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Iran’s only female Olympic medalist flees from country

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2020

Iran’s only female Olympic medalist has said on social media she had left her homeland. Taekwondo champion Kimia Alizadeh said this was because she had had enough of being used by Iranian authorities as a propaganda tool. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Alizadeh implied in an

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Trump approves new sanctions against Iran

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2020

US President Donald Trump has authorised new sanctions against Iran. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, made this known on Friday in a live address. Trump ordered immediate economic sanctions on Iran on Wednesday.

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Breaking: Finally, British MPs approve #Brexit deal

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2020

UK’s House of Commons has voted overwhelmingly in favor of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal, finally paving the way for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union later this month. The British Members of Parliament gave their formal backing to Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal on Thursday after more than three years of bitter […]

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Facebook makes adjustment ahead of U.S. election

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2020

Facebook Inc said on Thursday, ahead of the U.S. presidential election that it was making some changes to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools. However, the updates stop far short of critics’ demands and what rival companies have pledged to do. The world’s biggest social network has […]

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Trump pulls back from more military action in Iran crisis, promises new sanctions

Daily Dispatch January 9, 2020

President Donald Trump has stepped back from new military action against Iran after its missile strikes on Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops caused no casualties but he told Iran he would tighten already crippling U.S. sanctions. Trump and Iranian officials looked to defuse a crisis that on Wednesday had threatened to spiral into open conflict […]

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‘No American Was Harmed In Iran’s Missile Attack’ – Trump

Daily Dispatch January 8, 2020

United States President Donald Trump has announced that no American was harmed in missile attacks by Iran on a military base used by American troops in Iraq.  The American President made this announcement in an address to the nation on the state of affairs with Iran. “As long as I am the president of the […]