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Russia-U.S. dialogue after Putin-Trump meeting ‘vital to the world’ – Kremlin

Daily Dispatch July 5, 2017

Moscow expects the outcome of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump to establish bilateral dialogue that is vital to the entire world, the Kremlin said Wednesday. NAN reports that a meeting between Putin and Trump will take place on the sidelines of the G20

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Nitrogen liquor burns hole in businessman’s stomach

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

A 30-year-old Indian businessman reportedly ended up in a hospital after drinking an alcoholic beverage laced with liquid nitrogen that burnt a hole in his stomach. The businessman, whose name has been withheld by the media, went with his friends to a bar in Gurgaon on the outskirts of the Indian capital and drank the […]

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Germany faces risks of more terrorist, cyber attacks – report

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

German security officials on Tuesday warned of further terrorist acts since the country was home to a number of potentially dangerous Islamic extremists. Hans-Georg Maassen, Head of Domestic Security Service, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), told a news conference in Berlin that there were possible increases in cyber-attacks from foreign

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Zimbabweans donate cattle to AU after Robert Mugabe appeal

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

Zimbabwean farmers have donated “thousands” of cattle to the African Union (AU) Foundation following an appeal by President Robert Mugabe, the state-run Herald newspaper reports. The donation is intended to help the pan-African body to rely less on foreign donors, it added. The cattle had been auctioned, and Mr Mugabe would hand the money to […]

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King Salman Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia cancels participation in G20 summit due to Gulf crisis

Daily Dispatch July 3, 2017

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Al-Saud will not attend the G20 summit due to the Gulf crisis, Saudi diplomatic sources said on Monday. Instead of the king, the Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaan will attend the summit, scheduled to take place in the northern German port city of Hamburg on Friday and Saturday. The summit brings […]

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Terrorists release hostage video in Mali, as Macron visits

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2017

Islamic Militants have released a video of six foreign hostages kidnapped in the last attack by an al-Qaida-linked group Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, in Mali. The video showed Stephen McGowan of South Africa, Elliot Kenneth Arthur of Australia, Iulian Ghergut of Romania, Beatrice Stockly of Switzerland, Gloria Cecilia Narvaez of Colombia and Sophie Petronin of […]