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North Korea describes Trump speech at UN as“the sound of a barking dog”

Daily Dispatch September 21, 2017

North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho has described U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech to the UN as “the sound of a barking dog” following a frosty relationship between his country and the United States (U.S.). The crisis in the Korea Peninsula has been a major source of their soured

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51 countries to sign UN treaty outlawing nuclear weapons

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2017

With the North Korean nuclear crisis looming large, 51 countries on Wednesday were to sign a new treaty outlawing nuclear weapons that has been fiercely opposed by the United States and other nuclear powers. The treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons was adopted by 122 countries at the United Nations in July following negotiations […]

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NATO condemns UN nuclear weapon ban treaty

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2017

NATO on Wednesday condemned a UN treaty banning nuclear arms as unrealistic and warned that it risked undermining the international response to North Korea’s atomic weapons programme. The United Nations adopted the treaty in July, though none of the nine countries that have nuclear weapons took part in shaping it or voting on it, and […]

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TRUMP U.N. SPEECH APPARENTLY SENT ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE TO SLEEP

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2017

President Donald Trump touched on many hot-button subjects during his 41-minute address at the United Nations in New York on Tuesday. The U.S. president pontificated on the potential impending destruction of North Korea; railed against Iran as a “rogue regime” and described the Venezuelan government as a “socialist dictatorship” and “corrupt regime” that had inflicted

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Death toll in Mexico quake surges to 224, including 21 children

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2017

The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked Mexico on Tuesday has surged to 224 people, including 117 in the capital, said Interior Minister Miguel Osorio Chong. The dead included at least 21 children crushed beneath a primary school that collapsed on Mexico City’s south side during the 7.1-magnitude quake, authorities said. AFP

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Over 100 Killed In Fresh Earthquake In Mexico

Daily Dispatch September 20, 2017

A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing more than 100 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City. Rescue workers are searching for survivors buried under rubble and officials warn the death toll may rise. The 7.1 magnitude quake caused damage in Morelos and Puebla states and in Mexico State. It […]