Morrisons suitor teams up with rival in £6.3bn bid attempt
Private equity firm Apollo Global Management, which confirmed it was considering a bid for Morrisons earlier this month, said it will no longer be making an offer for the supermarket.
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HEALTH 
July 20, 2021 US raises UK Covid warning level to ‘very high’ and discourages travel
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has raised its Covid-19 warning level for the UK to “very high”, the highest rating on the agency’s scale measuring the amount of Covid-19 within a country.
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UK NEWS
July 20, 2021 Record number of migrants cross English Channel in one day
Dozens of men, women and children crossed the sea in small boats throughout the day, including about 50 people who arrived in a dinghy on a beach in Dungeness, Kent.
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WORLD
July 20, 2021 China plans mass rocket launch to divert asteroid that could wipe out life on Earth
Chinese researchers want to send more than 20 rockets from the country to practise diverting asteroids away from Earth.
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GREEKS ABROAD
July 20, 2021 Gianaris, Riders Alliance Hold Summer Picnic in Astoria Park
ASTORIA – Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris and Riders Alliance, one of New York’s largest transit-rider advocacy organizations, held a summer picnic with western Queens residents at Astoria Park on July 15 to discuss issues facing mass transit riders.
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CYPRUS
July 20, 2021 Cyprus marks 47 years since the Turkish invasion, paying tribute to dead
Cyprus pays tribute today to all those killed during the Turkish invasion in 1974 which resulted in the occupation of 37% of the Mediterranean island`s territory, an EU member state since 2004. The people of Cyprus, the political and religious leadership, as well as political parties and organisations remember and condemn the continuing illegal occupation […]
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ENVIRONMENT
July 20, 2021 Europe’s hydrogen split: blue vs green and north vs south
The only element keeping blue hydrogen projects alive are subsidies and as green hydrogen declines in cost more government subsidies will be needed. This might be good for Shell and Exxon but is unlikely to be popular with voters, writes Mike Parr.
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GREECE
July 20, 2021 Legendary singer Tolis Voskopoulos dies at 80
Apostolos Voskopoulos, or better known as Tolis Voskopoulos (Greek: Τόλης Βοσκόπουλος) (born 26 July 1940, in Kokkinia, Piraeus – 19 July 2021) was one of the legends of modern Greek music has died in Hospital from a heart attack only a few days before his birthday.
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HISTORY
July 20, 2021 20 July 2021: This day in history
1881: Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull, surrenders to US federal troops 1921: Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson becomes the first woman to preside over the floor of US House of Representatives 1969: Apollo 11 lunar module carrying Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin lands on the surface of the Moon; Aldrin and Armstrong walk on the moon seven hours later; Michael Collins remains in orbit in the lunar […]
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UK NEWS
July 19, 2021 London clubbers celebrate first night of freedom as Covid restrictions are lifted
London clubbers on Monday flocked to one of the first rule-free live music events since the pandemic began last year, dancing through the night and rejoicing in human interaction as England lifted most Covid-19 restrictions at midnight.
