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Factbox-The Republican challenging Trump for the US presidential nomination

(Reuters) – Just one Republican candidate remains to challenge former President Donald Trump for the party’s nomination in the November 2024 U.S. presidential contest to take on President Joe Biden, a Democrat who is running for reelection. Here is a list of the Republican Party’s two candidates: DONALD TRUMP Trump has embraced his indictments in …

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Explainer-Why is Tuesday’s 2024 New Hampshire primary important?

(Reuters) – Contenders for the Republican presidential nomination will face off in the second contest of their nominating process on Tuesday in New Hampshire, while Democrats compete there on the same day in a battle expected to be significantly less competitive. The Republican battle is down to two candidates – former President Donald Trump and …

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Death toll in China landslide rises to 25, rescuers search for missing

BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll from a landslide in China’s Yunnan province rose to 25 late on Tuesday as rescue workers battled freezing temperatures and snow to locate dozens of missing people. Rescuers worked through the night sifting deep mounds of earth at the site of the landslide in Zhenxiong County, state-owned China Central …

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Indian shares slump 1.5% as financials weigh; Zee plunges

By Manvi Pant BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares surrendered early gains to end sharply lower on Tuesday, as HDFC Bank led a decline in financials, while Zee Entertainment plunged over 32% after its merger with Sony’s India unit collapsed. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 settled 1.54% lower at 21,238.80 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex lost …

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Low Carbon secures funds to begin constructing UK solar and battery portfolio

LONDON (Reuters) – Renewable energy company Low Carbon said on Tuesday it had secured the necessary funding for a 385 megawatt (MW) portfolio of solar and battery storage projects in Britain, enabling it to begin construction. Most of the projects will start construction early this year and are part of a 3 gigawatt pipeline of …

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Britain to retain substantial number of EU laws until at least 2026

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will retain thousands of European Union laws for at least the next two years, the government said on Thursday, setting out new targets for the heavily delayed process of removing EU law from the British statute book after Brexit. Britain had originally aimed to remove all retained EU …

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Britain’s Labour aims to save billions of pounds with planned health reforms

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s main opposition Labour Party said it would aim to save 10 billion pounds ($12.71 billion) by cutting waste and reforming the health service if in power, saying this could free up cash to spend on frontline care. The state-run National Health Service (NHS) emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic in crisis, crippled …

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California professors end strike after one day

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -A union representing 29,000 professors and staff at the California State University (CSU) reached a tentative deal on Monday night to call off a five day strike after one day, ending uncertainty for more than 450,000 students on 23 campuses. The California Faculty Association and the CSU have been bargaining for …

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Suspect in 8 Chicago-area slayings turns up dead in Texas

By Steve Gorman and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -A man suspected of shooting eight people to death and wounding another in suburban Chicago has turned up dead hundreds of miles away in Texas, where he apparently took his own life after an encounter with law enforcement there, police said on Monday. The death of 23-year-old Romeo …

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Fake ‘Biden’ robocall tells New Hampshire Democrats to stay home

By Steve Holland MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) -As New Hampshire voters prepared to cast their votes in the state’s first-in-the nation primary Tuesday, a robocall is circulating in the state urging Democrats to stay home – using a fake audio of U.S. President Joe Biden. “It’s important that you save your vote for the November …

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