Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

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Your morning briefing to start your day informed.

Suicide bombers thought to be aligned with the ISIS group have attacked two police checkpoints in Gaza, killing three Palestinian officers.

UNHCR said that at least 40 persons are feared dead or missing in shipwreck off Libya with an estimated 60 having been rescued.

U.S. President Donald Trump weighed into Italy’s political crisis on Tuesday, saying he hoped Giuseppe Conte would be reinstated as prime minister, as the climate improved in party talks to form a new government.

Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney said Ireland is open to suggestions to break the Brexit stalemate over the backstop but Britain has not provided any alternative arrangements that “do the same job.”Meanwhile UK opposition parties agree to work together to stop no-deal Brexit.

Seven Brazilian states have formally requested the help of the military to fight the fires burning in the Amazon . Canada’s decision to legalise cannabis has not resulted in removing organised crime from the chain, a Dutch police academic warned. In another story we read that the US, the EU, Iceland, and Norway signed an agreement, through which to remove one-sided time constraints on U.S. air carrier leases of aircraft with crew in the lucrative U.S.-EU air transport market.

Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have surged to tie with Joe Biden atop the list of Democratic presidential contenders, according to a poll that suggests the three are solidifying their status as the top tier in the massive field.

Malta Newspaper Review

The Maltese Newspapers lead with various stories, however one story which features prominently is linked to the 2020 budget, which is to be presented in mid-October. the pre-budget document titled ‘Sustaining Inclusive Growth’. Finance Minister Edward Scicluna said the budget has 18 priority areas and will strike a balance between environmental protection and economic development.

Malta has refused a request by a rescue ship carrying 100 migrants to enter its ports or to receive water and food supplies. The government argued that the rescue took place in the Libyan search and rescue area.

The Confederation of Women’s Rights Organisations warned that infections from unprotected sex at massage parlours can be then transmitted to the clients’ partners and develop into cancer.

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On this day…

In 1963, some 200,000 people marched on Washington, D.C., an event that became a high point of the civil rights movement, especially remembered for the famous “I Have a Dream” speech of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thought Of The Day

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.” –  Martin Luther King 

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