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Donald Trump has won Michigan’s Republican primary election, the latest in a string of convincing primary victories as he closes in on the GOP presidential nomination.The Associated Press called the race for Trump over the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley at 9pm ET.The former president has repeatedly trounced Haley in the primaries, but she has hung on with a campaign that continues to highlight areas of weakness for Trump and offers Republicans uneasy about Trump a protest vote of their own. Haley has pledged to stay in the primaries at least through next Tuesday, 5 March, when 15 states…

It’s not often that the highlights of Australian summer cricket happen outside Australia. However, the prospect of a first Test trip to New Zealand in eight years, and the Black Caps at an all-time high, means expectations are high on both sides of the Tasman.It is also a battle between the two World Test Championship champions so far; defending champions Australia versus inaugural champions New Zealand.Sadly, given the limited batting between the two, the series only consists of two Test matches, starting at Wellington Basin Reserve on Thursday and concluding in Christchurch next week.Pat Cummins, one of the few who…

The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for an eighth straight year to a new low, government data has shown, and a top official says it is critical for the country to reverse the trend in the coming half-dozen years.The 758,631 babies born in Japan in 2023 were a 5.1% decline from the previous year, according to the Health and Welfare Ministry on Tuesday. It was the lowest number of births since Japan started compiling the statistics in 1899.The number of marriages fell by 5.9% to 489,281 couples, falling below a half million for the first time…

Joe Biden won Michigan’s Democratic primary, but a concerted effort by anti-war activists to cast a “holdout” vote in the race could overshadow his victory.The President of the United States faces no real primary challenger in the election. But in the weeks leading up to the primary, a “no pledge” movement formed to protest his continued support for Israel’s war in Gaza, signaling the anger and betrayal of the state among some Arab Americans and young voters. The degree is profound.The group pushing for a no-pledge option — called Hear Michigan — has set a primary goal of 10,000 no-pledge…

It was a game when it felt appropriate to have all-time records in mind from an early juncture, an awareness of history. Because Erling Haaland was in that kind of mood. Luton, meanwhile, appeared intent on seeing whether their defenders could hold him off in one-on-one last-man battles. That and their high line was a recipe for carnage.A couple of minutes before the hour, Haaland scored his fifth to ease City clear of a Luton mini-revival that felt like a mirage. The double hat-trick was on, which is a thing in park football at under-10 level but really should not…

Erling Haaland scored five times in a 6-2 win over Luton Town in the FA Cup fifth round to give Manchester City’s opponents a warning that he and his side are chasing them.Haaland has been linked with the devastating impact of Kevin De Bruyne, who provided assists for his first four goals, and has said that after missing nearly two months through injury starting in early December Later, he was back to his best.”I’m getting back to my best,” Haaland said. “I finally feel good. It’s an amazing feeling. It’s coming, we’re coming. The exciting moment is coming. We’re ready…

Apple is canceling its plans to build an electric car, according to multiple outlets, ending a secretive project that has consumed immense resources over the past decade. Executives from the company made the unexpected announcement during an internal team meeting on Tuesday, forecasting layoffs and telling employees that many of them would shift to working on generative artificial intelligence, per reports.Apple is believed to have spent billions of dollars attempting to develop an electric, semi-autonomous vehicle under the codename Project Titan, and its decision to kill the program is a major retreat from its previous strategy.The Apple chief executive, Tim…

SecondHaaland scored his fifth goal in the 58th minute. Not that you’d tell it from his celebration, which was actually more of a non-celebration: a staccato jog, lips slightly curled, eyebrows raised, rather than the expression of a man who’d just written his name. What will go down in the annals of Manchester City history is the expression of a man who had just discovered a partially melted Fredo in his pocket.Of course, everyone expected Haaland to play at this point: the game was won, Luton’s brief resistance was extinguished, and they safely advanced to the sixth round. But he…

Lawyers for Donald Trump’s co-defendants charged in Georgia over efforts to overturn the 2020 election were unable on Tuesday to get their star witness to repeat in court what he had previously alleged about the Fulton county district attorney’s affair, as they seek to have her thrown off the case.“I was speculating and I never witnessed anything. It was speculation,” Terrence Bradley said about text messages he sent to one of the defense lawyers in January that alleged the district attorney Fani Willis and her deputy Nathan Wade were romantically involved earlier than they had claimed.Bradley’s inability to confirm anything…

After 43 almost forgettable shots and a looming penalty shootout between Bournemouth and Leicester City, the winner of this low-quality game was naturally a beautiful one. As extra time approached, substitute Abdel Fataw took charge of the game himself, firing a brilliant left-footed shot into the top corner, earning Leicester City a place in the FA Cup quarter-finals. . This is a welcome boon for Leicester City after experiencing brief setbacks in their bid for the English Championship.Forward Fatau, on loan from Sporting Lisbon, received a pass from fellow substitute Kelechi Iheanacho on the edge of the penalty area and…