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7 candidates have qualified for the 2nd Republican presidential debate. Here’s who missed the cut

theworldmail.co.uk September 25, 2023 No Comments

**SEPT 25, 2023 @ 2200 GMT | FILE** – Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum stand on stage and listen to a prayer before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP File Photo)

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The field for the second Republican presidential debate will be smaller than the first.

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Donald Trump commits to Nevada caucus as state GOP approves rules rivals see as helping his campaign

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**SEPT 24, 2023 @ 1100 GMT | FILE** – Former President Donald Trump stands on stage before speaking at a campaign event, July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. The Nevada Republican Party has approved new rules for their presidential caucus that many suspect are meant to help former President Donald Trump. The provisions would bar any candidate from the Feb. 8 caucus if they participate in the state-run primary two days earlier. **(AP File Photo)**

NEVADA, United States (AP) — Former President Donald Trump ‘s campaign committed to running in Nevada’s caucus as the state party approved rules that rival campaigns say tilt the state’s nominating process in his favor.

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Nikki Haley’s approach to abortion is rooted in her earliest days in South Carolina politics

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**SEPT 23, 2024 @ 2245 GMT | FILE** – Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s fall banquet, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. Haley is gaining attention in the GOP race with her calls for “consensus” around abortion, an unusual tone in a campaign where Republican White House hopefuls often prefer to highlight their eagerness to fight President Joe Biden and other Democrats. (AP File Photo)

COLUMBIA, United States (AP) — As a state representative running a longshot campaign for South Carolina governor, Nikki Haley would often explain her opposition to abortion with a story about her family.

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Leaders of Syria and China announce strategic partnership as part of Asian Games diplomacy

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**SEPT 22, 2023 @ 2145 GMT** | In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad before their bilateral meeting in Hangzhou, China, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. China and Syria announced the formation of a strategic partnership on Friday as Chinese leader Xi Jinping kicked off a series of diplomatic meetings ahead of the upcoming Asian Games. **(Xinhua via AP)**

BEIJING, China (AP) — China and Syria announced the formation of a strategic partnership on Friday as Chinese leader Xi Jinping kicked off a series of diplomatic meetings ahead of the upcoming Asian Games.

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United States and China launch economic and financial working groups with aim of easing tensions

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**SEPT 22, 2023 @ 2145 GMT | FILE** – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, left, shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, July 8, 2023. The U.S. Treasury Department and China’s Ministry of Finance launched a pair of economic working groups on Friday in an effort to ease tensions and deepen ties between the nations. **(AP Photo Via Pool, File)**

WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department and China’s Ministry of Finance launched a pair of economic working groups on Friday in an effort to ease tensions and deepen ties between the nations.

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King Charles III makes a stop at the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral on his state visit to France

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**SEPT 22, 2023 @ 1300 GMT** | Britain’s King Charles III addresses French lawmakers from both the upper and the lower house of parliament as Senate President Gerard Larcher, top left, and President of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet listen at the French Senate, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 in Paris. King Charles III will later meet with sports groups in the northern suburbs of Paris and pay a visit to fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral Thursday, on the second day of his state visit to France.(Pool via AP)

PARIS, France (AP) — King Charles III went from a meeting with young athletes in a working-class, multicultural suburb of Paris to an emotional stop in front of the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral on Thursday, the second day of his state visit to France.

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Fighting ‘through hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade must first survive the forest

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ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the left ear. The leader of the Ukrainian platoon was down. Headquarters radioed a battlefield promotion to the private who had called him “brother” — a man known as Courier.

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Stock market today: Wall Street falls after the Federal Reserve warns rates may stay higher in 2024

theworldmail.co.uk September 21, 2023 No Comments

SEPT 21, 2023 @ 2130 GMT | A press conference by Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell is displayed on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged for the second time in its past three meetings a sign that it’s moderating its fight against inflation as price pressures have eased.(AP Photo)

NEW YORK, United States (AP) — U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it may not cut interest rates next year by as much as it earlier thought, regardless of how much Wall Street wants it.

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A new London exhibition highlights the untold stories of Black British fashion designers

theworldmail.co.uk September 20, 2023 No Comments

**SEPT 20, 2023 @ 2030 GMT** | A preview of the exhibition The Missing Thread: Untold Stories of Black British Fashion , at Somerset House, in London, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. A new exhibition is opening in London to chart for the first time the contributions Black British culture made to U.K. fashion and design history and to celebrate Black designers who have not received public recognition. The exhibition opens on Thursday and pays tribute to the influence of Black designers in fashion from the 1970s. (AP Photo)

LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — A new exhibition is opening in London to chart for the first time the contributions that Black British culture made to U.K. fashion and design history and to celebrate Black designers who haven’t received public recognition.

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