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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

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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 […]

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Breaking: US astronaut returns to Earth after 328 days

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2020

Christina Koch, an astronaut with the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, returned to Earth on Thursday having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts after almost a year aboard the International Space Station. Koch touched down on the Kazakh steppe at 0912 GMT after 328 days in space along with Luca Parmitano of the European […]

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Impeachment: US House Speaker Pelosi condemns Trump’s acquittal

Daily Dispatch February 6, 2020

US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has condemned the acquittal of President Donald Trump by the Senate. Democrats had alleged he withheld military aid to Ukraine and asked the country to move against Joe Biden, his political rival. They impeached President Trump in the House. But on Wednesday, Senators voted that he was not guilty of abuse of power […]

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Coronavirus: 10 travelers infected on cruise ship

Daily Dispatch February 5, 2020

Thousands of passengers became stranded aboard two cruise ships in Japan and Hong Kong on Wednesday amid reports of coronavirus infections on board, while in China the death toll from the disease climbed to nearly 500. Japan confirmed that at least 10 people on a cruise ship have been infected with the new coronavirus, which […]