Job vacancies top 1 million as economy rebounds from crisis
The number of job vacancies has topped 1 million for the first time ever as the economy recovers from the pandemic, the Office for National Statistics said.
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ECONOMY
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GREEKS ABROAD 
August 17, 2021 Remote island school needs new head on £59k to oversee THREE pupils
Located between Orkney and Shetland, it is Britain’s most remote inhabited island with more puffins than people.
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UK NEWS
August 17, 2021 Millions of UK homes could be heated with hydrogen by 2030
About 3 million households in the UK could begin using low-carbon hydrogen to heat their homes and cook rather than fossil fuel gas under government proposals to attract at least £4bn of investment to the hydrogen economy by 2030.
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WORLD
August 17, 2021 Biden Stands Behind Afghan Withdrawal in Speech
WASHINGTON — President Biden offered a defiant defense on Monday of his decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, blaming the swift collapse of the Afghan government and chaotic scenes at the Kabul airport on the refusal of the country’s military to stand and fight in the face of the Taliban advance.
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POLITICS
August 17, 2021 PM set to announce resettlement scheme for Afghans ‘most in need’
Boris Johnson is set to announce a bespoke resettlement scheme for those “most in need” in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s dramatic takeover of the country, Downing Street has said.
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GREEKS ABROAD
August 17, 2021 Capital Region AHEPA Hosts 2nd Annual Golf Outing (Photos)
DELMAR, NY – After a one year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Troy, NY AHEPA Chapter 306, Schenectady, NY AHEPA Chapter 125, and Albany, NY AHEPA Chapter 140 jointly held their 2nd Annual The Eleftheria Capital Region AHEPA Golf Outing on August 11 at Normanside Country Club in Delmar. The National Herald At the […]
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CYPRUS
August 17, 2021 Cyprus announces new country categorisation concerning COVID-19
New changes have been announced by the Epidemiological Monitoring Unit of the Ministry of Health as regards the categorisation of countries based on new epidemiological risk assessment which will come into effect on Thursday, 19th August.
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EUROPE
August 17, 2021 EU foreign ministers to hold Afghan crisis talks
EU foreign ministers will hold emergency talks via videolink Tuesday (17 August) on the situation in Afghanistan as European nations scramble to evacuate personnel from the country, officials said.
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HISTORY
August 17, 2021 17 August 2021: This day in history
1590: Governor of Roanoke Island colony, John White, returns from England to find no trace of the colonists he had left there 3 years earlier [or Aug 18, 1591] 1903: Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University & begins the Pulitzer Prizes in America 1945: Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declare Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) independent from the Netherlands […]
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POLITICS
August 16, 2021 State pension age will rise ‘past age 70 and beyond’. Start planning for it now
The State Pension age will start climbing from today’s 66 to 67 in just five years, and it will continue rising after that. Millions face working until later in life unless they start building their own retirement savings today.
