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6 Month-Old Baby Dies Aboard Spanish Migrant Rescue Ship

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

Agency Report Spanish migrant rescue charity, `Open Arms’ on Thursday reported that a six-month-old baby had died hours after he was taken from the Mediterranean. The boy was among 111 survivors taken in by Open Arms on Wednesday after it sent rescue units to a rubber dinghy whose hull had

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Woman Accused of Killing Daughters Because Organs ‘Worth Lots of Money’

Daily Dispatch November 12, 2020

A 26-year-old Las Vegas woman has been accused of killing her two daughters – allegedly telling their father that the infants’ organs would be “worth a lot of money,” according to a report. Amanda Sharp-Jefferson, 26, was arrested on murder charges after her boyfriend, Jaykwon Singleton, said he came home to find her with their unresponsive daughters […]

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Robbers attack German customs office, cart away €6.5m

Daily Dispatch November 11, 2020

German investigators said Wednesday they have launched a manhunt for three suspects who made away with 6.5 million euros ($7.6 million) in cash after breaking into a customs office. “The break-in was professionally planned and carried out: three as yet unidentified perpetrators used a drill to get to the vault from an adjoining room in […]

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Over 3,600 Ivorians flee to Liberia following post – election violence —UN

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2020

Over 3,600 Ivorians are confirmed to have fled to neighbouring Liberia, in a bid to escape the electoral violence triggered by the controversial presidential elections, according to a United Nations, UN report. President Alassane Ouattara of Cote’d’Ivoire had won a third term in office on October 31 by a landslide in a controversial election, after the […]

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President, Chief of Staff test positive for COVID

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2020

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on social media on Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19. Through his posts on Facebook and Twitter, Zelenksy said that “There are no lucky people for whom COVID-19 does not pose a threat. Despite all the quarantine measures, I received a positive test.” The Ukrainian President added that he […]

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Drinking alcohol and living together without marriage become legal in UAE

Daily Dispatch November 9, 2020

The United Arab Emirates has announced that drinking alcohol and cohabiting outside of marriage are to be allowed and so-called ‘honour killings’ criminalised in a major overhaul of the country’s Islamic personal laws.  The broadening of personal freedoms reflects the changing profile of a country that has sought to bill itself as a