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1. Antetokounmpo responds with boos of his own after home crowd jeers Bucks during lopsided loss

   Giannis Antetokounmpo couldn’t remember hearing boos from his home crowd during his brilliant 13-year career in Milwaukee.

2. Scott Adams, creator of the satirical ‘Dilbert’ comic strip, dies at 68

   Scott Adams, whose experience as a bank and phone company middle manager gave him the material to create the comic strip “Dilbert,” a daily satire of corporate life that became a sensation but was dropped by more than 1,000 newspapers after he made racist comments on his podcast in 2023, died Tuesday at his home in Pleasanton, California, in the Bay Area. He was 68.

3. How to apply for exemption from tax for unpaid rents

   Year after year, the number of landlords declaring unpaid rents from both commercial leases and primary residences is increasing.

4. HRW condemns prosecution of 24 aid workers ahead of Lesvos trial

   Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the prosecution of 24 humanitarian workers ahead of the resumption of their trial, calling the case a “perverse misrepresentation of life-saving humanitarian work” and urging Greek authorities to drop the charges.

5. Former Cyprus president George Vassiliou, who put the country on the path to EU membership, has died

   Former Cypriot president George Vassiliou, a successful businessman who helped to energize his divided island’s economy and set it on the road to European Union membership, has died. He was 94.

6. Tempe crash advocate Karystianou resigns from victims’ association board

   Maria Karystianou announced late Tuesday that she has resigned from the board of the association representing families of victims of the Tempe rail disaster, stepping down from a body she had chaired until recently amid growing internal divisions.

7. Power plant’s last smokestack goes cold

   Ptolemaida V lignite power plant ran for just three years and needs another €300 million to produce natural gas.

8. Farmers issued 48-hour ultimatum

   The government and protesting farmers moved closer to confrontation on Tuesday after some farm groups refused to attend talks with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and insisted on escalating road blockades.

9. Inflation inched up last month to 2.6%

   Inflation stood at 2.6% in December, up from 2.4% in November, according to figures the Hellenic Statistical Authority released on Tuesday.

10. Greece among passport leaders

    Greece ranked fourth worldwide among the most powerful passports, according to the latest Henley Passport Index, using data from the International Air Transport Association.