) in Pennsylvania and my friend works there and they pay good money. “So I’m talking to him like, ‘Man, nobody called me, make sure you get me an application.'” The former Rutgers running back was not invited to the NFL Combine, and his not being picked in the 2018 NFL Draft left his football future in question....

The Giants hired the ex-Philadelphia skipper to be their next manager and replace the retired Bruce Bochy, according to multiple reports Tuesday night. (Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area had the news first). The Phillies gave the analytic-minded Kapler his first managing job in 2018, and his rocky tenure ended following a disappointing 2019 campaign. Kapler, who was previously the Dodgers’ director of player development, began his time with Philadelphia with a bullpen debacle and made unorthodox decisions that at times ruffled feathers....