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CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) -- Nikki Haley ended her long-shot challenge to Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Wednesday, ensuring the former president will be the party's candidate in a rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden in November's election.
While Kyiv is unlikely to support Tokyo’s decision to restart the grass roots exchanges – including sending Japanese teachers to Russian schools, resuming government scholarships for Japan-bound Russian tertiary-level students and the return of “small-scale” Japanese cultural events – such exchanges may well advance an anti-war agenda, an analyst said.
Gold prices pushed higher Tuesday after futures pricing for the precious metal notched fresh records in the previous two sessions — with analysts seeing strength lasting at least into the second half of the year.
A number of counterattacks by the Ukrainians, in some cases using reserve forces, have taken place along the line of contact. While reports are not yet complete, it appears that all the Ukrainian attempts to roll back Russian gains have failed, with the possible exception of Robotyne.
“For the Russian secret services, it was a real find … Targeted hacking took place in the hotels used across the board,” Pistorius said. “It must therefore be assumed that the access to this [phone] conference was a chance hit as part of a broad, scattered approach.”
Moscow is continuing its saber-rattling over the pro-Russian region of Transnistria in Moldova, and analysts are saying that while Russian authorities would find it hard to physically reach the breakaway region to annex it, there are still ways it can stir up pro-Russian unrest — and trouble for Moldova.
