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New Delhi: Toy retailer Hamleys, owned by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd., has inaugurated its first retail store in Italy with franchisee Giochi Preziosi S.P.A (GP), a prominent player in the European country’s toy manufacturing and distribution industry.. Under the terms of the franchise agreement, GP has secured the exclusive rights to operate Hamleys stores throughout Italy, Reliance Brands Ltd. (RBL), that acquired the British toy retailer in 2019, said in a statement on Thursday Hamleys has made its debut in Italy with a store in Milan at the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II.

Hamleys, owned by Reliance Brands Limited has opened first retail store in Italy with franchisee Giochi Preziosi SPA (GP), a leading player in Italy's toy manufacturing and distribution industry. Under the terms of the franchise agreement, GP has the rights to operate Hamleys stores throughout Italy. The first store is situated in Milan, at the renowned Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, and will be followed by the launch of a flagship store in Rome. “Guided by our vision — crafting memories through the joy of play, we are looking forward to becoming a centerpiece store in the popular shopping and tourist destination of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan,” said Sumeet Yadav, CEO, Hamleys Global. Hamleys was founded in 1760 by William Hamley and acquired by Reliance Brands Limited (RBL) in 2019. Currently it has a footprint of 191 stores spread across 15 countries. Hamleys continues to expand into newer markets, most recently the Balkans, with its first store in Albania and Kosovo, and further its reach in existing territories like India and Middle East with a store in Qatar. Spread across 13,300 sq.

A flotilla of flimsy boats, crowded with migrants and launched from Tunisia is overwhelming a tiny Italian island south of Sicily

red fire ants, one of the most invasive species on the earth and the fifth most expensive to combat, have reached Europe. With the scientific name of Solenopsis invicta, the red ants have their origin in South America. Their sting is ‘painful and irritating' and can cause pustules and allergic reactions. The stings can trigger potentially deadly anaphylactic shock.

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said India's law to protect plant varieties and farmers' rights can be emulated for the entire world, especially in the context of climate change challenges. “India has taken a lead in introducing the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act (PPVFR), which is aligned to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for food and agriculture (ITPGRFA) to protect farmers," Murmu said while delivering the inaugural speech at the first-ever global symposium on farmers' rights. “My country provides a range of rights to farmers including use, re-use, save, share and sell the unbranded seeds of a registered variety.

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China's Belt and Road investment plan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Sunday, but doing so would not damage bilateral relations. «We have yet to make a decision,» Meloni told a press conference at the close of the G20 summit in New Delhi, a day after meeting for talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Should Rome decide to quit, it «would not compromise relations» with China, Meloni said. Critics say the Belt and Road plan is a Trojan horse to increase China's influence and Meloni is under pressure to exit, but hopes to do so without inflaming tensions. The deal automatically renews in March 2024 unless Italy opts out by the end of this year. Meloni said the government was «evaluating the merits» of being part of the trillion-dollar investment scheme, which debt-ridden Italy joined in 2019. It is the only one of the group of leading developed democracies to have signed up. Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said earlier this month that the Belt and Road initiative «has not produced the results we were hoping for». The Italian PM is tipped to travel to Beijing for a state visit in the next few months, or at the start of next year, but would not be drawn on a possible date. «It makes more sense to go to China when we have more elements about our bilateral cooperation and how to develop it,» she said. Meloni's meeting with Li, their first face-to-face, came as a broad alliance of states at the G20 unveiled ambitious plans to create a modern-day Spice Route linking Europe, the Middle East and India, which signatories hope will offer a counterbalance to lavish Chinese infrastructure spending. Some analysts expect Meloni to pull out of Belt and Road while boosting other existing Italy-China accords. The meeting

New Delhi: India’s presidency of G20 or the Group of 20 has been able to bring all member countries to the table on the issue of war in Ukraine and brought to the fore the voice of the emerging markets as moderators, said foreign policy experts, highlighting the country's heritage as the voice of reason. The New Delhi Declaration issued on the first day of the two-day G20 Summit set the direction of future negotiations on important economic issues including climate financing which has for the first time put $5.9 trillion number to the green financing requirements for developing countries, reforms in multilateral banks, international taxation and sustainable development.

Lula da Silva said on Saturday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin would not be arrested in Brazil if he attends the Group of 20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro next year. Interviewed on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Delhi by news show Firstpost, Lula said Putin would be invited to next year's event, adding that he himself planned to attend a BRICS bloc of developing nations meeting due in Russia before the Rio meeting. «I believe that Putin can go easily to Brazil,» Lula said. «What I can say to you is that if I'm president of Brazil, and he comes to Brazil, there's no way he will be arrested.» The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March, accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.

da Silva said on Saturday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin would not be arrested in Brazil if he attends the Group of 20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro next year. Interviewed on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Delhi by news show Firstpost, Lula said Putin would be invited to next year's event, adding that he himself planned to attend a BRICS bloc of developing nations meeting due in Russia before the Rio meeting.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit

Joe Biden is en route to the G20 conference in New Delhi, India, where he is scheduled to hold discussions with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and possibly meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The proposed multinational infrastructure deal holds significant strategic importance.

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China's foreign minister is seeking to sell his Italian counterpart on the benefits of leader Xi Jinping's signature “Belt and Road” initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects, as Rome considers whether to renew the agreement

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insurance policy for his wife, Ginni Thomas, was valued at less than $100,000 in 2021. The reason cited by Thomas for accepting the luxurious means of transport was increased security risks. He stated that his security detail advised non-commercial travel whenever feasible, particularly following a leak that indicated the court's intention to overturn established abortion rights, Reuters reported.

In China’s current economic travails, US and other Group of Seven nations increasingly see evidence of deep-seated structural problems that ultimately will strengthen the West’s hand against a weakening geopolitical competitor. The view emerging from officials in Washington, Rome, Tokyo and other capitals, who spoke with Bloomberg News mostly on condition of anonymity in recent days, is that the dominant economic narrative that has guided the flows of capital around the globe for decades is flipping fast.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Dubai and Spain in September to seek investments, a senior official said on Thursday.

Amazon Prime Video, with the much-anticipated release of The Wheel of Time Season 2 among them. The routine practice of adding and removing content from Amazon Prime Video's library aims to keep viewers engaged and adhere to legal obligations.