June 2024
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Former US president Bill Clinton has joined his wife Hillary in showing support for Joe Biden after he stumbled in last night’s head-to-head with Donald Trump. Mr Clinton said he would “leave the debate rating to the pundits”, but said “facts and history matter” when it comes to who to vote for. He praised Mr…
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Jill Biden wanted to send an unsubtle message at the North Carolina rally to those worried about her husband’s debate performance, a source close to her has said. The First Lady wore a black dress adorned with the word “VOTE” all over as she supported her husband at his first public post-debate appearance. “Her own…
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Donald Trump repeats his claim that the 2020 election was “rigged”, without providing evidence. He says he wouldn’t have run against Joe Biden if he was a “great president”. “If he’s doing a great job that’s so important I wouldn’t have run, I wouldn’t be going through all this stuff…” Trump then says being on…
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The election is a choice between “strength and weakness, competence and incompetence… war or no war,” Donald Trump tells his supporters in Virginia. He claims to be the “only president in many decades” that did not start a war – and adds that he “beat ISIS”. Trump also says that the world has never been…
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Donald Trump attracts roaring applause as he starts his speech by saying: “Did anybody last night watch a thing called a debate?” Trump then goes on the immediate attack against Joe Biden, saying he secured a “big victory” against a man who “is looking to destroy our country”. “He’s the worst, he’s the most corrupt,…
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Joe Biden should “give way to the next generation” and stop “stubbornly sticking on”, a former US diplomat has said. Brett Bruen, former White House director of global engagement under Barack Obama, said the president of America “cannot just be strong on the teleprompter”. “You have to be strong in those debates. You have to…
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People have short attention spans and “a lot of things can change” in the four months leading up to the US election, a former aide of Donald Trump has said. Anthony Scaramucci, who was Trump’s director of communications in 2017, told The World with Yalda Hakim that Joe Biden put on a “terrible performance” during the debate.…
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Joe Biden performed better in his rally speech as he had a teleprompter – but he “shows who he really is” when he has to think on his feet, a Republican media strategist has said. Providing some initial reaction to the event in North Carolina on our special edition of The World with Yalda Hakim, Brett…
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‘I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to’ The US president appears to reference his age and – as was perhaps unavoidable – his shaky performance at last night’s debate, as he continues his speech to supporters in North Carolina. “Folks, I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as…
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Police say they are not looking for anyone else after a paramedic was found dead along with a woman at a house in Staffordshire. Detectives had opened a murder investigation after the bodies of Daniel Duffield, 24, from Cannock, and Lauren Evans, 22, from Bridgend in South Wales, were discovered in a property in Hednesford, Cannock, at…
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As a writer in the world of self-publishing, you’re up against thousands of other books. It’s a super-competitive market, so your selling strategies need to be up to scratch to get the desired result. This includes making sure that Amazon’s algorithm rules are working for you. Think of Amazon as a search engine. You need…
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Senator Shehu Sani says that the biggest mistake those who fought for democracy in Nigeria made was to reject the military’s call to take over power from them in 1999. The former lawmaker, who represented Kaduna Central at the 8th Senate, said this at This Nigeria Lecture and Award in Abuja on Thursday. The theme…
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Godswill Akpabio says the Senate will consider a request for a new presidential jet if there is a necessity for that but dismissed claims that the lawmakers are set to approve the purchase of the same at the moment. Akpabio, the senate president, said this during plenary in Abuja on Thursday amid claims in some…
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China will impose the tariff rates it has pledged under a free trade agreement (FTA) signed with Serbia on certain imports from the country, the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced Thursday. The adjustment will take effect on July 1, 2024, the same day the FTA comes into force. The implementation of the…
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Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has declared that he’s not fighting anybody. He spoke amid his rift with former council chairmen loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. Fubara explained that he’s only defending himself and the state from aggressors. Speaking in Port Harcourt, the state capital yesterday, he…
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– Located in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, Qinghai Lake is an important ecological barrier in northwest China, which has pivotal status in terms of ecological security. * Decades ago, the population of naked carp had declined sharply due to overfishing and environmental deterioration. Through continuous protection efforts, from 2002 to 2023, the…
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