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Saudi executes six for drug trafficking, homicide

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Six people convicted of drug trafficking and homicide were executed in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the government said, the highest number of executions in a single day this year. A Pakistani citizen was executed for drug trafficking and five Saudi nationals for homicide, the interior ministry

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Another fire disaster renders London market useless

Daily Dispatch July 10, 2017

Just about four weeks after the residential building popularly known as Grenfell Tower was ravaged by fire in West London, which left no fewer than 80 people dead, another blaze has destroyed the Camden Lock Market. The fire, which started in the early hours of Monday, rendered the Market, which is a popular tourist destination […]

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G20: Pope makes case for the poor, marginalised

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

Pope Francis on Friday urged world leaders taking part in the G20 summit in Hamburg to give “absolute priority” to the problems of the poor and marginalised and to efforts to end wars. “There is a need to give absolute priority to the poor, refugees, the suffering, evacuees and the excluded, without distinction of nation, […]

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G20: Trump and Putin meet face to face for first time

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin have met for the first time, shaking hands at the start of a G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. They will hold a longer meeting later, and say they want to repair ties damaged by a crises including Russia’s alleged meddling in the US election. Climate change and […]

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World Leaders Brace For Tough Talks With Trump On Climate, Trade

Daily Dispatch July 7, 2017

Leaders from the world’s top economies prepared for tough talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate change and trade on Friday as a Group of 20 summit got underway in Germany amid the threat of violent protests. The meeting in the port city of Hamburg comes at a time of major shifts in the […]

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BREAKING: 6.5-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Philippines

Daily Dispatch July 6, 2017

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled the central Philippines Thursday, US seismologists said, with shaking reported although residents in two major cities reported no major damage. The quake hit at a depth of around six kilometres (four miles), on the central island of Leyte, the US Geological Survey said. There was no immediate warning of a tsunami, […]