Dominic Raab ‘open-minded’ about allowing asylum seekers to work in UK
Dominic Raab, the new justice secretary, has said he would be “open-minded” about allowing asylum seekers to work to help tackle the UK’s labour shortage.
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POLITICS
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TOURISM 
September 30, 2021 China’s Golden Week travel not expected to return to pre-COVID levels this year
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Golden Week holiday this year is unlikely to see domestic travel rebound to pre-COVID levels, industry estimates show, hurt by uncertainty over pandemic curbs and consumer fears about the health of the economy.
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GREEKS ABROAD
September 30, 2021 Harvard University and Tufts University Organise Conference on Greek Revolution
NEW YORK — The George Seferis Chair of Modern Greek Studies, Harvard University, and the Karamanlis Chair of Hellenic and European Studies, The Fletcher School at Tufts University will co-sponsor a two-day international conference marking the 200th anniversary since the 1821 Greek war of independence, entitled “New Perspectives on the Greek Revolution”. The online conference […]
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CYPRUS
September 30, 2021 Cypriot students below EU average in learning two or more foreign languages
Cyprus is one of the countries in the European Union with the lowest percentage of pupils in upper secondary general education that studied two or more foreign languages in 2019, according to data from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical service. The percentage of students in upper secondary education learning two or more languages in Cyprus in […]
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EUROPE
September 30, 2021 Youth organisations want ‘more than just a seat in the room’ in talks on Europe’s future
European youth should participate in political discussions, specifically on reforming democratic processes and not just on traditional topics like education, European Youth Forum President Silja Markkula told EURACTIV.
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HISTORY
September 30, 2021 30 September 2021: This day in history
1520: Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566) 1846: Anesthetic ether used for 1st time by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth 1862: Prussia Minister President Otto von Bismarck’s delivers his “Blood & Iron” speech 1938: Treaty of Munich signed by Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Édouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain, forces Czechoslovakia to give territory to […]
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POLITICS
September 30, 2021 The Aukus agreement, what repercussions for the European Union?
On 15 September, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the formation of a partnership called “AUKUS”, with the aim, among other things, of providing the Australian Navy with nuclear-powered submarines over the next few decades. This trilateral agreement, presented by US President Joe Biden as responding to “the imperative of ensuring peace […]
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AUTO MOTO
September 29, 2021 ‘No thank you, prime minister’: Lorry drivers decline Boris Johnson’s Christmas visa offer
Boris Johnson’s proposed three-month working visa for European truckers is not proving a popular prospect for some European lorry drivers.
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HEALTH
September 29, 2021 Vitamin A nasal drops to be trialled to help restore post-COVID smell loss
A 12-week trial will look at whether nasal drops can help those who lost their sense of smell after having COVID-19.
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UK NEWS
September 29, 2021 UK cold weather forecast: SNOW hits Britain as mercury to plunge below zero
Mountain hikers in Scotland are battling against harsher winds and blizzards, while much of the UK has seen a drastic drop from the unseasonably balmy September. It comes as meteorologists suggest a cold front will strike the UK as October begins, bringing a more conventional autumn.
