INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Dubai coy to recruit 10, 000 female drivers in Saudi Arabia

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2018

Uber and Careem, a Dubai-based ride-hailing app, is planning to hire no fewer than 10, 000 female drivers in Saudi Arabia by June 2018. CNN reported that the companies have already launched training sessions targeting Saudi women who have already obtained driver’s licenses from abroad. Female

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Facebook set to check business, media posts

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2018

Facebook plans major changes to news feed from media and businesses to focus on personal interactions, which may lead to people spending less time on the website, its CEO said. “As we roll this out, you’ll see less public content like posts from businesses, brands, and media. “The public content you see more will be […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Arpaio: Congress should examine presidential birth certificates

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2018

Former Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio resurfaced false claims on Wednesday that former President Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a “forgery” and said Congress should pass a law requiring such documents to be examined. “I’m going to tell you again that that document is a forgery document,” Arpaio told WABC’s Rita

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Trump says ‘I think I know answer’ to drug crisis, adds US may not be ready

Daily Dispatch January 11, 2018

President Trump raised eyebrows Wednesday evening when he told members of Congress and health care practitioners that “I think I know the answer” to America’s opioid crisis. However, the president added that he was “not sure the country is ready for it yet.” Trump was speaking at an Oval Office ceremony prior to signing legislation […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Prisoner declared dead wakes up before autopsy

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2018

Spanish morgue workers were given a major fright when a prisoner who had been declared dead after an apparent suicide attempt woke up just as they prepared to perform an autopsy, authorities said Wednesday. In jail near Oviedo in northern Spain, the man, whom Spain’s prison authority refused to identify, was found unconscious around 8am […]

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

White House race: I will beat Oprah Winfrey – Trump

Daily Dispatch January 10, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump said he could beat Oprah Winfrey in a presidential race, while one of Winfrey’s closest friends said the media mogul and actress was “intrigued” by the possibility of running but was not considering it now. Speculation about a 2020 White House bid by Winfrey blew up on social media and news […]