Turkey sends drill ship on first Med mission in two years
Turkey on Tuesday (9 August) sent its newest drill ship on the first eastern Mediterranean energy exploration mission in nearly two years.
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HISTORY 
August 9, 2022 9 August 2022: This day in history
48 BC: Caesar’s civil war: Battle of Pharsalus – Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. 378: Battle of Adrianople: Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens 1790: Robert Gray’s Columbia Rediviva returns to Boston after 3 year journey, 1st American ship to circumnavigate the Globe 1898: Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his […]
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WORLD
August 8, 2022 China extends military drills around Taiwan as fears grow of conflict
China is extending threatening military exercises around Taiwan that have already disrupted shipping and air traffic, further fuelling concerns about potential conflict in the region.
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ECONOMY
August 8, 2022 Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss rule out emergency Budget before new PM chosen
Boris Johnson and both Conservative leadership candidates have ruled out an emergency cost of living Budget until the next prime minister is chosen, amid calls led by Gordon Brown for immediate action.
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INTERVIEWS
August 8, 2022 Sophie Cotsis MP to host brain cancer awareness event at NSW Parliament
The 5th Brain Cancer Awareness Raising Event is set to be held at NSW Parliament House in Sydney on Wednesday, August 10 at 5.45pm. The event is being hosted by Sophie Cotsis MP and has been sponsored by The Brain Cancer Group in association with Brain Tumour Alliance Australia (BTAA). To find out more about the upcoming event, we […]
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CYPRUS
August 8, 2022 The people of Famagusta strongly condemn Turkish actions in the fenced off area of Varosha
Cypriots who disagree with Turkey’s plans on the island.
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EUROPE
August 8, 2022 EU plan to cut gas use by 15% set to come into effect
An EU plan to cut gas consumption across the bloc by 15 per cent to cope with an energy price crisis spurred by Russia’s war in Ukraine comes into effect on Tuesday (9 August).
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HISTORY
August 8, 2022 8 August 2022: This day in history
1509: Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire in Southern India 1609: Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei’s telescope 1786: US Congress unanimously chooses the dollar as the monetary unit for the United States of America 1925: 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (between 25,000 and 40,000 marchers) in Washington, D.C. 1945: USSR […]
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ECONOMY
August 7, 2022 Liz Truss will ‘rush through’ tax cuts to tackle cost of living crisis
Liz Truss will rush through tax cuts up to six months earlier than planned, The Telegraph can disclose, with the Foreign Secretary pledging to “look at what more can be done” to tackle the rising cost of living.
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UK NEWS
August 7, 2022 London Underground: Government plans for driverless Tubes as capital hit with summer of train strikes
The ongoing funding dispute between Transport for London (TfL) and the government has prompted Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to propose the possibility of driverless trains on the London Underground.
