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Breaking: Trump Claims Victory, Says He Will Dispute Election Count At Supreme Court

Daily Dispatch November 4, 2020

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed he had won the US election, despite the final results not yet being given, and said he would go to the Supreme Court to dispute the counting of votes. “We did win this election,” Trump said in an extraordinary speech from the ceremonial East Room of

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9 Nigerians running in Tuesday’s U.S. elections

Daily Dispatch November 1, 2020

By NAN No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different offices at the federal, state, and local levels. NAN reports that besides the […]

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Breaking: Pubs, Bars, Restaurants Close Until 2 December In England As COVID-19 Cases Surge

Daily Dispatch October 31, 2020

A five-week ‘circuit break’ lockdown will start in England on Thursday, Boris Johnson has announced People will only be allowed to leave their homes for specific reasons, including education, work, food shopping and exercise. Different households will not be able to mix, but support bubbles and childcare bubbles will remain and children can still move […]

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14 Killed As Earthquake Strikes Turkish Coast, Greek Island

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2020

A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 14 people and injuring over 500 amid collapsed buildings and flooding, officials said. A small tsunami struck the Seferihisar district south of Izmir, the city in western Turkey that was the worst affected […]

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South Korean ex-President Lee gets 17-year jail term for bribery, embezzlement

Daily Dispatch October 30, 2020

78-year-old Lee Myung-bak, former South Korean president has bagged a 17-year jail term for bribery and embezzlement offences. The country’s Supreme Court upheld the conviction that was first delivered in 2018, where the former president had been sentenced by an Appeal Court, only to be released on bail, pending the ruling from the country’s apex […]

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Fowl kills police officer in illegal cockfight

Daily Dispatch October 28, 2020

A Philippine police officer was killed by a rooster with a blade attached to its leg during a raid on an illegal cockfight, officials said on Wednesday. Christian Bolok, the chief of police in the town of San Jose in Northern Samar province, about 480 kilometres south of Manila, was rushed to the hospital after […]