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British Minister Resigns Over Indecent Messages To Women

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2018

A British government minister said Sunday he had resigned and was “deeply ashamed” after being exposed sending an avalanche of lewd social media messages to a couple of barmaids. Small business minister Andrew Griffiths, formerly Prime Minister Theresa May’s chief of staff, said he had stepped

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BREAKING: Trump says relationship with UK’s May is ‘very strong’

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2018

US President Donald Trump said Friday his relationship with Prime Minister Theresa May was “very, very strong” after launching an extraordinary attack on her Brexit strategy during a visit to Britain. Sitting alongside May at the beginning of talks at the prime minister’s country retreat of Chequers, Trump said: “The relationship is very, very strong. […]

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BREAKING: Cameroon president Biya announces re-election bid

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2018

Cameroon’s 85-year-old president, Paul Biya, announced Friday that he plans to run for a seventh consecutive term in office in the October election. “I will be your candidate in the next presidential election,” Biya, who has been head of state in the West African country for 35 years, wrote on his Twitter account.

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Uganda lawmakers to move with armored trucks

Daily Dispatch July 12, 2018

As part of effort to ensure the security of its lawmakers, Uganda is deploying military escorts and buying armored trucks for each of its more than 400 legislators. The decision has been criticised as too expensive for a poor country that long has been considered one of Africa’s more stable nations. Longtime President Yoweri Museveni […]

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BREAKING: Plane crashes outside South Africa’s Pretoria, at least 19 injured

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2018

Nineteen people were injured when a plane crashed on Tuesday in a grassy area of the South African capital Pretoria, emergency services said, giving a preliminary toll. “Medics from ER24 and other services are at the scene of a plane crash at Wonderboom in Pretoria,” Russell Meiring, spokesman for the ER24 medical service said. “We […]

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BREAKING: UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigns

Daily Dispatch July 9, 2018

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned on Monday in a major blow for Prime Minister Theresa May, hours after her Brexit minister stepped down over her plans for leaving the EU. “This afternoon, the Prime Minister accepted the resignation of Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary,” May’s Downing Street office said in a statement. “His replacement will be announced