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BREAKING: US House passes sanctions against Russia, others

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2017

The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to impose tough new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea, a move that will antagonize the Kremlin as well as European nations fearing economic ramifications. The bill, which passed 419 to three, is a sanctions package that

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German Jihadi girl Wenzel arrested in Iraq

Daily Dispatch July 22, 2017

A German teenager, Linda Wenzel, suspected of joining the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq has been arrested in Mosul, a German judicial source said Saturday. “The Dresden prosecutor confirms that Linda Wenzel  was identified in Iraq,” where the 16 year-old girl is receiving German consular assistance, said the prosecutor’s office in Dresden, near the teen’s eastern […]

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Man kills 17 persons to cover up earlier murder of two

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

A twenty-eight-year-old man admitted killing 19 people, including his parents and three children, when he went on trial in southwest China on Wednesday, the court said. After returning to his home village in Yunnan province on September 28 last year, Yang Qingpei murdered his parents when they refused to give him money, the Qujing City […]

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Two Saudi teachers face trial for spying for Iran

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2017

Two teachers have gone on trial in Saudi Arabia charged with spying for Iran and plotting to attack a major oil pipeline, two Saudi newspapers reported on Wednesday. In a rare espionage case involving the two arch-rivals, the Saudi teachers face charges of gathering information on the East-West Pipeline of the world’s top oil exporter […]

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Britain Faces Economic ‘Wobble’ After Brexit – Report

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2017

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union has already brought signs of a post-Brexit “wobble” in London’s economy, as growth in business activity slows and more people leave the city. The Centre for London think tank ìn a report said: “our new analysis points to a post-Brexit wobble with fewer Europeans coming here for work, […]

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Vatican court refuses to stop embezzlement case

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2017

A Vatican tribunal has rejected attempts by two former executives of its children’s hospital to dismiss an embezzlement case, asserting that it has the right to try them on charges they diverted nearly a half-million euros in hospital donations to renovate a top cardinal’s penthouse. Lawyers for former hospital president Giuseppe Profiti and ex-treasurer