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UK borrowing hits five-year high ahead of budget
UK borrowing hits five-year high ahead of budget
by  AFP

UK government borrowing reached a five-year high in September, official data showed Tuesday, adding pressure to the government ahead of its annual budget. The public deficit between April -- the start of the UK fiscal year -- and September hit £99.8 billion ($133.6 billion), the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.

Nigerian monarch takes on oil giant in search of environmental justice
Nigerian monarch takes on oil giant in search of environmental justice
by  AFP

Growing up in southern Nigeria during the 1970s, Bubaraye Dakolo would easily catch 20 kilograms of fish within minutes. Now Dakolo, the monarch of Ekpetiama, a kingdom in the southern coastal state of Bayelsa, a custodian of peace and tradition and a former soldier, has risen to be one of the country's prominent environmental crusaders.

Paris verdict due in TotalEnergies 'greenwashing' case
Paris verdict due in TotalEnergies 'greenwashing' case
by  AFP

A Paris court is due to hand down a ruling Thursday whether French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies misled consumers with claims overstating its climate pledges, a case that could help shape greenwashing jurisprudence in Europe and beyond.

China hawk Takaichi named Japan's first woman PM
China hawk Takaichi named Japan's first woman PM
by  AFP

Japan got its first woman prime minister on Tuesday after Sanae Takaichi, a China hawk and social conservative, forged an 11th-hour coalition deal. Parliament appointed Takaichi, an admirer of Margaret Thatcher, as prime minister on Tuesday, after she unexpectedly won a majority in a first round of voting.