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Ohio Governor Kasich mulls challenging Trump in 2020

Daily Dispatch December 23, 2018

The Governor of Ohio, United States (U.S.), John Kasich, has said that he is considering challenging President Donald Trump in the 2020 primary election of the Republican Party. Kasich who suspended his 2016 presidential bid in May of that year, only to win in his home state of Ohio after

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Trump accuses Facebook, Twitter, Google of bias

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2018

US President Donald Trump took a swipe on Tuesday at America’s tech giants, accusing them of having a liberal bias, and claiming Twitter was making it more difficult to follow his account. “Facebook, Twitter and Google are so biased toward the Dems it is ridiculous!” Trump tweeted. “Twitter, in fact, has made it much more […]

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Ex-Trump adviser Flynn to be jailed for lying to FBI

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2018

A judge will decide on Tuesday whether former national security adviser Michael Flynn should be sent to prison. He is to be sentenced for lying to FBI in a case stemming from the investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign team and Russia in 2016 election-run-up. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan will sentence […]

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21 boys die in South Africa circumcision

Daily Dispatch December 18, 2018

At least 21 boys have died in South Africa while undergoing circumcision in the bi-annual ceremony which began in November, authorities have said. Seventeen young boys died in Eastern Cape province while two others died in the North West and Western Cape, privately-owned EWN news site reports. The deaths happened despite a crackdown on illegal […]

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Cohen Trump’s lawyer jailed

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2018

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to two women that he said was done at the direction of Trump. The New York lawyer notably once vowed he would “take a bullet” for Trump. […]

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Spain to raise minimum wage to 1, 050 euros in 2019

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2018

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday his cabinet would approve next week a 22 per cent increase in the monthly minimum wage to 1,050 euros ($1,192) in 2019. The increase, “the biggest since 1977”, will be submitted to a cabinet meeting in Barcelona on December 21, he told parliament. The measure was part of […]