Food and petrol price rises drive UK inflation higher in June
The UK’s rate of inflation soared to its highest for almost three years in June on the back of increases in the prices of food and motor fuel.
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ECONOMY
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GREEKS ABROAD 
July 14, 2021 Maloney Visits North Brooklyn Angels Facility, Highlights Group’s Community Work
BROOKLYN, NY – Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) this week visited the North Brooklyn Angels’ new facility on Kent Street. The Congresswoman recently submitted a community project funding request for $676,000 to expand the North Brooklyn Angels preparation and distribution of free meals and produce to food-insecure individuals and fund projects including Operation Neighbors Feeding Seniors […]
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CYPRUS
July 14, 2021 AKEL calls for the creation of a European airborne firefighting base in Cyprus
AKEL Member of the European Parliament G. Georgiou, raised before the European Commission, with the urgency procedure, the adverse effects of the fires that broke out in Cyprus recently, calling for the immediate creation of a European airborne firefighting base. More specifically, AKEL MEP G.Georgiou stressed that the recent fires had as a tragic result […]
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EUROPE
July 14, 2021 EU throws open courtroom doors for new wave of citizen climate litigations
The scope of legislation that can be challenged in court for breaching environmental rights has been widened following a deal struck by lawmakers in the European Parliament and representatives from EU capitals.
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HISTORY
July 14, 2021 14 July 2021: This day in history
1789: Bastille Day – the French Revolution begins with the storming of the Bastille Prison in Paris (now celebrated as France’s national day) 1798: US Sedition Act prohibits “false, scandalous & malicious” writing against government 1850: 1st public demonstration of ice made by refrigeration by Florida physician John Gorrie 1933: All non-Nazi parties are banned in Germany 1941: 6,000 Lithuanian Jews […]
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SPORTS
July 13, 2021 England’s footballers deserve so much better from cowardly, tiresome politicians
First of all, it really shouldn’t matter that they are such nice lads.
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TOURISM
July 13, 2021 Foreign holidays Delta blow! Europe shuts up shop as cases soar
Popular destinations including Spain, Portugal, Greece and Cyprus are among those now tightening restrictions as cases of the Delta Covid variant soar. Although deaths and hospitalisations have so far remained low, a new wave of infections is unnerving governments.
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WORLD
July 13, 2021 Afghanistan stunned by scale and speed of security forces’ collapse
Last autumn, with the departure of American troops from Afghanistan looming after the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban, several of the most senior security officials in Kabul urged President Ashraf Ghani to make some hard choices.
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WORLD
July 13, 2021 Legal threats to Donald Trump ‘more serious than ever before’, experts say
As a New York criminal investigation continues after bringing tax fraud charges against Donald Trump’s business and a top executive, other prosecutors in Georgia, Washington DC and New York have inquiries under way that could also yield serious charges against Trump and his company, according to former prosecutors and public records.
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POLITICS
July 13, 2021 MPs to vote on foreign aid budget cuts, but tax rises are threatened if government loses
Boris Johnson has called the bluff of rebel Tory MPs demanding a Commons vote on Rishi Sunak’s controversial decision to cut spending on overseas aid.
