Key words : trump primary vote counting
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US media reports Trump's victory in South Carolina primary
Vote counting has begun in the US state of South Carolina for the Republican presidential nomination. ABC News has called the race for former President Donald Trump.
Voting in the Republican Party's fourth nominating contest took place in the southern state on Saturday. Trump faced his ex-United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Haley was a former governor of South Carolina, her home state.
Trump has already won in three other states, taking a significant lead over Haley in the number of delegates secured.
His victory in his biggest rival's home state gives Trump a boost in securing the presidential nomination.
Haley previously has said she will not withdraw from the race after the South Carolina primary and will continue her campaign toward March 5, which is so-called Super Tuesday, when primaries and caucuses will be held in many states.
Key words : spokesperson unclear
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Navalny's body returned to mother, spokesperson says
Allies of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say his body has been returned to his mother.
A spokesperson for Navalny's support group posted the news on social media on Saturday. Navalny was reported to have died in an Arctic prison colony in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district on February 16.
The spokesperson said they did not know yet whether the family could hold a funeral as they wanted.
Authorities had refused to hand over Navalny's body despite repeated requests from his mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya. The spokesperson said on Friday that Lyudmila received a phone call from authorities and was pressured to agree to burying her son in secret within three hours, or else he would be buried on prison grounds.
Criticism is mounting in the West over speculation that the administration of President Vladimir Putin was responsible for the activist's death. It is unclear whether the family will be able to verify the cause of his death as eight days have passed.
Sources, including a human rights group, say that people across Russia continued to pay tribute to Navalny or to protest the invasion of Ukraine on Saturday. Authorities have reportedly detained more than 30 people.
Key words : saturday marked two years
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Key words : zelenskyy unity fight
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Zelenskyy calls for unity in stepping up pressure on Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the international community to join together to step up pressure against Russia on the second anniversary of Moscow's invasion.
Zelenskyy spoke at a ceremony near Kyiv on Saturday. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other leaders attended the event.
Zelenskyy said, "Ukrainians did not betray their independence. The world did not fail, did not make a mistake and supported Ukraine." He went on to thank the friends and partners of Ukraine.
Zelenskyy also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin must be defeated in every respect, as that is the only way to achieve peace.
Meanwhile, Russia's defense ministry said on Saturday that defense minister Sergei Shoigu had inspected frontline units in Ukraine. It said Shoigu instructed all necessary supplies to be delivered to the troops as soon as possible.
Officials also said Shoigu spoke of plans to supply the troops with drones controlled with artificial intelligence technologies. He reportedly said that the drones will become very important weapons.
The UK defense ministry said in its intelligence update that Russia likely lost about 350,000 personnel in the two years of conflict. It said Russia also lost over 2,700 tanks as well as 5,000 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers.
But it also says that Russian forces have been replenished by mobilization and recruitment, and refurbishment of existing stockpiles. It notes that they are now able to maintain attacks along the frontline and pursue a strategy of attrition against Ukraine.
Key words : leaders kishida
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Japan PM Kishida urges G7 leaders to show solidarity in supporting Ukraine
Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has called on the Group of Seven countries to show solidarity in supporting Ukraine, and imposing sanctions on Russia as fighting drags on between the two countries.
The G7 leaders met online on Saturday, to mark the second anniversary since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. Italy, which holds the rotating presidency this year, called for the summit.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined the group at the beginning of the meeting.
Kishida said it was important to show solidarity with Ukraine now because the situation is tough due to the prolonged fighting. He said supporting the country will continue to be one of his top priorities this year.
Kishida reported on the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction that was held in Tokyo on February 19. He said the two countries signed over 50 memorandums of cooperation, including for removal of landmines and restoring agriculture.
Kishida also said that he plans to impose additional sanctions on Russian individuals and organizations.
Kishida stressed that the export of weapons from North Korea to Russia was a violation of UN Security Council resolutions. He said the use of North Korean-made ballistic missiles in Ukraine is absolutely unacceptable.
Kishida said he wants to work together with G7 nations in supporting Ukraine and sanctioning Russia to achieve a fair and lasting peace.
Key words : unconditional
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G7 leaders condemn Russia, reaffirm support for Ukraine
The Group of Seven nations have called on Russia to immediately cease its war of aggression against Ukraine and reaffirmed unwavering support for Kyiv.
The G7 leaders met online on Saturday, a day that marked two years since the start of the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined the online summit from Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Italy, which holds the rotating presidency of the group this year, released the G7 Leaders' Statement.
In addition to urging Russia to stop its military aggression, it condemns Russia's attacks on civilians and critical civil infrastructure.
The statement called on Moscow to completely and unconditionally withdraw its military forces from the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine.
The statement also says early recovery measures are important for Ukraine's reconstruction, and that recovery conferences will be held in Berlin this year and Rome in 2025.
The G7 leaders urged the Russian government to clarify the circumstances around the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin. Navalny died earlier this month in a prison where he was serving a sentence after being convicted of fraud and contempt of court.
The G7 leaders also called on Russia to free all unjustly detained prisoners.
Key words : thousands of
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Israeli protesters demanding hostage release clash with police
Thousands of protesters have gathered in Israel's largest commercial city of Tel Aviv, demanding the prompt release of hostages taken by Hamas.
They marched with placards calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate to secure the return of the hostages.
Some of them tried to remove barricades set up by police and clashed with mounted police officers.
One participant said his friend is one of the hostages. He added that the negotiations are too slow and that military operations cannot win the release of the hostages.
But the Israeli military continued attacks on various places in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
The health authority in Gaza said that 92 people had died during the previous 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinian lives lost to 29,606.
Talks toward a potential deal for a pause in fighting and hostage releases were underway on Friday in Paris.
US media reported mediators, namely the United States, Egypt and Qatar, have made a new proposal including a certain number of hostages to be released next, but the details are not known.
Netanyahu remains adamant and rejects Hamas' demands for a complete ceasefire.
Key words : expert noto
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City planners discuss Noto reconstruction amid shrinking population
A group of city planning experts has held a symposium on how to reconstruct the quake-hit Noto Peninsula, with one expert stressing the need for plans that reflect the declining population of the region.
The event was held in Tokyo by the City Planning Institute of Japan on Saturday.
An official from the land, infrastructure and transport ministry opened the discussion by touching on the serious population decline in the northern Oku-Noto region that was already underway before the earthquake.
He said that in some parts of the region, people aged 65 and older account for more than 50 percent of residents, and the population is expected to decrease by half by 2045.
Ubaura Michio, a professor at Tohoku University and a city planning expert, cited examples seen in the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.
He pointed out that privately-owned land in quake-affected areas tends to remain vacant after residents evacuated.
Ubaura said it is important for officials to look ahead to the possibility for such land to be used for public housing or parks.
He also expressed the need to set up teams of local researchers and others to carefully look into the will of residents affected by the disaster and proceed with reconstruction plans accordingly.
The professor cites the need to reflect the will of residents while concentrating communities.
Ubaura said one of the characteristics of the Noto Earthquake is that areas devastated by the disaster had already been suffering declining populations.
He said experience from past disasters, including the 2011 quake, and measures taken to address them must be utilized when considering ways to reconstruct the Noto Peninsula.
Key words : researcher giant
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Rare Chinese giant salamander found in Japan
Researchers in Japan have discovered that an extremely rare species of Chinese giant salamanders was surviving in Japan. The salamanders were housed at aquariums or zoos without being identified as part of an endangered species.
Professor Nishikawa Kanto of Kyoto University and a team of researchers announced that they found living examples of the species South China giant salamander, or Andrias sligoi.
The species was recorded in the past as inhabiting limited areas of southern China, but decreased greatly in number due to over-catching of its food and other factors.
They are considered critically endangered, according to the Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN.
Chinese salamanders have been brought into Japan in the past and resulted in hybridization with Japanese species.
The researchers collected tissue samples from 73 salamanders believed to have descended from Chinese salamanders from the field, and also from aquariums and zoos in Japan.
They conducted genetic screenings to learn about the hybridization.
During the course of the research, they discovered that four of the salamanders actually belong to the species South China giant salamander.
One male salamander is at the Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, another male is at the Hiroshima City Asa Zoological Park.
Professor Nishikawa says that the South China giant salamander is believed to be already extinct in China.
He says that he wants to search more, as there can be other South China giant salamanders remaining in aquariums and zoos in Japan and elsewhere.
The team hopes to work on preservation of the species, by working in the future on reproduction or cloning using stored salamander cells.
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