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German churches prepare for Christmas services in stadiums, squares

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2020

The official Protestant Church of Germany (EKD) is gearing up for Christmas services in football stadiums and on market squares in order to adapt to ongoing coronavirus restrictions. There will also be church services in drive-in cinemas, the church announced on Tuesday in the northern German

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Trump takes tough questions about Black people at Town Hall event

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2020

U.S. voters had a rare opportunity to ask President Donald Trump tough questions during a town hall event on Tuesday night. Trump fielded questions ranging from police brutality against Black people, to his decision to downplay the coronavirus pandemic and his tepid support for mask-wearing. Referring to Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again,” one

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Paul Rusesabagina, Hotel Rwanda hero, charged with terrorism

Daily Dispatch September 14, 2020

Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, appeared in a Rwandan court on Monday, charged with terrorism. Security was tight security at the Kicukiro Primary Court in Kigali, where he was charged with 13 counts related to terrorism. According to The New Times of Rwanda, the charge Rusesabagina […]

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Prostitution legal in Sweden, but illegal to be a prostitute’s customer

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

The laws on prostitution in Sweden make it illegal to buy sex, but not to sell the use of one’s own body for such services. Procuring and operating a brothel remain illegal. The criminalisation of the purchase of sex, but not the selling of one’s own body for sex, was unique when first enacted in […]

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Mali: Fresh Crisis Looms Over Transition Leader’s Appointment

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2020

The opposition movement in Mali has rejected a charter for a transition government backed by the ruling army officers who ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The military junta backed a charter for an 18-month transition government on Saturday, after a three-day forum with political parties and civil-society representatives. But the June 5 Movement, which took […]

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Woman Jailed Two Years For Cutting Off Own Hand In Insurance Scam

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2020

A woman who cut off her own hand with a circular saw in the hope of getting a €1m (£925,000) insurance payout has been sentenced to two years in prison. Julija Adlesic, 22, from Slovenia, plotted with her boyfriend to have her left hand severed above the wrist at their home in the capital Ljubljana […]