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US megachurch pastor resigns from Trump’s evangelical council

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2017

New York megachurch pastor announced Friday he was resigning from Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board, the first religious adviser to join a wave of defections after the president’s response to violence at a white supremacist rally. A.R. Bernard, who leads the 37,000 registered members of

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Spanish police kill five terror suspects

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2017

Spanish police have killed five terror suspects after confronting them early on Friday in a town south of Barcelona, where on Thursday a suspected Islamist militant had driven a van into crowds, killing 13 people and wounding close to 100 others. Islamic State said the perpetrators had been responding to its call for action by […]

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UN urges Trump, Kim to reduce war drum

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2017

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the U.S. and North Korea “to dial down rhetoric and dial up diplomacy” in addressing the growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Guterres, while speaking with the UN Correspondents in New York, stressed that the solution to the crisis must be political. The UN chief reiterated that his […]

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President signs law abolishing Senate

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania has signed a newly drafted law abolishing the senate. The abolition of the Senate was the most controversial measure in a package of reforms passed by referendum this month. According to Middle-East Monitor, the Mauritanian Minister of Information, Mohamed Lemine Ould Cheikh, said the law was passed the […]

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‘Donald Trump Is Trying To Start A Civil War,’ Former US Labor Secretary Warns

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

Former US Labor Secretary has claimed that Donald Trump is “trying to start a civil war” in the wake of the US President’s inflammatory comments on the Charlottesville attacks. Robert Reich accused Mr Trump of licensing violence as a “political strategy” and quietly inciting a conflict between his core base of white, socially conservative voters […]

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Obama’s tweet on Virginia attack breaks record

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

A tweet written by former US president Barack Obama in the wake of the white supremacist rally in Virginia has become the most liked message ever posted on Twitter. “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or his religion…” Obama wrote on Saturday, quoting late […]