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The European Union has reached a blockbuster free trade agreement with Brazil, Argentina and the three other South American nations in the Mercosur trade alliance

Oil delivery to the Czech Republic from Russia through the Druhzba pipeline has resumed after it was interrupted two days ago, official said

Data reveals a clear preference among these women for Western partners. In South Korea, 28% of international marriages in 2023 involved American men, followed by 18% with Chinese men. Marriages to men from other Western countries, including France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, accounted for approximately 17%. A similar trend appears in Japan, where American men were the top choice among foreign grooms for Japanese women. Japanese men seeking foreign brides, however, primarily choose women from China and the Philippines.

Divided between two takeover courtships, UniCredit's Andrea Orcel still has room to sweeten his bid for Italy's Banco BPM, analysts say, while political turmoil stalls a deal with Germany's Commerzbank. 

cryptocurrency entrepreneur and founder of the blockchain platform Tron, Justin Sun— with a net worth of at least $1.4 billion— has spent $6.2 million on Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork «Comedian»—a banana duct-taped to a wall— amid a historic boom for digital assets. The high-profile purchase underscores how crypto wealth is reshaping investment trends and cultural value. The conceptual work created by the Italian artist was sold at an auction in New York on November 20, with Justin Sun comparing that conceptual art to NFT (non-fungible token) art and decentralised blockchain technology, The Guardian had reported.

Lobito Corridor Trans-Africa Summit in Angola. The summit, held with leaders from Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania’s vice-president Philip Mpango, saw Biden closing his eyes and resting his hand on his face during Mpango’s speech. Though wearing an earpiece for translations, all speeches were in English.

Molly Parker as a doctor navigating life and work after a significant brain injury.

Officials say oil delivery to the Czech Republic from Russia through the Druhzba pipeline has been interrupted

From Donald Trump’s promises of a national Bitcoin stockpile to Kamala Harris’ support of a regulatory framework for digital assets, the two US presidential hopefuls have different stances on the future of crypto. 

Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications amid a data centre boom. Opportunities are also opening up for neutral players such as Sify Technologies and Lightstorm — that offer cheaper landing infrastructure in India compared with telecom incumbents such as Airtel and Tata Communications, say industry insiders. Google is set to commission its Blue-Raman Submarine Cable System in Mumbai in the first quarter of 2025, people aware of the development told ET. The $400-million, 218-Tbps (terabits per second) capacity project entails investment by Italy's Sparkle too, among others. With Blue and Raman, Google now has 18 investments in subsea cables globally.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are still popular and respected by their fellow players even though they no longer play for European clubs. The 37-year-old Messi and 39-year-old Ronaldo were the only players not with clubs in Europe to be voted on a 26-man shortlist for the world team of the year organized by global players' union FIFPRO on Monday. The other 24 nominees played in the past year with clubs in England, Germany, Spain and France, though Kylian Mbappe was the only French connection after spending last season at Paris Saint-Germain.

Goa minister Mauvin Godinho on Tuesday said that Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, was likely to visit India «sooner than expected». Recalling that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited Pope Francis, Godinho said Goa would certainly be on his itinerary when he visits India. The state transport minister was talking to reporters after attending a religious mass in Old Goa during the ongoing decennial exposition of the sacred relics of St Francis Xavier, the patron saint of the coastal state. The feast of St Xavier was being celebrated in Goa on Tuesday.

Bvlgari, the Italian maker of luxury jewellery, watches, fragrances, accessories, and leather goods, is looking at India to make up for falling demand in China. Bulgari is expanding its footprint in India to take advantage of strong growth and favorable demographics, Bulgari chief executive officer Jean Christophe Babin said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. In October, Bulgari announced the launch of its first digital boutique in India in partnership with Tata CLiQ Luxury.

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are still popular and respected by their fellow players even though they no longer play for European clubs. The 37-year-old Messi and 39-year-old Ronaldo were the only players not with clubs in Europe to be voted on a 26-man shortlist for the world team of the year organized by global players' union FIFPRO on Monday, as per a report.. The other 24 nominees played in the past year with clubs in England, Germany, Spain and France, though Kylian Mbappé was the only French connection after spending last season at Paris Saint-Germain, AP reported. No player from any Italian club was selected, nor from any club in South America or Africa.

Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove is in a medically induced coma after collapsing on the field during his team’s Serie A match at home to Inter Milan on Sunday, with the game abandoned shortly afterward.Bove’s teammates immediately called for medical help and both sets of players surrounded the 22-year-old while he was being treated before he was swiftly stretchered off to an ambulance near the pitch and taken to Careggi Hospital in Florence.“Fiorentina and the Careggi University Hospital announce that the footballer Edoardo Bove … is currently under pharmacological sedation and hospitalized in intensive care,” Fiorentina said in a statement.“The first cardiological and neurological tests performed have ruled out acute damage to the central nervous system and the cardio-respiratory system.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, was unusually blunt on a recent visit to Europe: “One of the reasons that [Vladimir] Putin is able to continue this aggression is because of the provision of support from the People’s Republic of China," he said. China was, he added, “the biggest supplier of machine tools, the biggest supplier of microelectronics, all of which are helping Russia sustain its defence industrial base".

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 26 December 2022, Boxing Day, British-Asian writer Hanif Kureishi, who is now 69, had a devastating fall while holidaying in Rome with his partner, Isabella d’Amico. The accident left him severely paralysed, forcing him to move between hospitals, rehab centres and care homes in Italy and Britain for over a year, before he could return to his home in London.

strategic action plan to strengthen ties between India and Italy, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni will lead to improved ties between the two nations, a senior Italian minister said on Saturday. Adolfo Urso, Minister of Business and Made in Italy, was speaking in Mumbai at the Villaggio Italia exposition, being held to coincide with the port of call of Amerigo Vespucci, a 93-year-old Italian Navy ship used for training and supporting national diplomacy. The plan, announced at the G20 summit, focuses on 10 key areas including defense, trade, clean energy, and connectivity, aiming to deepen collaboration and boost economic ties.

job markets differently across OECD countries, exacerbating existing urban-rural income and productivity gaps as well as the digital divides between regions, according to a new OECD report. Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2024 finds that, following a decade of employment growth, over half of OECD regions had reached employment rates above 70 per cent by 2023, with more women joining the workforce, narrowing the gender gap in labour force participation in 84 per cent of OECD regions. The employment boom has also led to regional labour shortages and gaps, particularly in densely populated urban regions such as Lombardy (Italy) and Hamburg (Germany), as well as in regions struggling with population decline and ageing.

European House Ambrosetti group's senior partner Lorenzo Tavazzi has said Italian companies have invested USD 6.5 billion in India, which speaks of the importance accorded to the world's fastest growing major economy, and stressed that there are a lot of opportunities for growth. Tavazzi, who heads TEHA's Scenarios and Intelligence Areas, was speaking in Mumbai on Friday after the inauguration of the Villaggio Italia exposition, being held to coincide with the port of call of Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian Navy ship used for training and supporting national diplomacy. Speaking at a panel discussion curated by top Italian news agency ANSA in connection with the ship's arrival in Mumbai, Tavazzi said Italy can help India's aspirations on the energy transition and transport fronts with its expertise in sustainable technologies and also high-speed rail. Alessandro Giuliani of SDA Bocconi Asia Center, a Mumbai-based management education institute, said that given the commonality on the food front, wherein the culinary habits of both the countries focus on usage of spices, Indian students should feel at home if they go to study in Italy.