His rival for the nomination, Nikki Haley, is vowing not to give up and is continuing to campaign in earnest.
Clashes erupt between security forces and farmers protesting at the presence of President Macron.
The victims were killed in separate, unrelated incidents in the Austrian capital on Friday.
Alexei Navalny's body has been returned to his mother more than a week after he died in a Russian prison.
President Ramaphosa says the government "will do better" as other parties eat away at its support.
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