By Horaci Garcia PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (Reuters) – Thousands of anti-tourism activists protested in Spain’s Palma de Mallorca on Sunday in the latest demonstration against a key industry for the Iberian nation. Carrying makeshift models of planes and cruise ships, protesters walked through the streets of the capital of Mallorca with posters reading ‘no …
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By Davide Barbuscia, Suzanne McGee and Matt Tracy (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race on Sunday could prompt investors to unwind trades betting that a Republican victory would increase U.S. fiscal and inflationary pressures, while some analysts said markets could benefit from an increased chance of divided government under the …
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By Stephanie Kelly, Nandita Bose and Bianca Flowers (Reuters) – Many Democrats on Sunday quickly backed Vice President Kamala Harris to run as the party’s presidential nominee against Donald Trump after incumbent President Joe Biden’s abrupt departure from the race, but some powerful party members, including former House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi, stayed quiet. …
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By Kanishka Singh, Gram Slattery and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday he thinks Vice President Kamala Harris will be easier to defeat in November’s election than Democratic President Joe Biden, who earlier in the day stepped aside as his party’s candidate. CNN said the Republican former president made …
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By Jeff Mason and Bianca Flowers (Reuters) -The Democratic party will be taking a historic gamble if it now turns to Vice President Kamala Harris to become its presidential candidate, betting that a Black woman can overcome racism, sexism and her own missteps as a politician to defeat Republican Donald Trump. President Joe Biden, 81, …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine needs long-range weapons to protect its cities and troops on the frontline from Russian bombs and drones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday after a massive overnight drone and missile attack. Russia launched its fifth drone attack on Kyiv in two weeks overnight, with Ukraine’s air defence systems destroying all the …
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By Karolos Grohmann PARIS (Reuters) – Australia’s women soccer players have arrived in Paris without some of their luggage, including key medical equipment, that has been stuck in Spain, Australia team chief Anna Meares said on Sunday. The soccer team, whose first group game is in four days’ time against Germany in Marseille, will now …
By Angelo Amante and Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s decision not to back Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission chief was driven by fear of losing rightwing grassroots supporters, analysts say, but may curb her influence over EU choices. The European Parliament elected von der Leyen for a second …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona will raise the tourist tax for cruise passengers visiting the city for less than 12 hours, the mayor said in an interview published on Sunday. Jaume Collboni said the current tourist tax for stopover cruise passengers was 7 euros ($7.61) per day. He did not say by how much the tax …
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By Tim Reid GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Reuters) -Donald Trump held his first campaign rally on Saturday since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt one week ago, mocking Democrats and comparing former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to a “dog.” After briefly calling for national unity earlier this week, Trump has since returned to his usual …
