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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WORLD
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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.
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UK NEWS
October 6, 2021 Michael Gove to push homebuilding in the north of England
Michael Gove will instruct his Levelling Up department to boost homebuilding in the north of England, after widespread concerns that previous proposals could see development targeted overwhelmingly in the south.
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GREEKS ABROAD
October 6, 2021 World Space Week: Update on the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity from Teddy Tzanetos
PASADENA, CA – World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1999 that World Space Week will be held each year from October 4-10. These dates commemorate two events: The October 4, 1957 launch of […]
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CYPRUS
October 6, 2021 Safe pass in Cyprus will be issued only for fully vaccinated persons from October 18
Cyprus’ Health Ministry announced on Tuesday that from October 18 the safe pass will be issued only for fully vaccinated individuals.
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EUROPE
October 6, 2021 EU leaders to restate Western Balkans enlargement commitment but without timeline
EU leaders are set to reconfirm their commitment to further enlargement ahead of a summit with the six Western Balkan hopefuls on Wednesday (6 October), offering much broader cooperation to the region but failing to commit to a timeline, according to a draft document seen by EURACTIV.
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HISTORY
October 6, 2021 6 October 2021: This day in history
1917: Battle of Passchendaele: Canadian troops capture the village of Passchendaele in the Third Battle of Ypres, after 250,000 casualties on both sides 1939: Adolf Hitler announces plans to regulate Jewish problem 1948: Earthquake in Ashgabat kills 100,000 in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic 1948: Paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey finds the first partial fossil skull of Proconsul africanus, an ancestor of apes and […]
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UK NEWS
October 5, 2021 Government tankers stand idle as fuel crisis continues in London and South East
Fuel tankers from the Government’s emergency fleet have been pictured standing idle despite the ongoing crisis at forecourts across London and the South East.
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ENVIRONMENT
October 5, 2021 England faces environmental catastrophe as polluted water ‘crisis’ sparks extinction fears
Water UK, the industry group that represents the nation’s water suppliers set out the key warning in a report that is due to be published later this week. It will call on the Government to set up a national rivers plan and enact a rivers act. The report, named ’21st Century Rivers: Ten Actions for […]
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GREEKS ABROAD
October 5, 2021 Nobel Prize for medicine given to touch research that could help relieve chronic pain
American scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch which the award-giving body said could pave the way for new pain-killers.
