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Saudi Arabia, UAE mosques to stay closed for Eid prayers

Daily Dispatch May 22, 2020

Mosques will remain closed for prayers on the Eid-El-Fitr festival, Saudi and United Arab Emirates officials said on Friday. They call on the population to adhere to safety guidelines to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Eid, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of

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Lockdown: Mayor lies in a coffin pretending to be a dead COVID-19 patient to avoid arrest

Daily Dispatch May 22, 2020

Jamie Rolando Urbina Torres, the mayor of a small town in Peru, lay in a coffin and pretended to be a dead Coronavirus patient to avoid being arrested.  Torres was caught by police violating coronavirus lockdown rules while drinking with friends. When officers came to arrest him in the town of Tantará, in the south […]

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Donald Trump will lose 2020 election in a landslide defeat

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2020

A new model has predicted that President Trump will lose the 2020 election by a landslide due to the floundering economy amid the coronavirus crisis. The national election model released by Oxford Economics on Wednesday predicted rising unemployment and inflation will prevent Trump from being reelected.  The study predicted that the

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COVID-19: Minister of Health sacked for jacking up price of useless ventilators

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2020

A country’s health minister has been sacked and arrested after he bought 170 ventilators to fight COVID-19 at over-inflated prices. The act of shame happened in Bolivia, the national news agency, ABI reported. Government spokeswoman Isabel Fernandez said the minister, Marcelo Navas was removed from office to prevent him from interfering with the investigation. Navas […]

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Robots take over fight of Coronavirus in Rwanda

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2020

Rwanda is set to fight COVID-19 with humanoid robots that will help minimise risks of infections among health care workers, authorities. Five anti-epidemic robots – named Akazuba, Ikirezi, Mwiza, Ngabo, and Urumuri – will be mainly used to administer temperature checks, monitor patient status, and keep medical records of COVID-19 patients, the Health Ministry announced

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Breaking: Military Helicopter Crashes, Kills All Crew Members

Daily Dispatch May 20, 2020

A Russian army Mi-8 helicopter has crashed outside Moscow, killing all crew members.The incident happened during a training flight, according to Channels Television. “As a result of a crash landing the crew of the helicopter died of their wounds,” the defence ministry said.Russian News Agencies reports that three people died.The Defence Ministry added that the […]