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UN alarm as M23 rebel group closes in on Goma in eastern DRC | Democratic Republic of the Congo newsthirst.

António Guterres has voiced alarm over the M23 rebel group’s advance towards eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s largest city in a renewed insurgency that has displaced more than 178,000 people in the past two weeks. In a statement though his spokesperson, the United Nations secretary general said M23’s advance had had a devastating toll…

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UK firms plan price rises as confidence falls to lowest level since Truss budget | Economics newsthirst.

More than half of British companies are planning price rises in the next three months, according to research that found UK business confidence has slumped to its lowest since the chaos of Liz Truss’s brief stint as prime minister. Of 4,800 businesses polled by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), 55% said they expected to…

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Trump nominees for treasury, interior secretary and EPA chief to face senators – live | Trump administration newsthirst.

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Interior secretary nominee Burgum to back expanded oil and gas drilling on public lands Doug Burgum, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the interior department, will tell senators at his confirmation hearing today that he supports expanding oil and gas drilling on…

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Trump acknowledged he could cause a recession, but just didn’t want a depression, according to WSJ newsthirst.

President Donald Trump wanted to avoid sending the economy into a depression through his contentious plan for tariffs, according to The Wall Street Journal. Trump privately said he was aware that his broad and steep plan for levies unveiled last week could tip the economy into a recession, but he didn’t want a depression, according…

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