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African climate summit opens in DR Congo
African climate summit opens in DR Congo
by  AFP

Environment ministers from about 50 countries will gather in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday for a "pre-COP27" climate summit, with rich nations likely to come under pressure to raise spending to combat climate change.

Medicine Prize opens Nobel week clouded by war
Medicine Prize opens Nobel week clouded by war
by  AFP

Breast cancer discoveries and mRNA vaccines are seen as possible winners when the Nobel Medicine Prize kicks off a week of winner announcements on Monday, with this year's awards held under the shadow of war in Europe.

Ukraine says key eastern town 'cleared' of Russian troops
Ukraine says key eastern town 'cleared' of Russian troops
by  AFP

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Lyman, a key town located in one of four Ukrainian regions annexed by Russia, had been "cleared" of Moscow's troops. Ukraine's army said it had entered Lyman, a strategic railway hub in the eastern Donetsk region, on Saturday, prompting Moscow to announce the "withdrawal" of its troops from the town towards "more favourable lines".

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