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North Korea accuses US of imposing an ‘economic blockade’

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

North Korea’s U.N. ambassador accused the United States on Tuesday of imposing “an economic blockade” on his country and deploying nuclear assets on the Korean peninsula aimed at toppling leader Kim Jong Un. Ja Song Nam said the U.S. push for countries to implement what he

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Woman stays with dying stranger for hours at Las Vegas massacre

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

One of the 59 confirmed deaths from Sunday night’s mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music concert was 23-year-old Jordan McIldoon. His final minutes were spent in the arms of a total stranger who never left his side, reports CBS News’ Adriana Diaz. “It’s what you see on TV and it’s never going to […]

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Another World War II bomb defused in Germany

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

Some 10,000 people were returning to their homes on Tuesday after they were evacuated so that a 250-kilogramme aerial bomb dating back to World War II could be defused and removed from a construction site in West Berlin. The bomb was discovered near south-west Berlin’s Innsbruecker Platz square on Monday, prompting authorities to cordon off […]

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Las Vegas shooter’s father was a bank robber, on FBI’s ‘Most Wanted’ list

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

Benjamin Hoskins Paddock was the father of Stephen Paddock — the man who opened fire Sunday evening from a high-rise hotel near the Las Vegas Strip, leading to the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Reports say though a younger brother to the shooter, Eric, had said Stephen wasn’t your typical “gun guy,” their dad was […]

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Theresa May: I don’t want a cabinet of ‘yes men’

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

Theresa May has brushed off questions about Boris Johnson’s recent Brexit comments – saying she does not want to be surrounded by “yes men”. The prime minister told BBC Breakfast “leadership is about ensuring you have a team… of different voices around the table so you can discuss matters”. Mrs May was speaking ahead of […]

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Russia warplanes kill 300 ISIS fighters

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

Russia’s military says its airstrikes in eastern Syria this week killed more than 300 Islamic State (ISIS) militants. Russia has been a major backer of Syria’s President Bashar Assad whose government troops have been advancing in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour against IS under the cover of Russian airstrikes. Meanwhile, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic […]