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Hundreds wounded in weekend of east Jerusalem violence

Daily Dispatch May 9, 2021

Tensions ran high Sunday in annexed east Jerusalem after hundreds of Palestinians were wounded in a weekend of clashes between protesters and Israeli security forces, sparking global concern that the unrest could spread further. The violence around Jerusalem’s revered Al-Aqsa mosque compound

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Malian Halima Cisse breaks world record, gives birth to nine babies

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2021

A Malian woman Halima Cisse gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday – two more than doctors had detected inside her crowded womb. She joined a small pantheon of mothers of nonuplets. The pregnancy of Halima Cisse, 25, fascinated Malians and attracted the attention of its leaders. The babies kept in incubators in Morocco When […]

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Derek Chauvin Trial: Chauvin Found Guilty of Murdering George Floyd

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2021

Mr. Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The death of Mr. Floyd spurred the largest civil rights protests in decades. When George Floyd was killed by the police in Minneapolis last May, the case drew comparisons to the death of Eric Garner six years […]

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Former Chad First Lady flees to Cameroun as massive coup looms

Daily Dispatch April 21, 2021

The situation in Chad has become one that deserves utmost attention as the former first lady Hinda Derby Itno and members of her family have fled the war torn country to Yaounde, Cameroun. Her husband Idriss Derby who won election for the 6th time on April 11, 2021 was killed while fighting rebels, a development […]

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Breaking: UK to announce new international travel rules

Daily Dispatch April 5, 2021

Britain will on Monday set out plans to restart international travel, using a “traffic-light” system as the country cautiously emerges from lockdown. The announcement comes as the UK has set a tentative date of May 17 to relaunch international travel. Travel destinations will be ranked green, amber or red according to virus risk, Downing Street […]

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Indonesia cathedral bombing an ‘act of terror,’ says president

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2021

An Indonesian cathedral was rocked by a suspected suicide bombing on Sunday that wounded more than a dozen as Christians inside celebrated the start of Holy Week, an attack slammed by the country’s leader as an “act of terror”. The powerful blast outside a church hosting around 100 people in Makassar city on Sulawesi island […]