Gas prices swing wildly as Putin vows to boost supplies
Natural gas prices swung wildly on Wednesday as Vladimir Putin vowed to boost supplies to Europe in the face of unprecedented pressure on households and businesses.
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POLITICS 
October 7, 2021 PM’s economic approach under fire as speech echoes F-bomb to business
As political credos go it hardly fits former New York governor Mario Cuomo’s exhortation to “campaign in poetry”, but after this speech to the Conservative Party conference we can be sure Prime Minister Johnson will govern in the same salty prose.
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GREEKS ABROAD
October 7, 2021 The “Big Greek” Michalis Dorizas in University of Pennsylvania’s Alumni Magazine
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The University of Pennsylvania’s alumni magazine, The Pennsylvania Gazette (TPG), featured Michalis “Mike” Dorizas, “the Big Greek,” for his athletic and academic achievements. Born in Constantinople, where he graduated from Robert College, he represented Greece in 1906, 1908 and 1912 in throwing events at the Olympics. At the 1908 Olympic Games in […]
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CYPRUS
October 7, 2021 The UN continues to work with the leaders to move the Cyprus issue forward in a positive direction
The UN continues to work with the leaders of the two communities in Cyprus to move the Cyprus issue forward in a positive direction, said Spokesman of the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric who was called to comment on President’s Anastasiades statement, for the non-issuance of a statement by the United Nations after the informal […]
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EUROPE
October 7, 2021 EU leaders offer words, funds to disillusioned Western Balkans
EU leaders failed to make any further tangible commitment to enlargement on Wednesday (6 October), and instead promised once again “the European perspective” and broader economic support to the increasingly disillusioned Western Balkans, in the hope of keeping the region on its European path.
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HISTORY
October 7, 2021 7 October 2021: This day in history
1571: Battle of Lepanto: Holy League of southern European nations destroy Ottoman fleet in significant loss off Western Greece 1737: A cyclone causes 40 foot waves that are believed to have killed 300,000 in Calcutta, India 1763: George III of Great Britain issues Proclamation of 1763, closing lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlement […]
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ECONOMY
October 6, 2021 Tesco lifts profit targets after ‘strong’ first-half sales
Tesco has lifted its profit targets for the year on the back of a “strong” half-year of sales and announced plans to hand about £500 million back to shareholders.
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HEALTH
October 6, 2021 Covid Scotland: Health watchdog failed to follow own guidance around Nike Conference outbreak
Scotland’s health watchdog failed to follow its own guidance and made no recommendations on how to improve the response to Covid-19 outbreaks following the Nike Conference outbreak in Edinburgh, it can be revealed.
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WORLD
October 6, 2021 Revealed: Wuhan and US scientists planned to create new coronaviruses
Scientists from Wuhan and the US were planning to create new coronaviruses that did not exist in nature by combining the genetic codes of other viruses, proposals show.
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ECONOMY
October 6, 2021 Boris Johnson fails to rule out fuel duty rise
Boris Johnson has failed to rule out the possibility that fuel duty could rise this year, despite soaring prices already piling pressure on to motorists.
