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Stories for August 17th 2020
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Monday, August 17th 2020 - 08:25 UTC
Demonstrators protest outside US Postmaster General home in Washington
A small group of demonstrators held a noisy protest outside the Washington condo of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy amid growing concerns that he is gutting the US Postal Service to help President Donald Trump win reelection in November.
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Monday, August 17th 2020 - 08:21 UTC
Mexican president says economy recovering jobs
Mexico added back 52,455 jobs in August, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday, hailing the news as a sign of recovery after the country lost more than 1 million jobs in the formal economy due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Monday, August 17th 2020 - 08:14 UTC
UK Trade Secretary pledges to fight US tariffs on Scotch whisky
British Trade Secretary Liz Truss pledged to fight U.S tariffs on Scotch whiskey, calling them “unacceptable and unfair” in an op-ed in the Telegraph on Sunday. “I will fight to consign these unfair tariffs to the bin of history”, she wrote while accusing the European Union of failing to protect British and Scottish interests.
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Monday, August 17th 2020 - 08:10 UTC
Australian marathon swimmer breaks the men's record for number of English Channel crossings, 35
An Australian marathon swimmer on Sunday (Aug 16) became the second woman to break the men's record for number of Channel crossings - and avoided new UK quarantine rules on French arrivals on her return.
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Monday, August 17th 2020 - 08:02 UTC
“A” Level exams controversy becomes a political time bomb for Boris Johnson
The British government was criticized by lawmakers in its own party on Sunday after a mounting row over English exam grades awarded during the COVID-19 pandemic intensified, in the latest hit to its reputation.
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Monday, August 17th 2020 - 07:58 UTC
New Zealand's PM Jacinda Arden postpones the general election to October 17
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday postponed the general election by four weeks to Oct 17 but ruled out delaying it any further, as the country tackles a new outbreak of the coronavirus.
