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Joe Biden and slew of other world leaders will visit India in the second week of September for the G20 Summit. The main event will be held in the national capital on on September 9-10 and is likely to be attended by 29 heads of states as well as top officials of the European Union and invited guest countries and 14 heads of international organisations. Multiple hotels in the Delhi-NCR have been earmarked for attendees.

Hydrogen fuel cell company HDF Energy aims to become a bigger player in the Southern Hemisphere by using part of an old Holden car factory to manufacture 12-metre metal “boxes” containing fuel cells providing electricity.

Rugby Australia will gain control over key management, coaching and talent decisions at the country’s five Super Rugby clubs in a major restructure designed to dramatically improve performance and unify the sport.

British competition regulators have opened a new investigation into Microsoft’s revamped bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard

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Activision Blizzard proposes to sell its streaming rights to Ubisoft Entertainment in a fresh attempt to win approval from UK Competition and Markets Authority for its $69 billion sale to Microsoft. The shares of Activision were trading 1.1% higher, while Microsoft was up 0.7% before noon in New York. Shares of Ubisoft listed in Paris closed 8.8% higher.

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Evera), the company said on Tuesday. «The collaboration will feature an integration of 200 EV charging points super hub in Delhi.

The vice chancellor of Germany has reportedly proposed tightening the screening process for foreign direct investment from China, according to reports from local media outlets. 

Netflix film 'Reptile' starring Justin Timberlake has been released. The crime thriller marks the directorial introduction of Grant Singer. The plot revolves around Detective Nichols (portrayed by Benicio del Toro) as he delves into the investigation of a brutal homicide involving a young real estate agent. Yet, the inquiry takes an unexpected turn, unraveling more layers than anticipated, thereby jeopardizing the bond between Nichols and his wife (played by Alicia Silverstone). Timberlake assumes the role of the victim's boyfriend, as revealed in the intense trailer that seamlessly merges action with the task of solving the crime. In a town where suspicion hangs over everyone, the ensemble cast boasts intriguing characters such as «the friend» of the victim and an eccentric town patroller.

AXA IM, which had 2600 employees in total at the end of 2022, said the job cuts were “conditional” and it was currently in discussion with unions in France and Germany.

Microsoft has submitted a new proposal to Britain's competition regulator for the acquisition of video gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the watchdog said Tuesday, after a previous version of the deal was blocked. Xbox-owner Microsoft launched a bid for Activision Blizzard early last year, seeking to establish the world's third biggest gaming firm by revenue after China's Tencent and Japan's PlayStation maker Sony. But the $69 billion deal for the purchase of the owner of game titles including Call of Duty, World of Warcraft and Candy Crush has faced significant scrutiny by regulators. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has «opened a new phase 1 investigation into a new, restructured deal by Microsoft to buy Activision». It added that the new deal follows confirmation by the regulator that «the original deal would be blocked to protect innovation and choice in cloud gaming». Under the new proposed deal «Microsoft will not acquire cloud rights for existing Activision PC and console games, or for new games released by Activision during the next 15 years (this excludes the European Economic Area),» the CMA said. Instead these rights will be divested to French game developer Ubisoft Entertainment prior to Microsoft's acquisition of Activision, according to the CMA. Ubisoft will in particular have «the ability to supply Activision's gaming content to all cloud gaming service providers (including to Microsoft itself)». «This will allow gamers to access Activision's games in different ways, including through cloud-based multigame subscription services,» Sarah Cardell, the CMA chief executive, said. — Confidence — Cardell added that «this is not a green light». «Our goal has not changed — any future

rise of English has made that less necessary. But most people—at least seven of the world’s eight billion—still do not speak English. That leaves options like pantomime, a willingness to be surprised by what arrives at dinner—or, increasingly, technology.

Seven people were left injured when an attraction at Germany’s biggest theme park came tumbling down last week, police said.

In France, global warming has been wreaking havoc on this ancient equation for some time. Wine-growing regions across the country have seen seasons truncated—the harvest date in the Châteauneuf-de-Pape appellation, one of the most prized, has moved up almost three weeks since 1960.

Also read: Wildfire spreads on Spain's Tenerife island, forces thousands to flee homes "Some records could be broken, notably on Tuesday in the Rhone valley with 40-42C expected," said the national weather service Meteo France. The heatwave is described as "intense and long-lasting" and arriving "particularly late in the season." This weather phenomenon results from a period of high pressure that has created a "heat dome" over the country. In 2022, following a suffocating summer of record temperatures and forest fires, France, for the most part, experienced a typical holiday period this year, avoiding the intense heat that scorched southern Europe in July.

Mona Lisa was stolen. Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa stands as an artistic marvel for several reasons. Not only is it one of the few remaining works by the Renaissance master, but its technical finesse surpasses that of his contemporaries from the same era.

Now, in line with a global boom in women's football, they are being paid, receive instructions from a full-time coach, enjoy the same multi-million pound training facilities as the men — and no longer moonlight as rubbish collectors. «In such a short time, we've seen massive changes,» said 24-year-old midfielder Molly Holder, in her third campaign at Stoke.

Narendra Modi had announced that India and France have agreed to use UPI payment mechanism. ALSO READ: Modi in France: UPI to start from Eiffel Tower.

TPG Telecom customers have complained to the competition watchdog that they are being held “to ransom” after the internet provider told them it would get rid of their email accounts unless they agreed to transfer them to another company.