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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

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Breaking: Earthquake rocks Delhi

Daily Dispatch September 24, 2019

Mild tremors were felt in parts of the Indian capital of Delhi and its neighbouring areas Tuesday afternoon. Panicky residents rushed out of their high rise apartments, and office building as soon as tremors were felt, around 4:35 PM. The tremor was measured as 6.1 magnitude earthquake.

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Facebook employee jumps to his death from roof of company’s Silicon Valley

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2019

A Facebook employee has died at the company’s headquarters campus in Silicon Valley in what police call an apparent suicide. Horrified bystanders in Menlo Park, California called 911 at about 11.30am on Thursday after an adult male jumped from the top of a four-story building on the 100 block of Jefferson Drive. Paramedics rushed to […]

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Fighter jet crashes leaving pilot dangling on high voltage electric line

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2019

A Belgian military jet has crashed in western France and left a pilot caught on a high-voltage electricity line.​ Both the F-16 pilot and co-pilot ejected before the crash and were not seriously harmed. A large rescue involving 100 personnel attempted to free one of the pilots left dangling nearly 100ft in the air. Fire […]

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Xenophobia: Malawian repatriates displaced nationals from South Africa

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2019

The Malawian Government announced on Wednesday that it had hired two buses to repatriate nationals, who were displaced, following xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa. The buses left Johannesburg on Tuesday evening and the repatriated Malawians would be back home on Thursday, Secretary for the Department of Disaster Management Affairs, Wilson Moleni, said in

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Foreign nationals must obey the laws of South Africa- Ramaphosa

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on foreign nationals living in South Africa to respect the laws of the country. Ramaphosa addressed members of ANC branches in the greater Johannesburg region on Sunday. The president and other ANC national executive committee members have been addressing residents in the province and ANC structures throughout the weekend. Ramaphosa