INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Ghana evacuates 2000 citizens from Lebanon

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2020

The Ghanaian government has begun the evacuation of 2000 citizens stranded in Lebanon, following the deadly explosions in its capital Beirut, an official has said. The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Charles Owiredu said the government has already evacuated 500

BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL NEWS

UK economy in recession for first time in more than 10 years

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2020

The United Kingdom’s economy shrunk by a record 20.4% in the second quarter of 2020, plunging the country into recession for the first time since 2008. The 20.4% decline in Q2, which followed a 2.% drop in Q1, is the deepest slump the economy has since s1954, The Guardian reported on Wednesday morning.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Kamala Harris: Barack Obama says ‘Joe Biden nailed this decision’

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2020

Ex-President Barack Obama has hailed Joe Biden’s choice of Senator Kamala Harris as a running mate in this year’s United States Presidential Election, saying “Joe Biden nailed this decision”. Biden named Harris, a high-profile black senator from California, as his vice-presidential choice on Tuesday. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

US elections: Kamala first ever black to be picked as running mate

Daily Dispatch August 12, 2020

Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has announced that Kamala Harris will be his vice-presidential running mate to try to unseat incumbent Donald Trump in the November election. Harris becomes the first Black woman to run for United States vice president. Biden’s campaign said he and Harris will make their first joint appearance on Wednesday […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Stray Dog Who Keeps Visiting A Car Dealership Is Offered Customer Care Job

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2020

A stray dog in Brazil who kept showing up and waiting outside a car dealership in Brazil has been adopted and offered a customer care job. The stray dog was first spotted earlier this year waiting outside a Hyundai Prime branch by staff who assumed it would eventually move on. But the dog continued to […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

8 die as 5-storey building collapses in Egypt

Daily Dispatch August 7, 2020

No fewer than eight persons were killed after a five-storey building collapsed in the Egyptian Delta city of Mahala, state-run Ahram newspaper reported on Friday. Egypt Independent newspaper, however, put the death toll at four. It said three people have been rescued. Among the dead were a woman, Marwa Awad Aboul Enein, and her two […]