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Global South," and that at the upcoming Group of 20 meetings being held in New Delhi, that voice will be heard. At the August summit of the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — current chair South Africa declared its goal was to «advance the agenda of the Global South.» And ahead of this May's summit of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies in Hiroshima, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida stressed that the guest nations he had invited reflected the importance of the Global South. The United Nations, the World Bank, U.S. President Joe Biden — everyone seems to be talking about the Global South these days.

renewable energy capacity by 2030 though also offered support to technology that can sustain the use of fossil fuels, easing concerns from Russia and Saudi Arabia that had previously stalled a deal. Members will make a commitment to “pursue and encourage” efforts to meet the target to increase clean energy generation, according to people familiar with the negotiations. The bloc will also call for a similar impetus in the deployment of abatement technologies like carbon capture that can reduce emissions from the use of gas, coal and oil, said some of the people, who asked not to be named as the details aren’t yet public. Even so, the outcome offers some new momentum in the energy transition after global concerns over supply security and costs had begun to erode progress on a shift away from fossil fuels.

New Delhi: India will showcase its indigenous digital stacks and apps in the upcoming G20 Summit as it will invite delegates to visit the Digital India experience zone at the venue over the weekend of September 9 and 10. The country’s flagship platforms including Aadhaar, UPI, ONDC will be put up for display, while delegates will also be shown a new app called GITA, which will offer spiritual aspects inspired from Shrimad Bhagwad Gita, a senior official from IT Ministry said.

GÖRLITZ, Germany—As evening fell on a recent Monday in this eastern German city of Gothic spires and Renaissance museums, hundreds of protesters began to gather, just as they have nearly every Monday for at least two years. They carried banners calling for Germany to leave the European Union and cheered speakers who demanded that the nearby border with Poland be shut. They are angry about migrants settling in their communities and inflation squeezing their pensions.

In this week’s newsletter, read about how German flagship airline Lufthansa uses nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to reward loyal customers and how soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo teased his future NFT plans during a lie detector test. Check out why a law professor believes the metaverse should be taxed, and find out how artificial intelligence (AI) and NFTs can provide a personalized learning experience to children. And don’t forget this week’s Nifty News, featuring a Mutant Ape NFT selling for over $800,000 amid an ongoing downward price trend. 

A group of high-net-worth Russian and CIS investors have filed a class action lawsuit against Atomic Wallet, a prominent cryptocurrency platform, following a security breach in June that resulted in losses of approximately $100 million.

The Rolling Stones are returning with their first collection of original songs since 2005. The British rock-music architects held a media event in Hackney, an area in east London, on Wednesday where they unpacked details of their coming album, “Hackney Diamonds." As part of the event, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood fielded questions from American comedian and late-night show host Jimmy Fallon. The launch, which was livestreamed on YouTube, followed a teaser campaign that included a snippet of a new song and a mysterious advertisement placed in the Hackney Gazette, a local newspaper.

By Sruthi Shankar and Shashwat Chauhan

MUNICH (Reuters) -China's industrial policy adviser and 'father of EVs' Wan Gang said efficient batteries, better EV architectures and intelligent driving systems were key to scaling up EVs, calling for international collaboration on research and standards.

MUNICH (Reuters) — German carmakers are determined to tackle the problems they face in producing competitive electric vehicles, an executive at Chinese EV maker Xpeng (NYSE:XPEV) said on Wednesday, as China's carmakers put pressure on European rivals in the race to electrify.

security members is gearing up to protect crucial venues. They've got members named Karan, Google, and Zorro, and their gear includes night vision shades they call «doggles» and walkie-talkies.

India's diversity and its extraordinary successes means it is the «right country» at the «right time» to hold the G20 presidency, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday, as he hailed Narendra Modi's leadership over the last year, noting that India's presidency of the bloc came when the world is facing innumerable challenges. In an exclusive interview to PTI just days ahead of the G20 summit in Delhi on September 9-10, Sunak, the first Indian-origin prime minister of Britain, said the relationship between the UK and India will define the future of the two countries, even more than it is defining the present. «This country's scale, diversity and its extraordinary successes means India is the right country at the right time to hold the G20 Presidency.

police data from authoritarian states and democracies, and a global adviser on how to handle criminal trends. Secretary-General Jurgen Stock, a German who took office in 2014, has said he believes all police officers ultimately have the same goal: stopping criminals. The challenge, he said in an interview with The Associated Press, is that Interpol brings 195 very different countries into a network of databases of crimes and wanted fugitives. Interpol has no police force of its own, no weapons stockpile, and certainly no fleet of helicopters to swoop in and pluck criminals off rooftops.

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clinical trial data showed its updated COVID-19 vaccine shot generated an 8.7-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies in humans against the highly-mutated BA.2.86 subvariant of the coronavirus that has raised fears of a resurgence of infections, Reuters reported on Wednesday. “We think this is news people will want to hear as they prepare to go out and get their fall boosters," Reuters quoted Jacqueline Miller head of infectious diseases in Moderna said in an interview, adding that the data should also help reassure regulators.

Israel’s Police National Cyber Crime Unit reportedly conducted a massive investigation into a local company, uncovering a crypto scam where hackers stole millions using malicious software.

European stocks fell amid weak German data and elevated oil prices that reignited concerns over inflation.

Nifty closed higher for the fourth consecutive session on gains in shares of select heavyweights, including HDFC Bank ITC and Bharti Airtel. However, weak global cues curtailed gains for them as concerns over interest rate hikes and weakening global economic growth kept weighing on sentiment. Major European markets in the UK, France and Germany traded lower when the Sensex closed as recent subdued economic prints of China and Europe raised concerns about an economic slowdown.

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G20 Summit and it's ready to work with all parties to push for the success of the high-profile global conference in New Delhi this week. At the G20 summit, the spokesperson said China always attaches high importance to the grouping and actively participates in relevant activities. "We support India in hosting this year’s summit and stand ready to work with all parties to make the G20 Summit a success," she said at the conference to be held in New Delhi on September 9-10.

global growth and higher crude prices spurring inflationary pressures dented sentiment. The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.6% to hit its lowest level in more than a week. The global mood soured as Brent crude prices jumped to over $90 a barrel on Tuesday after Saudi Arabia and Russia extended their voluntary supply cuts to year end, fuelling worries about persistent price pressures. While oil prices pulled back slightly, government bond yields continued to rise, with the German 10-year yield surging to a two-week high at 2.65%. «Energy prices are big inflationary drivers, and just at the time when the price spiral appears to be moving more obediently downwards, high crude prices could cause upset,» noted Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets at Hargreaves Lansdown. The weak sentiment from August spilled into this month on worries about how long the major central banks will keep interest rates elevated amid fresh signs of weakness in Chinese and European economies. Investors betting against a European Central Bank interest rate increase next week could be underestimating the likelihood of it happening, the ECB's governing council member Klaas Knot told Bloomberg.Money market futures imply traders are pricing in only a 33% chance that the ECB will hike rates by 25 basis points at the central bank's Sept.