Retail sales fall in July for first time since shops reopened
UK retail sales slipped last month to the weakest performance since shops reopened in April after lockdown restrictions, according to official figures.
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ECONOMY
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POLITICS 
August 20, 2021 Raab faces further pressure over Afghanistan delays as it emerges phone call delegated to junior minister never took place
A phone call that Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab was advised to make to Afghanistan’s foreign minister but which was delegated to a junior minister did not take place, it has emerged.
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GREEKS ABROAD
August 20, 2021 EMBCA Hosts Never Forget: The Burning of Smyrna & the 30 Year Genocide Sept. 12
NEW YORK – The East Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance (EMBCA) presents the webinar Never Forget: The Burning of Smyrna and the 30 Year (1894-1924) Systemic Hellenic/ Christian Genocide via Zoom on Sunday, September 12, 2 PM/ 9 PM Athens, in association with AHEPA’s Hellenic Cultural Commission.
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CYPRUS
August 20, 2021 Tourists from new markets expected in Cyprus in coming months
Tourist arrivals in August and September are expected to be at the same level as in July and maybe slightly higher, Deputy Minister for Tourism Savvas Perdios has told the Cyprus News Agency. Perdios said that new tourism markets will come to the front in the coming months and in 2022.
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EUROPE
August 20, 2021 EU funds Romania’s brown bear search
Romania, which is home to an estimated 6,000 brown bears, the largest population in the EU, has launched a project to find the real population of these bears, using EU cohesion funds.
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HISTORY
August 20, 2021 20 August 2021: This day in history
1597: 1st Dutch East India Company ships return from the Far East 1619: 1st known African Americans in English North America (approx. 20) land at Point Comfort (Fort Monroe), Virginia. They are then sold or traded into servitude. 1741: Alaska first sighted by Danish explorer Vitus Bering at head of Russian expedition 1866: President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War […]
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UK NEWS
August 19, 2021 British university students heading to Spain face visa delays due to Brexit
British students due to start university in Spain within weeks could have their plans put on hold due to visa delays.
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POLITICS
August 19, 2021 Jeremy Corbyn backed withdrawal from Afghanistan – now wants UK to ‘play its part’
The Taliban’s political leaders are believed to be making their way to Kabul in order to finalise the outfit’s takeover of Afghanistan. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, one of the Taliban’s founding members, had been in Qatar, having been released from prison in 2018 to help facilitate the peace process with the US. Pictures this week showed Taliban members entering […]
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ECONOMY
August 19, 2021 Pension triple lock at risk of being AXED as Rishi Sunak under pressure- are you affected?
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is facing mounting pressure to suspend the triple lock system for next year ahead of unprecedented increases for State Pensions. Wage statistics have shown if the triple lock system dictated the increase for State Pensions in 2022, they would rise by a staggering eight percent.
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HEALTH
August 19, 2021 Jabbed adults infected with Delta ‘can match virus levels of unvaccinated’
Fully vaccinated adults can harbour virus levels as high as unvaccinated people if infected with the Delta variant, according to a sweeping analysis of UK data, which supports the idea that hitting the threshold for herd immunity is unlikely.
