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Amid power struggle, Peru’s vice president resigns

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2019

Peru’s Vice President, Mercedes Araoz, resigned from her position late Tuesday as a power struggle roils the South American nation. Araoz’s resignation came after President Martin Vizcarra on Monday disbanded the opposition-controlled Congress and called for fresh elections in January. She said

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Parliament suspension: Boris Johnson apologises, begs Queen

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2019

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised to Queen Elizabeth for asking her to approve the unlawful suspension of the House of Commons, The Times of London reported on Sunday. The newspaper reported that Johnson made his mea culpa on Tuesday, after the British Supreme Court found that the five-week suspension of Parliament was unlawful. […]

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Swiss auctions Lamborghini, Ferrari, 23 other cars of E/Guinea president’s son

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2019

An auction house in Switzerland is set to sell 25 luxury cars including Ferraris, Rolls-Royces and Lamborghinis that Geneva authorities seized from Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, son of Equatorial Guinea’s for-life president in a money-laundering probe. Swiss authorities say the sale Sunday by auctioneer Bonhams is expected to fetch some 18.5 million Swiss francs (dollars),

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Breaking: Whistleblower complaint on Trump, Ukraine released

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2019

The whistleblower complaint on President Donald Trump and Ukraine was released Thursday morning accusing the President of using his power “to solicit interference from a foreign country” in the 2020 election. The declassified complaint says Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, “is a central figure in this effort.” The whistleblower said White House officials were

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Former French President Dies

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2019

Former French president Jacques Chirac, a centre-right career politician who served as head of state from 1995 to 2007, has died, his family told AFP on Thursday. He was 86. “President Jacques Chirac died this morning surrounded by his family, peacefully,” his son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux told AFP. Twice elected head of state in 1995 and […]

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Eight newborns consumed in hospital fire

Daily Dispatch September 24, 2019

Eight newborns have been confirmed burnt to death in a huge fire outbreak at the maternity unit of an Algerian hospital on Tuesday, the Civil Defence authorities disclosed. The fire broke out in the early hours of Tuesday at the hospital in Oued Souf, an area 700 kilometres southeast of the capital Algiers, according to […]