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Breaking: Coronavirus reaches Iran

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2020

Two people in Iran tested positive Wednesday for the deadly new coronavirus, the health ministry said in the Islamic republic’s first cases of the disease. Kianoush Jahanpour, a ministry spokesman, said the cases were detected in the holy city of Qom, south of the Iranian capital. “In the past

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Another Patience Jonathan: Zambia’s First Lady Weeps, Falls To Her Knees To Appeal Against Mysterious Gas Attacks

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2020

For all her faults, former Nigerian First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan was credited for showing empathy for victims of tragedies. In one particular instance in April 2014, following the infamous kidnap of the Chibok girls, the feisty First Lady could be seen crying on national TV. The First Lady of Zambia, Esther Lungu, appears to […]

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Taiwan records its first coronavirus death as global toll passes 1,600

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2020

Taiwan reported its first death from the new coronavirus Sunday, as the death toll from the outbreak rose to 1,665 inside mainland China. A 61-year-old man from central Taiwan with underlying health problems but no recent overseas travel history died in hospital on Saturday after testing positive for the virus, officials confirmed. It is the […]

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Fear of Coronavirus: Chinese couple weds in two minutes with masks on [Photos]

Daily Dispatch February 10, 2020

A Chinese couple has set the record with a two-minute long wedding attended by only six people, all wearing masks the entire time. Zhang Long and Chen Xiao from eastern China’s Shandong Province held a special wedding last Thursday in the bridegroom’s courtyard, with the bride’s father as the host and her mother as the […]

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Former vice president’s son shot dead

Daily Dispatch February 9, 2020

Police in the Afghan capital says a son of ethnic Hazara leader and former Afghan Vice President Mohammad Mohaqeq has died after a gunfight broke out at the family home in Kabul on February 9. Mohaqeq is a former anti-Taliban mujahedin commander and a current lawmaker in the Afghan parliament. “Unfortunately, a clash broke out […]

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Within hours of vote, Trump launches scathing attack on Romney

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2020

Senator Mitt Romney warned that he would face blowback from U.S. President Donald Trump after he decided to vote to convict the leader of his party on abuse of power in the impeachment trial. Within hours, the attacks started to come in. Trump posted a minute-long video in which the voice-over accused the conservative politician […]