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Highlights of Trump’s new travel ban

Daily Dispatch March 6, 2017

President Donald Trump’s administration issued a revised immigration ban Monday that temporarily freezes US visa issuance to anyone from six mostly-Muslim countries and halts for 120 days all refugee arrivals. Here are the key points: – What’s new in the revised order? – Iraq, which was

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Turkey’s Erdogan and the Doomsday Clock on decree 687

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2017

By Frederick Alumhe Few weeks ago, the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic instrument informing people when the world is facing imminent disaster, was moved closer to its final hour.  One of the United States-based scientists, who orchestrate the clock, said it was an attention-catching signal that was meant to acknowledge “what a dangerous moment we’re in, […]

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Trump Considering Separating Women, Children At Mexico Boader

Daily Dispatch March 4, 2017

Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials. Part of the reason for the proposal is to deter mothers from migrating to the United States with their children, said the officials, […]

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Famine Hit: South Sudanese Eats Weeds and Water Lilies To Survive

Daily Dispatch February 27, 2017

The women were among a crowd of 20,000 people that emerged from the swamps and assembled at the rebel-held village of Thonyor, in Leer county, when they heard the United Nations was registering people for emergency rations. Some families received fishing nets and rods from aid workers to keep them going until food arrived. It […]

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Trump Press Ban: BBC, CNN and Guardian Denied Access to Briefing

Daily Dispatch February 25, 2017

The White House barred several news organizations from an off-camera press briefing on Friday, handpicking a select group of reporters that included a number of conservative outlets friendly toward Donald Trump. The “gaggle” with Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, took place in lieu of his daily briefing and was originally scheduled as an […]

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Man Kills Self After Third Deportation From US

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

With just a plastic bag of belongings in his hand, a Mexican man who was deported from the United States Tuesday promptly killed himself, jumping off a bridge in view of the US border. Sinaloa state native Guadalupe Olivas Valencia, 44, threw himself to his death, authorities said. He had jumped 30 meters (100 feet). […]