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UK to treat online hate crimes as seriously as offline offences

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2017

Online abuse will be treated as seriously as offline offences, Britain’s prosecution service said on Monday in new guidance on handling hate crimes. The rules – which included guidelines on helping disabled and bisexual victims – were meant to encourage more people to come forward and press

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Remains of missing U.S. sailors found

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2017

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps divers on Tuesday found some remains of missing sailors inside sections of a guided-missile destroyer that collided with a merchant vessel near Singapore, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet said. The USS John S. McCain and the tanker Alnic MC collided on Monday while the U.S. ship was approaching […]

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Red Cross: 700 feared dead as South Asian floods pour downstream

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2017

The Red Cross on Tuesday said flood crisis was rapidly becoming worse in South Asia, where flooded rivers killed no fewer than 700 people.  It said that the situation had caused the people living in the region to rush from Nepal to India and Bangladesh. “This is the worst flooding that parts of South Asia […]

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BREAKING: Total solar eclipse completes path across America

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2017

The Great American Eclipse completed its journey across the United States Monday, with the path of totality stretching coast-to-coast for the first time in nearly a century. Totality began over Oregon at about 1716 GMT and ended at 1848 GMT over Charleston, South Carolina where sky-gazers whooped and cheered as the Moon moved directly in […]

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10 Sailors Missing After U.S. Warship Collides With Tanker Near Singapore

Daily Dispatch August 21, 2017

Ten sailors are missing after a U.S. warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore before dawn on Monday, tearing a hole beneath the waterline and flooding compartments that include a crew sleeping area, the U.S. Navy said. The collision between the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain and the tanker Alnic MC was […]

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Journalist revisits how pastor killed 900 followers

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2017

American journalistJeff Guin, released his latest book “The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple” in which he described how the man of God successfully convinced almost a thousand of his followers to move from California to a settlement and killed them all with cyanide. Nearly 40 years later, we are still learning about […]