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Trump fires FBI chief, citing handling of Clinton email investigation

Daily Dispatch May 10, 2017

President Trump has fired FBI Director James B. Comey, saying that the dramatic move was necessary to allow a “new beginning” at the FBI. Comey has been supervising an investigation of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election and the possibility of cooperation between people

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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 Joon-Pyo was far behind on 23.3 percent, with centrist Ahn Cheol-Soo third […]

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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 […]