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COVID-19: BBC Says No Evidence Trump Was Faking

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2020

Reacting to what it called “false claims”, the BBC’s anti-disinformation unit said it has analysed claims that US president, Donald Trump, had dismissed COVID-19 as hoax and that his and his wife’s positive test results may be ‘fake’. The medium’s Kris Bramwell alongside Upasana Bhat, Alistair

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Trump suffers fatigue, rushed to hospital after testing positive for Covid-19

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2020

US president, Donald Trump is being transported to the Walter Reed medical center as he experiences mild coronavirus symptoms. The White House announced on Friday that Trump, who confirmed late on Thursday that he tested positive for COVID-19, will spend “the next few days” at the military hospital in Maryland. “Out of an abundance of […]

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Breaking: Trump, Wife Test Positive For Coronavirus

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2020

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president announced early Friday morning. In a tweet, the president said “we will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” The president said earlier Thursday they were beginning a “quarantine process” as they awaited […]

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Breaking: Emir Of Kuwait al-Sabah Dies In US Hospital At 91

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2020

Kuwait’s 91-year-old Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah died on Tuesday in a hospital in the United States. “With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn … the death of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, emir of the State of Kuwait,” said Sheikh Ali Jarrah al-Sabah, the minister in charge of royal affairs, in a television broadcast. […]

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Breaking: Mali transition president Ndaw sworn in

Daily Dispatch September 25, 2020

Mali’s interim president, Bah Ndaw, chosen to head a transitional government following a coup last month, was sworn in during ceremonies in the capital Bamako on Friday, AFP journalists witnessed.  A committee appointed by the junta which seized power on August 18, toppling president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, selected Ndaw, a 70-year-old retired colonel, as interim […]

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S/Arabia to allow Umrah pilgrimage to resume from October – Report

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2020

Saudi Arabia will allow the Muslim minor pilgrimage, the Umrah, to gradually resume starting in October, around seven months after it was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Oct. 4, Saudis and foreign residents in the kingdom will be able to perform the Umrah, an Interior Ministry source said in a statement published by […]