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The Bank of England's new chief economist, Huw Pill, said inflation in Britain could surpass a "very uncomfortable" 5% and the question of whether to raise interest rates was a "live" one at its early November meeting, the Financial Times reported.

Hundreds of school children stormed Democratic Republic of Congo's parliament on Thursday demanding the government raise teachers' pay and end a strike that has shut down lessons for more then two weeks.

The three German parties working to form a new coalition government aim to wrap up their talks by the end of November and elect Social Democrat Olaf Scholz chancellor in the week of Dec. 6, party officials said on Thursday.

A labour dispute at Germany's public-sector banks deepened on Wednesday after a third round of talks failed to reach agreement, with inflation fears prompting unions to stand firm over demands for higher wages.

Italy plans to set aside at least 8 billion euros for tax cuts ($9.33 billion) in its 2022 budget and to spend another 1 billion to reduce household energy bills, two political sources said.

Germany's business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) joined the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens on Monday in approving a decision by party leaders to proceed with three-way coalition talks to form what they called "a government of the middle".

Germany's business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP) joined the Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens on Monday in approving a decision by party leaders to proceed with three-way coalition talks to form what they called "a government of the middle".

The leader of Germany's centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), Olaf Scholz, took a major step towards succeeding Angela Merkel as chancellor on Friday, announcing that he and the leaders of two smaller parties aimed to move into formal coalition talks.

Colombia will seek up to $2 billion in World Bank financing for 2022 efforts on climate change, biodiversity, improvements to the healthcare and help for young people, President Ivan Duque said on Monday.

Thousands of Deere & Co workers were set to go on strike, days after overwhelmingly rejecting a six-year labor contract that was agreed on by United Auto Workers negotiators and the tractor maker.