Vie or Vying : compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something

The athletes were vying for a place in the British team"

Billionaire former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has officially announced he is standing to be the Democratic Party presidential nominee.

In a statement, the 77-year-old said he was standing "to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America".

"The stakes could not be higher. We must win this election," Mr Bloomberg wrote.

He joins 17 other candidates vying for the Democratic nomination to take on Mr Trump in 2020.

As things stand, former Vice-President Joe Biden, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are the party's front-runners.

Who is Mr Bloomberg?

Michael Bloomberg is the eighth richest American with a net-worth of $54.4bn (£42bn), according to Forbes.

Born in Massachusetts, he started out in business as a Wall Street banker before going on to create the financial publishing empire that bears his name.

Over the years he has given millions of dollars to educational, medical and other causes - including political ones.

He staged a successful campaign to become New York mayor in 2001 and remained in office for three consecutive terms until 2013.

Rumours of presidential ambitions have surrounded him for more than a decade.

Embattled of a place or people involved in or prepared for war, especially because surrounded by enemy forces.

Hong Kong's opposition pro-democracy movement has made major gains in the Chinese territory's district council elections, local media reports say.

It took 201 of the first 241 seats declared, according to the South China Morning Post newspaper. Pro-Beijing candidates took just 28.

More than 2.9m people voted, a turnout of more than 71%, against 47% in 2015.

The election was billed as a test of support for embattled Chief Executive Carrie Lam.

Pro-democracy protest groups wanted the vote to send a message to the Chinese government after five months of unrest and anti-government protests.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-50531408

Australia weather condition next year 2020

Australia is staring down the barrel of a horrific summer season that will drag scorching temperatures and extreme conditions well into the new year.

Forecaster Livio Remano has never seen such extreme conditions in the 20 years he has worked with the Bureau of Meteorology, comparing the long-term seasonal outlook to a bad chest X-ray.

“It’s horrible, it’s a horrible map to look at,” he said on Thursday.

“I have never seen this before in my life … the entire country of Australia is covered in deep red.”

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/bom-weather-map-paints-horrible-picture-of-upcoming-summer/news-story/8707802d6ef9f78a844517b66a4bf05c

Use of word Sought , impeachment

Mr Sondland, the US ambassador to the EU, told the latest hearing in the US House of Representatives that Mr Giuliani had sought a public statement from Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky announcing a probe into "corruption issues"

If found guilty in a majority vote in the House, Mr Trump will face an impeachment trial in the Senate. But two-thirds of members of that Republican-controlled chamber would then need to vote for Mr Trump to be removed from office.

impeachment  :a charge of treason or another crime against the state.

"We did not want to work with Mr Giuliani. Simply put, we played the hand we were dealt. We all understood that if we refused to work with Mr Giuliani, we would lose an important opportunity to cement relations between the United States and Ukraine. So we followed the president's orders," he added.

He then confirmed that the president had sought an investigation in exchange for a White House visit for Mr Zelensky - a quid pro quo, meaning a favour in return for a favour.

"I know that members of this committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a quid pro quo? As I testified previously, with regard to the requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer is yes."

Prince Andrew quits royal duties

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The letter or announcement in news bulletin is one of the best place to find how the words are spawn to make it things look so appealing.


Prince Andrew has stepped down from his royal duties amid growing backlash over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

In below paraphrase , the words are used in a very calculative manner and covers all aspect and right amount of sentiments to address the issues.

“It has become clear to me over the last few days that the circumstances relating to my former association with Jeffrey Epstein has become a major disruption to my family’s work and the valuable work going on in the many organisations and charities that I am proud to support,” he said in a statement issued today by Buckingham Palace.

“Therefore, I have asked Her Majesty if I may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future, and she has given her permission.

“I continue to unequivocally regret my ill-judged association with Jeffrey Epstein. His suicide has left many unanswered questions, particularly for his victims, and I deeply sympathise with everyone who has been affected and wants some form of closure.

“I can only hope that, in time, they will be able to rebuild their lives.

“Of course, I am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required.”

The interview was widely described as a “trainwreck” with the royal criticised for not showing empathy for Epstein’s victims and for his decision to stay at the wealthy financier’s New York home in December 2010.