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Activists mount pressure on ILO to sever ties with Big Tobacco

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2018

Tobacco control advocates are mounting pressure on delegates attending the 332nd session of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Governing Body in Geneva to sever ties with tobacco companies. The calls came amidst concerns by activists that the Ugandan delegation, which delivered a

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Buhari congratulates German chancellor, Merkel, on her re-election

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday congratulated German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on her re-election for another term. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement said Buhari has conveyed his congratulatory message to Merkel in a letter. Adesina quoted the President as saying in the letter that he was “most […]

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How explosion unsettled FedEx in Texas, U.S.

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2018

There are indications that a device that exploded early Tuesday at a FedEx ground distribution facility in Texas, injuring one person, is linked to a string of bombings that have rocked the state’s capital this month, federal officials said. Schertz Police Lt. Manny Casas told Fox News that a medium-sized box was on the conveyor belt when […]

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Facebook under pressure as U.S, EU call for probes into data practices

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2018

British privacy regulators are seeking a warrant to search the offices of the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, following reports that the company may have improperly gained access to data on 50 million Facebook users. The move came as U.S. and European lawmakers demanded an explanation of how the consulting firm, which worked on President Donald […]

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Expelled Russian diplomats leave UK

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2018

Russian diplomats recently expelled from the UK over the case of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and their families left the Russian embassy in London on Tuesday and are heading to the airport in more than 10 cars, a Sputnik correspondent reported. All employees of the embassy said goodbye to the departing diplomats. Some 80 […]

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India confirms deaths of 39 workers abducted in Iraq

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2018

The bodies of 39 Indian construction workers kidnapped in Iraq in 2014 by the Islamic State group have been found in a mass grave, India’s foreign minister said Tuesday. Sushma Swaraj told the upper house of parliament the workers had been murdered by IS. Their bodies had been found in the grave in the village […]