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G20 Summit 2023. For the first time in history, India has become the host the the Group of 20 Nations (popularly known as G20).

Origin Energy’s partly owned Octopus business in the United Kingdom will add two million customers after striking a deal to buy Shell’s energy retailing business in the UK and Germany.

G20 Summit, Northern Railways has decided to cancel and divert over 200 passenger trains temporarily from September 8 to 11 here, a notification stated on Saturday. According to the schedule, over 90 trains have been cancelled on September 9. More than 100 passenger trains will be cancelled on September 10 as well.

Russia and Mexico skipping the G20 Summit in India a closer look at the past summits revealed that not Heads of State among the members have always attended all Summits. While Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to PM Narendra Modi and announced that he would skip the Summit, it is widely believed that Presidents of China and Mexico will be the other absentees. As is evident, the level of attendance at global summits varies from year to year. In today's world with so many demands on the leaders' time, it is not always possible for every leader to attend every summit, sources pointed out. From time to time, many leaders skip summits for their own reasons. The most glaring example is the 2021 G20 Summit in Italy where there was no major geopolitical or health reason for leaders to skip it, but the circumstances happened in such a way that six countries attended below Head of State(HOS)/ Head of Government (HOG )level. These things do not reflect anything about the host country, sources said. From 2008, there have been 16 physical summits of the G20, and one virtual summit (Saudi Arabia, 2020). There were two summits each in 2009 and 2010. Out of these 16 physical summits, except the first three summits in 2008 and 2009, there has never been a single occasion from 2010 till now when every country has attended at HOS/HOG level. Six times there was one country below HOS/HOG: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 & 2017. Five times there were two countries below HOS/HOG: 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018 & 2019. One time there were three countries below HOS/HOG: 2022. One time there were six countries below HOS/HOG: 2021 (before Ukraine, after Covid)

The Adidas /// Studio, also known as the Triple Stripes Studio, has launched a Web3-based digital artist in residency program to showcase and support budding creators in the NFT space.

Google Doodle is celebrating Vietnam's 78th National Day with a special illustration. Vietnam's National Day marks 78 years since the historic moment when thousands of people gathered in Ba Đình Square to hear the Declaration of Independence read by the country's first president, Ho Chi Minh. In a statement on the occasion, the search giant noted, “Today’s Doodle celebrates Vietnam’s National Day.

(Reuters) — As an awful August gives way to an uncertain September, investors hope this month will confirm that the seemingly relentless rise in interest rates will end soon, meaning respite for both stocks and bonds.

The British economy was 0.6% larger in the fourth quarter of 2021 than in the final quarter of 2019, compared with an earlier estimate that it was 1.2% smaller, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Friday. This big upward revision brings forward the date at which Britain's economy regained its pre-COVID size by more than a year and a half, and shows at the end of 2021 it had made a faster recovery than Germany, France or Italy, and was level with Japan, although it was behind the United States and Canada. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government has been criticised for a sluggish recovery by the opposition Labour Party ahead of a national election expected next year, and the latest revisions were welcomed by finance minister Jeremy Hunt. «The fact that the UK recovered from the pandemic much faster than thought shows that once again those determined to talk down the British economy have been proved wrong,» he said. The changes also have implications for the Bank of England, which has a subdued growth outlook and has found it harder to tame inflation than the U.S.

It is hard to find a good deal on a German car these days. Most German car stocks, on the other hand, are selling for cents on the dollar. There are solid reasons for the discrepancy: weakening consumer sentiment, trouble in China, and the ever-mounting cost of catching up with Tesla in electric vehicles.

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms is considering paid versions of Facebook (NASDAQ:META) and Instagram with no advertisements for users residing in the European Union (EU) as a response to scrutiny from regulators, the New York Times reported on Friday.

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The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rallied after data showed the world's largest economy created more jobs than expected in August; but unemployment rose and wage inflation declined slightly, affirming expectations the Fed will pause rate hikes later this month. Germany's 10-year government bond yield, the benchmark for the euro area, rose 6.1 basis points (bps) to 2.53% after the U.S.

Blink 182 canceled their program in Glasgow. They pulled out of the OVO Hydro program scheduled for Friday. A second performance at the Hydro on Saturday, as well as upcoming shows in Belfast and Dublin, have been canceled. In an Instagram post, the band said, “The Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin shows are being postponed. Due to an urgent family matter, Travis has had to return home to the States.”

Investing.com — The U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Friday, on course to end a six-week winning streak ahead of the release of the highly-anticipated monthly U.S. jobs report. 

Christie's has cancelled the second auction of jewels belonging to an Austrian billionaire, whose German husband made his fortune under the Nazis, following «intense scrutiny, it said Friday. The auction house held a first controversial online and in-person sale in Geneva of part of the large stash of more than 700 jewels in May, and had been scheduled to hold a second round in November. But in a statement it said „Christie's has taken the decision not to proceed with further sales of property from the Estate of Heidi Horten.“ With just a portion of the collection sold, the auction eclipsed previous records set by Christie's in sales of properties that belonged to actress Elizabeth Taylor in 2011 and the „Maharajas and Mughal Magnificence“ collection in 2019, both of which exceeded $100 million. Hopes had been high for similar results from the second round. But following an initial report in the New York Times, Christie's sent a statement to AFP confirming that it had cancelled the second round, acknowledging that „the sale of the Heidi Horten jewellery collection has provoked intense scrutiny.“ »The reaction to it has deeply affected us and many others, and we will continue to reflect on it," it said. A large number of Jewish groups had asked Christie's to halt the initial Horten sale in May, describing it as «indecent», and demanding that the auction house do more to determine how much of it came from victims of the Nazis. The extraordinary collection belonged to Heidi Horten who died last year aged 81, with a fortune of $2.9 billion, according to Forbes. A report published in January 2022 by historians commissioned by the Horten Foundation said Heidi Horton's husband Helmut Horton, who died in Switzerland in 1987, had

jugaad solution is making waves on social media. It has even caught the attention of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The video of the woman was shared on the Instagram page of Maharashtra farmer and has garnered 1.5 million likes.

G20 Summit, the Noida traffic department has decided to control the movement of heavy vehicles from Noida to Delhi. As per a TOI report, Between September 7 and 10, these vehicles will be rerouted via the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, according to DCP (traffic) Anil Kumar Yadav. The Delhi traffic department has already issued an advisory aimed at restricting the entry of heavy, medium, and light goods vehicles into the capital during the international summit.

Germany 206 billion euros ($223.55 billion) in 2023, Germany's digital association Bitkom said Friday. The damage will surpass the 200 billion euro mark for the third consecutive year this year, according to a Bitkom survey of more than 1,000 companies.

France's data watchdog, CNIL, made an unannounced visit to the office of Worldcoin in Paris this week, intensifying the scrutiny surrounding the cryptocurrency project's controversial privacy practices.

Cryptoasset businesses in the United Kingdom could now begin withholding certain crypto transfers to comply with the new Travel Rule for crypto that came into effect on Sept. 1.

jobless claims for the week ended August 26 fell at 228,000. Shares of Salesforce climbed 3% after its upbeat revenue forecasts. Broadcom rose 3.4% and Intel gained 1.8%.