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UN workers protest against Trump in Gaza

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

Official says 13,000 employees of the UNRelief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Monday began a one-day strike, protesting U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze funding to the agency. Secretary-General of the UNRWA employees’ union Yousef Hamdouna

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Scientists turn human waste into space food

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

Scientists have found a potential food source for astronauts, using microbes to convert human waste into Marmite-like food, local media reported. This is contained in their study published in the quarterly scientific journal Life Sciences in Space Research by Professor of Geosciences, Christopher House and Director of the Penn State Astrobiology Research Centre. According

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Minor earthquake throws North Korea into confusion

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

A 3.2 magnitude earthquake was detected in North Korea on Sunday, sparking concerns if it was caused by another nuclear test or from the regime’s collapsing test site. The small tremor was recorded just after 8 p.m. in the South Hamgyong Province, Korea Meteorological Administration reported, according to Yonhap News Agency. The earthquake was later discovered […]

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Sometimes, I tweet while in bed–Trump

Daily Dispatch January 29, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he sometimes posts on Twitter while in bed, defending his use of the social networking tool as necessary amid “a lot of fake news” about him. The New York Times had previously revealed that Trump tweets from bed, and this is the first time the president admitted the allegation. […]

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[BREAKING] Nine dead in Mexico shooting

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2018

Authorities investigating the slaying of nine men at a house in Monterrey, Mexico said Sunday small local drug-trafficking groups appeared to be involved but not major drug cartels. The men were watching a football match on television on Saturday when armed attackers burst into the house, herded women into the bathroom and then opened fire […]

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Kabul ambulance bomb kills nearly 100

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2018

Anger was growing in Kabul Sunday, a day after a huge bomb hidden in an ambulance killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores more, highlighting the ability of insurgents to strike at the heart of Afghanistan. At least 95 people were killed and 191 wounded in the lunchtime attack claimed by the Taliban, which caused […]