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Breaking: Biden nominates Anthony Blinken as Secretary of State

Daily Dispatch November 23, 2020

The United States President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Antony Blinken to serve as secretary of state. Incoming White House chief of staff Ron Klain said earlier Sunday that Biden intended to begin revealing members of his Cabinet Tuesday. Blinken is expected to be among the first

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UK Places Ban On Diesel, Petrol Cars By 2030

Daily Dispatch November 18, 2020

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has said that cars powered by diesel and petrol will not be sold in the country by 2030. This decision according to BBCis part of what Johnson calls a “green industrial revolution” to tackle climate change and create jobs in industries such as nuclear energy. Listing his plans, the Prime […]

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Breaking: Peru’s president, Merino resigns after 6 days in office

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2020

Peru’s President, Manuel Merino has resigned six days after taking office, following a weekend of deadly protests against his government. Merino’s resignation is coming amidst cyber protests and massive deadly street protests. The protests were mostly non-violent until they were met with violent police repression that saw several protestors dead and others severely injured

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US election: We have a long way to go – Trump denies conceding defeat to Joe Biden

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2020

The United States, US, President, Donald Trump, has reacted to reports of him conceding defeat to Joe Biden, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party. Trump stressed that he did not accepted defeat to Biden. He disclosed this in a tweet, on Sunday. According to Trump: “He only won in the eyes of the FAKE […]

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Trump Admits Biden Won, Reveals Why

Daily Dispatch November 15, 2020

US President Donald Trump on Sunday admitted that Joe Biden, candidate of the Democratic Party, won the November 3 election. However, he alleged that Biden won because the election was rigged. With this many believe the Republican candidate is edging closer towards conceding defeat. Recall that Trump, while addressing the press at the White House […]

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ECOWAS Court asks Guinea to pay 6 protesters killed $510,000 each

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

A West African court has found Guinea responsible for the killing of protesters in 2012 and ordered it to pay fines, according to documents seen by AFP on Wednesday. Guinea has six months to pay five billion Guinean francs ($510,000/430,000 euros) to each plaintiff for the six people killed in the crackdown, plus three billion […]