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U.S. lawmaker commits suicide over sex scandal

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2017

A state lawmaker in Kentucky, U.S., Rep. Dan Johnson, has committed suicide after report emerged that he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17. Reports say the 57-year-old lawmaker, a preacher and a Republican, shot himself on a bridge in Mt. Washington, southeast of Louisville. His body

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How Nigerian Omarosa was fired from White House

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2017

Omarosa Manigault-Newman has reportedly been fired — this time from her actual job in the Trump White House and not from a contrived one on The Apprentice. And according to some accounts, her dismissal from the White House had all the drama — and then some — one would expect when a reality TV star […]

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US national security adviser: Qatar and Turkey are new sponsors of radical ideology

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2017

US national security adviser HR McMaster condemned Qatar and Turkey for taking on a “new role” as the main sponsors and sources of funding for extremist Islamist ideology that targets western interests. “Radical Islamist ideology is a grave threat to all civilised people,” Gen McMaster said. The US national security adviser said this threat has […]

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Nigerian Omarosa quits $180,000 White House job

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2017

Omarosa Manigault, a Nigerian who is director of communications for the White House’s office of public liaison, has resigned. According to sources, Manigault who earns $180,000 per annum will leave the White House on January 20, 2017, exactly one year after President Donald Trump took office. It is not immediately clear why Omarosa resigned but the 43-year-old, […]

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BREAKING: May loses key Brexit vote in British parliament

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2017

British Prime Minister Theresa May lost a key Brexit vote in parliament Wednesday after a group of her own MPs rebelled, a blow for the government on the eve of a crucial EU summit. Lawmakers voted 309 to 305 in favour of an amendment to the government’s EU (Withdrawal) Bill demanding an explicit legal guarantee […]

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Islamic leaders want East Jerusalem recognised as Palestine’s capital

Daily Dispatch December 13, 2017

Islamic leaders on Wednesday urged the world to recognise occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine, as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas warned the United States no longer had any role to play in the peace process. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan convened in Istanbul an emergency summit of the world’s main pan-Islamic body, the […]