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Man drowns after saving fiancée in park where he proposed two days earlier

Daily Dispatch June 15, 2023

A man has drowned after saving his fiancee from drowning at the place he proposed to her some days earlier, Metro UK reports According to Metro UK, Travis Valenti, 37, was presumed dead after his kayak filled with water and overturned on Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park on Friday, a

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Sierra Leone Election: ECOWAS Deploys 95 Election Observers

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2023

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission is deploying 95 Election Observers to the Presidential and Parliamentary elections in Sierra Leone holding on June 24. A statement on Wednesday said: “The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, has approved the deployment of 95 Election Observers (Long and Short-Term – LTOs/STOs) to […]

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Man fakes his own death

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2023

A man in Belgium faked his death and then turned up to his own funeral in a helicopter as part of a dramatic stunt to teach his family a lesson about staying in touch. David Baerten, 45, a TikTok creator, told his wife and children about his elaborate plan and they helped him to pull […]

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High magnitude earthquake hits Johannesburg

Daily Dispatch June 11, 2023

South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, was hit with a 5.0 magnitude earthquake early Sunday morning, according to a report by Reuters. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake happened at 0038 GMT at a depth of 10 kilometres (6 miles). The report said some Johannesburg residents reported feeling tremors. One of the residents […]

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Pope Francis to undergo intestinal surgery under general anesthesia

Daily Dispatch June 7, 2023

Pope Francis went to the hospital Wednesday to undergo abdominal surgery to treat an intestinal blockage, two years after he had 33 centimeters (13 inches) of his colon removed because of a narrowing of the large intestine. The Vatican said Francis, 86, would be put under general anesthesia for the procedure Wednesday afternoon and would […]

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Police dog sniffs out $2m worth of fentanyl

Daily Dispatch June 5, 2023

Officials have disclosed a police dog helped border patrol agents sniff out $2 million worth of smuggled fentanyl, during a traffic stop in Arizona, USA. The Chief Patrol Agent of Yuma Sector, Patricia McGurk-Daniel disclosed this via her Twitter handle. The seizure occurred at a checkpoint along Interstate 8 near Yuma, with the narcotics totaling more […]