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Moon wins South Korea election by landslide

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2017

Left-leaning former human rights lawyer Moon Jae-In won South Korea’s presidential election by a landslide, an exit poll predicted when polls closed Tuesday. Moon, of the Democratic Party, had 41.4 percent support, according to the joint survey by three television stations. Conservative Hong

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Head of Isis in Afghanistan confirmed killed in joint US operation

Daily Dispatch May 8, 2017

The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan, Abdul Hasib, has been killed by Afghan and US special forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, according to officials. Hasib, appointed last year after his predecessor Hafiz Saeed Khan died in a US drone strike, is believed to have ordered a series of high profile attacks including […]

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Macron wins French presidency by emphatic margin

Daily Dispatch May 7, 2017

Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France on Sunday with a business-friendly vision of European integration, defeating Marine Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who threatened to take France out of the European Union, early projections showed. The centrist’s emphatic victory, which also smashed the dominance of France’s mainstream parties, will bring huge relief

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Tanzania school bus crash kills dozens

Daily Dispatch May 6, 2017

More than 30 people – almost all of them schoolchildren – have been killed in a bus crash in northern Tanzania, officials say. They say the bus plunged off the road in a steep ravine near the town of Karatu. A number of people were hurt. Officials later tried to remove survivors and dead bodies […]

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Turkey sacks 107 judges, prosecutors over links to failed coup

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2017

Turkey dismissed 107 judges and prosecutors over alleged links to a failed coup in July last year, Turkish televisions reported on Friday, further widening a purge during which it dismissed around 145,000 civil servants, security personnel and academics. Detention warrants were issued for the dismissed judges and prosecutors, Turkish TVs said. On April 30, Turkish […]

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Former U.S. president Obama endorses Macron in French campaign

Daily Dispatch May 4, 2017

Former U.S. President Barack Obama endorsed centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron for France’s presidential election to be held on Sunday. Obama in a video message, praised Macron for appealing “to people’s hopes and not their fears”. “The French election is very important to the future of France and the values that we care so much about,” […]