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Former US President Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, strengthening his bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to projections by the Associated Press and Fox News. After a landslide victory in the Iowa caucuses, Trump was down to one serious rival, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. According to the projections, Haley outperformed expectations but was unable to clinch an important victory. What were the results of the primary? With 25% of the votes counted, Trump had 53.6%, beating out Haley, who trailed with 45.5% of the vote, according to AP estimates. Trump will win at least 11 New Hampshire delegates to…

How far behind is too far for Nikki Haley? It was Donald Trump’s night, no doubt. He had the numbers and he got the victory. For Nikki Haley, the question that will be answered in due course is: how far behind is too far? In the Granite state, she had the conditions she craved – an independent, moderate crowd passing judgement on a two-person contest. It still didn’t get her as close to Donald Trump as she wanted. The question is whether it got her close enough to the notion that she can challenge in different and more difficult places.…

Skip next section Slovak PM to visit Ukraine amid tense relations01/22/2024January 22, 2024Slovak PM to visit Ukraine amid tense relationsSlovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will visit Ukraine on Wednesday, amid difficult relations between the countries following Fico’s criticism of its war-torn neighbor. His office that Fico would meet his Ukrainian counterpart in a city on the border with Slovakia. “In the morning, he will visit Ukraine and meet Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Uzhhorod,” the statement said, adding Fico would later travel to Berlin for talks with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Slovakia’s populist leader is opposed to sanctions on Russia and since…

The brother of two men still being held captive by Hamas in Gaza has said his life “stopped on 7 October”, the day his loved ones were taken.Liran Berman said he “needs his little brothers home” as he spoke on behalf of the families and loved ones of more than 130 hostages who remain in Gaza.The brothers were taken from their house in southern Israel, during the widespread attack by Hamas that left around 1,200 Israelis dead.”No one can feel what we feel, no one can understand the suffering, our lives stopped on 7 October,” he said, speaking on Sky…

Turkey’s parliament approved Sweden’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to sign it into law within a few days, leaving Hungary as the only NATO member state not to have approved Sweden’s membership. Erdogan had previously opposed Sweden’s bid, casting doubt on the Scandinavian state’s accession to the alliance, but he made a U-turn last summer and gave the go-ahead. Sweden ‘one step closer’ to NATO membership Lawmakers voted 287-55 in favor of the Nordic nation’s bid to become the 32nd member of the alliance after it won public…

Although there is a Democratic primary taking place in New Hampshire this Tuesday, no one seems to be paying attention. In fact, President Joe Biden isn’t even on the ballot. The big story is the Republican primary and whether Donald Trump can steamroll his last competitor — his former ambassador to the United Nations — Nikki Haley. Haley is seeking to hang on long enough to make it to the February 24 primary vote in her home state of South Carolina, where she served as governor (2011-2017) and sees a home-state advantage. Haley vows to carry on, Trump seems to embody…

Turkey’s parliament has approved Sweden’s application to join NATO – lifting a key barrier to its entry into the military alliance.The decision means Hungary is the only NATO member yet to ratify Sweden’s application after 20 months of delays. Sweden’s membership would enhance the military alliance’s defences in the Baltic Sea region facing Russia.Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote on the social media site X after the decision: “Today we are one step closer to becoming a full member of NATO. Positive that the Grand General Assembly of Türkiye has voted in favour of Sweden’s NATO accession.”NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg…

At least 11 people have died in a landslide that struck a remote mountainous area in southwestern China, authorities said on Tuesday. At least two survivors were rescued, authorities added. The landslide in Yunnan province early Monday buried some 47 people, according to authorities. Rescue missions operate in freezing cold Rescue teams were working in freezing temperatures to find victims buried in some 18 homes, local officials said. Around 500 people were evacuated from the area. Rescuers worked through the night sifting deep mounds of earth at the site of the landslide in Zhenxiong County, state-run China Central Television reported. Search teams struggled with snow, icy roads…

Turkey’s parliament approved Sweden’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Tuesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to sign it into law within a few days, leaving Hungary as the only NATO member state not to have approved Sweden’s membership. Erdogan had previously opposed Sweden’s bid, casting doubt on the Baltic state’s accession to the alliance, but he made a U-turn last summer and gave the go-ahead. Sweden ‘one step closer’ to NATO membership Lawmakers voted 287-55 in favor of the Nordic nation’s bid to become the 32nd member of the alliance after it won public…

A man has been arrested after allegedly confessing that he started a fire in South Africa that killed 76 people – while trying to get rid of a body. The 29-year-old made the shock confession during a public inquiry into the cause of the fire at a five-storey building in Johannesburg in August last year. The man reportedly said he had strangled someone to death in the basement of the block of flats, before setting fire to his body, according to South African media reports of the testimony.He said that he was a drug user and was told to kill…