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Stories for September 17th 2017

• Sunday, September 17th 2017 - 12:44 UTC

  UK's Newton Fund offering opportunities for regional workshops and travel grants

  

  The Newton Fund, a UK Government initiative, has announced the opening of applications for scientific researchers of six Latin American countries (among them, Argentina) to take part in regional workshops on biodiversity or travel grants to the United Kingdom.

• Sunday, September 17th 2017 - 11:44 UTC

  Britain's unemployment falls to a 42 year low, but wages remain far below inflation

  

  Britain’s unemployment rate has fallen to a new year 42-year low, official data showed on Wednesday, but wages growth remains far below overall inflation. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% in the quarter through to the end of July, reaching the lowest level since 1975, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement. It had stood at 4.4% in the three months to June.

• Sunday, September 17th 2017 - 08:38 UTC

  UNWTO newly-formed Disaster Recovery Working Group for the Affected States in the Caribbean.

  

  The program was formed to meet the needs of member states that have been recently impacted by powerful natural disasters such as hurricanes, tropical storms and earthquakes .Speaking at a special meeting of the newly convened recovery program, Secretary General of the UNWTO, Taleb Rifai said, “We cannot just stand still – it is not right.