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Saudi Arabia makes masks mandatory, bans gatherings during Hajj

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2020

Saudi Arabia on Monday said all the intending pilgrims in 2020 Hajj must wear face masks at all times, while workers would ensure no overcrowding or gatherings take place during the pilgrimage. The kingdom has drastically curtailed the pilgrimage amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying that only

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300,000 Sign Petition against Anti-Jesus Movie Starring Michael Jackson’s Daughter

Daily Dispatch July 5, 2020

Almost 300,000 people have signed a petition on Change.Org against the release of an upcoming movie titled, ‘Habit’, starring Paris Jackson, the daughter of the late pop icon, Michael Jackson. In the unreleased movie, Paris is said to portray Jesus as a lesbian. The petition, which is directed at entertainment companies, Warner Brothers and Lions […]

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US officers fired over photo imitating chokehold on black man

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2020

Two US police officers have been fired after a photo emerged showing them re-enacting a chokehold used on a black man before he died at a memorial site to his death, Colorado police said in a statement. Elijah McClain, 23, died last August in Aurora three days after police put him into a chokehold, was […]

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US seizes Chinese products made from human hair in forced labour crackdown

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2020

By AFP US customs officials said Wednesday they had seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to be made by Muslims in labour camps in China’s western Xinjiang region. They were part of an $800,000, 13-ton shipment from Lop County Meixin Hair Product Co. US Customs and Border Protection ordered on June […]

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Covid-19: US Bought Nearly All Stocks Of Coronavirus Drug, Remdesivir

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2020

The United States Department of Health services has bought almost the entire next three month’s supply of breakthrough Coronavirus drug remdesivir for itself, leaving the rest of the world possibly without any supply for the next three months. Trump’s administration has bought the next 500,000 doses of the anti-viral drug, Remdesvir, from manufacturer Gilead, a […]

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Belgian king apologises to DR Congo for colonial-era cruelty

Daily Dispatch June 30, 2020

Belgian King Philippe has expressed regret for the acts of cruelty committed during the years that his ancestor, Leopold II, presided over what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In a letter to DRC President Felix Tshisekedi on Tuesday, Philippe wrote for the first time of his deep regret for these past injuries, the […]