World and Press April 2
April 2 2024• No 8 • 76th Year of Publication •Original Pressetexte aus britischen und US-amerikanischen Medien€ 3,00 [d]Sprachtraining • Landeskunde • Vokabelhilfen • ÜbungsmaterialIN FOCUSB2–C2• Opinion: Local newspapersmatter more than ever• Food: Could potatoes losetheir status as a vegetable?Page 2–3USA• Society: This year’sMiss America is an activedutyAir Force officer• Hydrogen: A huge undergroundbattery is coming toa tiny Utah townPages 4–5BRITAIN• History: Oliver Cromwell• Monarchy: Prince Williamis facing a new normalPages 6–7OTHER TOPICS• Australia: Melbourne’sCaptain Cook statue is cutdown• South Africa: Fromrainbow nation to flaweddemocracy• Child labour:US com panies move tocrack down• Science: CERN aims tobuild €20 billion collider• Environment: Manyhermit crab species usetrash for shellsPages 8/9/10/11/14Gibt’s auchdigital!| Photo: PixabayBy Hannah Knowles,Toluse Olorunnipa, et al.1 PRESIDENTBIDEN secured theDemocratic nominationfor the presidency on Tuesdayhours before Donald Trumpwas likely to do the same on theRepublican side, formalizing ageneral-election rematch thatmany voters dread but that hasappeared virtually inevitable formonths.2 Biden clinched the nominationwith a win in Georgia, wherethe Associated Press also quicklyprojected a victory for Trump.Mississippi was called for bothmen not long after. WashingtonState also held its primaries Tuesday,while Hawaii was holdingits GOP caucuses – a week afterSuper Tuesday, when 15 statesvoted at once. Biden needed towin 1,968 delegates to this summer’sDemocratic National Convention,while Trump needs towin 1,215 delegates to the RepublicanNational Convention to lockdown the nomination.3 The general election is effectivelywell underway, with Trumpand Biden sparring over immigration,the economy, abortion,Britons have been arguingabout the right way to say “scone”for as long as they have beenenjoying the small cake. Should itrhyme with “gone” or with “phone”?Read more on page 6and each other’s fitness for office.Biden’s State of the Union speechlast week resembled a campaigncurtain-raiser as he sought toreassure voters about his ageand reinvigorate swaths of theDemocratic coalition that are notenthused about 2024. Trump’scampaign this week took controlof the Republican National Committeeand fired dozens of staff asthey sought to function as a singleoperation and catch up to Biden’sfundraising.Lily Gladstone is the firstIndigenous woman to win a GoldenGlobe for best actress. Her successis having a big impact on theBlackfeet reservation in Montana.Read more on page 12Biden secures Democraticpresidential nomination asTrump nears victoryPRESIDENTIAL ELECTION The primary elections Tuesdayformalized a general-election rematch that has appeared virtuallyinevitable for months.Election Sequel. | Cartoon: Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News, NY4 Biden is attacking Trump’santi-abortion record and disdainfor many U.S. commitmentsabroad, and he is arguing thatTrump poses a unique threat toAmerican democracy after attemptingto overturn the 2020election. “Donald Trump is runninga campaign of resentment,revenge, and retribution thatthreatens the very idea of America,”Biden said in a statementTuesday after winning the nomination.| Photo: Getty Images5 Trump is capitalizing on voters’disapproval of Biden and hishandling of the economy andsouthern border – and he is preparingfor his first trial in severalpending criminal cases, whichhave rallied the GOP but couldgive swing voters pause.6 General elections typicallydraw much broader turnout thanprimaries, complicating efforts todraw lessons from Tuesday’s resultsfor November. But the vote inGeorgia, a key swing state whereboth candidates campaigned onSaturday, offered some clues toTrump’s and Biden’s politicalstrengths and weaknesses. FormerU.N. ambassador Nikki Haley,who dropped out of the GOPprimary last week, came closer toTrump in a couple of Atlanta-areacounties where Democrats hadbig advantages in 2020. ...7 After a primary race that tookthe candidates across the countryto places including Iowa, SouthCarolina, and California, thegeneral election is expected to bewaged largely in the battlegroundstates of Pennsylvania, Michigan,Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona, andNevada, with the possible additionof North Carolina. In 2020,Biden won six of those states,narrowly losing North Carolinato Trump. Recent polling, however,has shown Trump leading inmany of the battleground statesas well as nationally, as Bidenfaces low approval ratings.8 “Biden’s biggest challenge isconsolidation of the base,” Democraticstrategist Joel Payne said.“Obviously, Biden is going to doa pretty robust outreach to moderatesand Republicans – but theContinued on page 12www.sprachzeitungen.de€3,50 [a,f] CHF5,40 [ch]0 – 2 TO SECURE; s.w.u. to lock down sichern —primary election Vorwahl — rematch Neuauflage— virtually praktisch — inevitable unvermeidlich— to dread s.th. s. vor etw. grauen — to clinchentscheiden — to project vorhersagen — caucusParteitag; Vorwahl3 well underway in vollem Gange — to sparstreiten — abortion Abtreibung — fitness for officeTauglichkeit fürs Amt — State of the Unionspeech/address Rede zur Lage der Nation — toresemble gleichen — campaign curtain-raiserWahlkampfauftakt; s.w.u. campaign Wahlkampfteam— to seek to do s. bemühen zu tun — to reassurebeschwichtigen — to reinvigorate neu beleben— swaths weite Teile — enthused begeistert4 – 5 disdain Geringschätzung — commitmentEngagement; Verpflichtung — to pose a threat e-eBedrohung darstellen — to overturn kippen — resentmentFeindseligkeit — retribution Vergeltung— to capitalize on s.th. aus etw. 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