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'It's not upbeat': UK's Tory conference reels from U-turn
'It's not upbeat': UK's Tory conference reels from U-turn
by  AFP

Protesters outside the British Conservative party's annual conference added an air of musical farce after the new government's signature economic policy was left in tatters Monday. Truss is due to close the conference on Wednesday, 22 years after her Tory predecessor Margaret Thatcher declared "the lady's not for turning" on her own economic platform.

Calls for more funding as pre-COP27 climate talks open in DR Congo
Calls for more funding as pre-COP27 climate talks open in DR Congo
by  AFP

Warning "no-one will escape" a worsening crisis, DR Congo led calls on Monday for a surge in funding to brake global heating and fight its impacts at the start of pre-COP27 climate talks in Kinshasa. "Unless a global effort is made ... no-one will escape," Bazaiba warned.

W. African bloc flies envoys to Burkina Faso after latest coup
W. African bloc flies envoys to Burkina Faso after latest coup
by  AFP

Envoys from the West African bloc ECOWAS were heading to Burkina Faso on Monday after the jihadist-torn Sahel state underwent its second military coup in less than nine months. ECOWAS -- the Economic Community of West African States -- issued a statement welcoming "a peaceful settlement of their differences" and announced it would dispatch a delegation to Ouagadougou on Monday.

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