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Rhyolite Ridge (United States) (AFP) - Delicate pink buds sway in the desert breeze, pregnant with yellow pompoms whose explosion will carpet the dusty corner of Nevada that is the only place on Earth where they exist. Under their roots lie vast reserves of lithium, vital for the rechargeable electric car batteries that will reduce planet-heating pollution. But campaigners fear the extraction of the precious metal could destroy the flower's tiny habitat. "This mine is going to cause extinction," says Patrick Donnelly, an environmentalist who works at the Center for Biological Diversity, a non-...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - Donald Trump strolled to victory in the Nevada caucus on Thursday, adding more delegates in his seemingly unstoppable march to the Republican Party's presidential nomination. Trump was the only major candidate on the ballot when party members gathered in public buildings across the southwestern US state to cast their in-person votes. Early results showed the former president had massively out-polled his long-shot challenger, a businessman from Texas, and major US networks said Trump would scoop the state's available delegates. It was the second go around in presidential prefe...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - No-one won the Republican Party primary in the US state of Nevada on Tuesday, with Nikki Haley defeated by "None of these candidates," an embarrassment in a vote in which she was all but unopposed. The result has no tangible bearing on the race for the Republican nomination because it didn't carry any delegates -- the outcome of a row between state authorities and the Nevada GOP, which will hold a separate caucus this week. But it's another black eye for Haley, who lost out to former president Donald Trump in Iowa and New Hampshire votes, and is on course to lose in her home ...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - Donald Trump's name won't appear on ballots in the Republican presidential primary being held Tuesday in Nevada, but he is set to win the state's delegates anyway. A row between state authorities and the local Republican party means the former president will take part in a separate caucus on Thursday, which is the only procedure Nevada's GOP says will count. His sole remaining rival for the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley, will contest Tuesday's primary almost alone, guaranteeing a victory, but no reward. When the caucus votes are counted, the former president is certain t...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - Restaurateur Antonio Munoz feels the political winds changing in his native Nevada, where parts of the traditionally Democratic Latino community are drifting Republican ahead of this year's presidential election. It's a trend across the United States, and with a fifth of eligible voters identifying as Latino, it's one that could prove decisive in November. "In the last election, I voted Democrat... but this year I really am in the middle. I don't know what to do," Munoz, an ex-police officer, tells AFP at his colorful Las Vegas eatery. Joe Biden, the 81-year-old incumbent, wi...
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Las Vegas (AFP) - Republicans in Nevada will get not one, but two chances this week to register support for a candidate in their party's presidential nominating contest when the western US state hosts both a primary vote and a caucus. While much of the political attention in the United States is focused on South Carolina's February 24 Republican primary, where Nikki Haley is hoping to make a dent in Donald Trump's commanding lead, the Silver State is actually the next place to award its delegates. Trump as the winner of those delegates is a foregone conclusion because Nevada's Republican Part...
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Charleston (United States) (AFP) - US President Joe Biden set his sights Sunday on the Nevada primary, a day after his overwhelming victory in South Carolina brought a tense rematch with Donald Trump another step closer. The 81-year-old Democrat will speak at two campaign events in the gambling city of Las Vegas, where he is odds-on favorite in Tuesday’s vote to continue his march towards the party's nomination. Nevada is a battleground state which has largely voted for the White House winner in recent decades and which backed Biden in 2020 by a narrow margin -- less than 35,000 votes separate...
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Fernley (United States) (AFP) - Fixing a crucial but leaking, century-old canal that severely flooded the city of Fernley might have seemed like a no-brainer. But when federal officials stepped in to do just that, residents sued. In a situation that highlights the complex, competing claims to water in the US West, this high desert city says water seeping from the dilapidated waterway's earthen base is essential for its very survival. Residents say a new concrete lining -- intended to safeguard the city from future breaches -- would cause wells they have relied upon for decades to dry up. "It w...
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By The Conversation At the end of each summer, hordes of people flock to the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, Unitedto erect a makeshift city the size of the Italian town of Pisa. They call it Black Rock City. A few days later, they will burn it to the ground, leaving no trace. During their time together, they partake in an extravaganza of unique experiences. Wearing wild costumes and riding carnivalesque vehicles, they attend colorful parades, spectacular light displays and interactive art installations. Since its inception in 1986, attendance has increased from a few dozens of individuals to ove...
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Nevada State Treasurer Zach Conine has announced that the state will cease all investments in companies that sell or produce assault-style weapons. After several mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, the state is taking a new stance to fight gun violence. Conine wrote in an announcement, “Today, I directed our team to divest the State of Nevada from any investment in a business that profits from the sale or manufacture of assault-style weapons. No one policy or law will fix this crisis, but we all must do something.” Conine revealed that the move was spurred after the shootin...
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