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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

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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 […]

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Angola President Unveils Tractor, Mobile Phone Assembly Plants

Daily Dispatch October 14, 2020

Agency Report The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, Wednesday inaugurated an assembly factory for agricultural tractors and another for mobile phones, installed in the Special Economic Zone (ZEE), in Viana municipality, in Luanda. With a capacity to produce 3,000 units per year, the tractor assembly factory is the result of an agreement between Angola […]

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Priest Arrested For Allegedly ‘Filming Himself Having Threesome On Church Altar’

Daily Dispatch October 9, 2020

A Catholic priest identified as Reverend Travis Clark has been arrested for allegedly recording a sex tape of himself with two porn stars, Mindy Dixon and Melissa Cheng. It is gathered that the trio was caught in the act y a passerby in the Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Louisiana on September […]