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Pope Leo to visit eight cities in Turkey, Lebanon on first trip abroad as pontiff

Daily Dispatch October 27, 2025

Pope Leo will visit eight towns and cities in Turkey and Lebanon later this year, the Vatican said on Monday, his first trip outside Italy as pontiff, and he is expected to make appeals for peace across the region.Leo, the first U.S. pope, will visit Turkey from November 27 to 30 and then will

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World oldest president extended his rule

Daily Dispatch October 27, 2025

The world’s oldest head of state, Paul Biya, extended his more than four-decade rule, securing an eighth term in Cameroon’s presidential poll, the Constitutional Council announced Monday, results which his rival swiftly rejected. Biya, 92, was re-elected with 53.7 percent of the vote in the central African country, according to official results announced by the […]

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Trump says trade talks with Canada ‘terminated’ over anti-tariffs advert

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2025

US President Donald Trump has announced an immediate end to all trade negotiations with Canada over an advert critical of the tariffs he has imposed on the nation. The advert, sponsored by the government of Canada’s province of Ontario, quoted Trump’s predecessor, Ronald Reagan, an icon of US conservatism, saying tariffs “hurt every American”. Trump

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Trump pardons convicted Binance founder ‘CZ’ Zhao 

Daily Dispatch October 24, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange, the White House said Thursday, in the latest move by Trump to boost the crypto industry and expunge its past misdeeds.Zhao, a billionaire known as “CZ” who is one of the most influential figures in crypto, quit in 2023 […]

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French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence for campaign finance conspiracy

Daily Dispatch October 21, 2025

Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Not since World War Two Nazi collaborationist leader Philippe Pétain was jailed for treason in 1945 has any French ex-leader gone behind […]

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Military coup in Madagascar following President Andry Rajoelina’s impeachment

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2025

An elite military unit told AFP Tuesday it had taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty. The 51-year-old president had refused growing demands to step down, going into hiding after weeks of anti-government street demonstrations in the island nation. “We have taken power,” Colonel […]