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South Korean court extends detention of ex-president Park Geun-hye

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2017

A South Korean court issued an additional warrant on Friday to extend the detention of former President Park Geun-hye, who is on trial for charges including bribery, abuse of state power and leaking state secrets. Park will be detained for another six months as her previous arrest warrant is

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Chad withdraws troops from fight against Boko Haram

Daily Dispatch October 13, 2017

Chad has withdrawn hundreds of troops from neighbouring Niger, where they were helping local forces fight Boko Haram Islamist militants, humanitarian sources and officials said. The pull-out over the past two weeks could weaken a region-wide struggle against the militants who have killed tens of thousands of people, forced many more to flee and triggered […]

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Israel to withdraw from UNESCO following US – Netanyahu

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2017

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Thursday that his country would withdraw its membership from the UN cultural agency UNESCO. “Netanyahu instructed the Foreign Ministry to prepare Israel’s withdrawal from the organisation in parallel with the U.S.,’’ the prime minister’s office said. Netanyahu in a statement praised the U.S. decision earlier Thursday to

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UNESCO regrets US withdrawal

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2017

The head of UNESCO Irina Bokova voiced “profound regret” on Thursday over a decision by the United States to withdraw from the UN culture and education body which she called a “loss to multilateralism”. “I wish to express profound regret at the decision of the United States of America to withdraw from UNESCO,” Bokova said […]

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BREAKING: US withdraws from UNESCO

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2017

Throwing the future of the body into doubt, the US State Department announced a halt to funding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation just hours after it became the first UN body effectively to grant the right of statehood to the Palestinian people. Despite the US threat of a financial boycott, just 14 states […]

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Paris to phase out diesel cars by 2024

Daily Dispatch October 12, 2017

Paris city authorities said Thursday they aimed to phase out the use of diesel cars by the time the French capital hosts the Olympics in 2024, and petrol cars by 2030. Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s office said the goals — which are more ambitious time-wise than a government plan to end sales of petrol and diesel […]