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CNN Poll says more Americans now want Trump sacked

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2019

Fifty percent of Americans are now in favour of impeaching and removing President Donald Trump from office, a new CNN poll published today revealed. According to the poll more respondents are now supporting both steps than opposing them, first time such preference would reach an all-time high.

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India, Pakistan in shootout over Kashmir, 9 killed

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2019

India and Pakistan exchanged fire across the de facto border of the disputed Kashmir region while blaming each other for instigating the shelling that killed at least nine people. It was one of the deadliest skirmishes between the two countries since August when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status, angering Pakistan, which […]

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New IMF boss ‘jumped for joy’ over Brexit breakthrough

Daily Dispatch October 17, 2019

The head of the International Monetary Fund confessed she jumped for joy after hearing news of a Brexit breakthrough that she said would spare the UK significant economic damage. Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF’s new managing director, said there would still be some impact from leaving the EU with an agreement but said much of that had already been […]

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Nobel Prize: 97-year-old John Goodenough becomes oldest winner

Daily Dispatch October 9, 2019

US-based researcher John B. Goodenough, born in 1922 in Jena, Germany, became the oldest Nobel laureate ever awarded a Nobel Prize in any category, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on  Wednesday. The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino. The trio of scientists won for […]

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U.S. fighter jet crashes in Germany, pilot survives

Daily Dispatch October 8, 2019

A U.S. F-16 fighter jet on Tuesday crashed near the southwestern German city of Trier, with the pilot ejecting out of the cockpit safely. The U.S. Air Base Spangdahlem announced the crash in a statement. According to the statement, the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet crashed at about 3.00 p.m. during a routine training sortie […]

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Trump threatens to ‘destroy’ Turkey’s economy if it goes ‘off limits’

Daily Dispatch October 7, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to “totally destroy and obliterate” the Turkish economy if Turkey takes any action he considered “off-limits” following his decision to withdraw American forces from northeastern Syria. “As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider […]