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Former Indonesian president Habibie dies at 83

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2019

Former Indonesian president Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie died on Wednesday after being treated in a Jakarta army hospital for a heart ailment. Habibie  was 83 at the time of death. “I on behalf of the people of Indonesia and the government would like to express my deep sorrow for the passing of

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JUST IN: Court rules suspension of UK Parliament illegal

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2019

More troubles have surfaced for British prime Minister Boris Johnson as the Scottish Civil Court ruled today that his decision to suspend parliament was unlawful. Scottish National Party lawmaker Joanna Cherry brought the legal challenge against the prime minister to Scotland’s highest appeal court. She tweeted this morning: ‘Huge thanks to all our supporters & […]

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Mum marries a tree to stop dual carriageway being built through park

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2019

An environmentalist has taken the drastic measure of marrying a tree in her local park in the hope it will stop developers cutting it down. Kate Cunningham, 34, will now be known as Kate Rose ‘Elder’ after also changing her name by deed poll to the species of tree she is now married to. The […]

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More Americans will die if Trump cancels peace talks – Taliban

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2019

The Taliban on Sunday warned that more American lives would be lost if President Donald Trump canceled peace talks with them, but said they remained open to continuing with the talks. The group was replying to a series of Trump tweets on Saturday that said a secret meeting with “major leaders” of the Taliban at […]

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House of Lords deals Boris Johnson final blow

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2019

The British House of Lords has now completed the coup-de-grace against Prime Minister Boris Johnson as it passed the bill which will make a no-deal Brexit illegal without parliamentary approval. The bill requires the Queen’s assent to become law. The Benn-Burt bill will require Boris Johnson to ask Brussels for an Article 50 extension, allowing […]

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Xenophobia (video): South African President, Ramaphosa, goofs on live TV

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa makes mistake on live TV while addressing xenophobic attacks A video of the moment President Cyril Ramaphosa made a mistake while addressing South Africans on gender-based violence crisis and xenophobic attacks witnessed in the country has gone viral on social media, and has been described as an embarrassing and epic fall. The […]