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Inflation index-linked debt accounted for almost 25% of UK government debt stock in 2023.

COVID pandemic, but the virus continues to infect people in different parts of the world. A new case of MERS-CoV has been reported by the WHO in Abu Dhabi on Monday. According to the World Health Organisation, an adult in his twenties was diagnosed with potentially fatal Middle East Respidatory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) after he was admitted in hospital last month.

Rihanna stunned her fans when she entered her favorite restaurant Georgio Baldi, in Los Angeles and flaunted her baby bump. Wearing a crop top, a pair of light denim jeans, and a floor-length coat, she proudly showcased her growing baby bump. Her one-year-old son was in her arms as she went to Santa Monica’s Italian hotspot. The singer started dating rapper A$AP Rocky in 2020 and announced the first pregnancy in January 2022. Rihanna welcomed her first child RZA in May in the same year. Earlier, Rihanna, surprised her fans when she announced her second pregnancy during her Super Bowl halftime performance in February this year. The singer earlier said that motherhood changes her life. Rihanna is considered one of the most important singers of the 21st century. She first sang with Def Jam in 2005, and soon she came out with two albums and became an instant hit with these albums. ‘Music of The Sun’ and ‘A Girl Like Me’ were influenced by Caribbean music and they became extremely popular in America. Both of the albums reached the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart. Her third album ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ came in 2007 and it established Rihanna as a major icon in the industry. She received her first Grammy Award for ‘Umbrella’. She is the second most popular female artist of all time with a total sale of 250 million records. She has worked with artists like Kanye West, Jay Z, Ne-Yo, Shakira, Eminem, and Drake. She has 14 number-one singles, 32 top-ten singles in the U.S., and 31 top-ten singles in the UK to her credit.

Migrants in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax who are aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for escalating tensions deeply tinged with racism amid the fears of European leaders who are trying to stanch the numbers of p...

China got their campaign up and running at swimming's world championships on Monday, claiming two gold medals to banish the memory of a forgettable showing at last year's competition. China won only one individual gold in the pool last year in Budapest but they doubled that tally in the evening's first two races in the southern Japanese city of Fukuoka.Qin Haiyang got things started with victory in the men's 100m breaststroke, taking advantage of dominant Olympic champion Adam Peaty's absence from the competition.Zhang Yufei followed that up with gold in the women's 100m butterfly, beating Olympic champion Maggie MacNeil into second place in a field chock-full of talent. «Last year the whole team didn't perform very well, and we worked hard and tried to be ready for these championships,» Zhang said.

Following this, L'Equipe in France reported that PSG's owners from Qatar are open to accepting the proposal, which would shatter the current world transfer record for a football player. However, for the deal to materialize, they must convince Mbappe to switch teams. It is speculated that Al-Hilal is prepared to offer Mbappe an astounding €700 million ($776 million) for a single season, after which he would be free to join Real Madrid. This extraordinary sum would amount to a staggering €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in total, surpassing Lionel Messi's previous record for the highest-paid sports contract, Forbes reported citing CBS Sports' James Benge. Apart from Real Madrid and Al-Hilal, Spanish giant Barcelona, top English clubs like Manchester United, Chelsea, Tottenham and Italian side Inter Milan have shown keen interest in signing the French world cup winner, as per reports. Back in 2017, PSG set the current world transfer record when they activated Neymar's release clause at FC Barcelona, paying an eye-watering €222 million ($246 million). Mbappe's move to PSG in the same year had to be managed through a loan due to Financial Fair Play restrictions, as the club had already expended an enormous fee to secure Neymar's services. Subsequently, in the following year, Mbappe joined PSG permanently from Monaco for a total arrangement of €145 million ($160 million), with an additional €35 million ($39 million) in add-ons, making him the most expensive teenager in football history.

New Zealand family of five purchased the tickets that took the sales total to 1.5 million for the Women's World Cup on Monday. Soccer's world governing body says the tournament being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand is on track to be the best attended in the competition's history.FIFA said the 1,500,000th ticket went to Auckland woman Maria Strong, who bought tickets for her husband and three children to attend Italy's Group G win over Argentina at Eden Park as part of a family celebration for her son's 12th birthday. In a statement, FIFA said the sales target had been surpassed within the first five days of the month-long tournament, setting the 2023 edition on course to surpass 2015 in Canada for the record attendance.

Greece on Saturday faced its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), while a record-breaking heat wave stretching across the southern United States was expected to expand in the coming days. Over the past 24 hours, 162 fires have been reported across Greece amid high winds and extreme heat. The Greek Coast Guard, which led efforts to rescue tourists and locals from Rhodes, also helped evacuate 59 people from a beach in northern Corfu last night as another blaze threatened.

on the iconic Red Bull RB14. Cox is among a constellation of cartists like Andy Warhol, Banksy, Roy Lichtenstein and JonOne who have made automobiles a canvas for their work.

Coast Guard on Monday successfully carried out a risky mid-sea medical evacuation of a sailor, suffering from a suspected stroke and partial paralysis, from a private tanker off the Kerala coast amidst challenging weather conditions using the indigenously built Advance Light Helicopter (ALH) MK-III. The Coast Guard said it received information about the distressed crew member, Pradeep Das, on Sunday through the Centro Internazionale Radio Medic (CIRM), Italy.

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(Reuters) — French-Italian automaker Stellantis and South Korean battery maker Samsung (KS:005930) SDI on Monday said they plan to open a second joint-venture plant in the U.S. to build electric vehicle batteries, with a target to start production in 2027.

Paris | Last month, Macquarie boss Shemara Wikramanayake went to Italy with a large pair of scissors. Her mission: to cut the ribbon at the company’s newly leased office in Milan, where the group’s investing and deal-making has stepped up a gear.

ROME (Reuters) — Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who will visit the White House on Thursday, said that U.S. President Joe Biden had never challenged her on the issue of Rome being part of the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

By Angelo Amante and Keith Weir

Tour de France reaches its thrilling conclusion with stage 21, fans worldwide are eager to witness the riders' final journey into Paris. There are numerous options available for free live streams, complete with commentary in English, Spanish, Italian, and French. Stage 21, today's procession race event, starts from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, covering a relatively short 115 km route to Paris, culminating at the iconic Champs-Élysées finish line. Due to the shorter distance, the race is scheduled for a much later start at 4:30 p.m. local time, with an estimated arrival in Paris three hours later. Jonas Vingegaard leads the pack, firmly holding the yellow jersey after an impressive performance in the previous stage, securing a dominant overall lead of nearly seven and a half minutes.

This year’s tourism season has been extra hot, with temperatures in the northern hemisphere reaching record-breaking levels that are set to keep intensifying.

By Fedja Grulovic

New Delhi: Homegrown lifestyle brand Fabindia has partnered Dolomite Restaurants Pvt Ltd to open Jamie Oliver’s branded cafes at many Fabindia Experience Centres across the country. Dolomite Restaurants is the master franchise of Jamie Oliver brands in India and operates Jamie’s Italian, Jamie’s Pizzeria, Jamie’s Diner and Jamie’s Cafes. Fabindia operates 357 stores in 127 locations across the country, apart from 13 international outlets.

The much awaited movies, Baribe and Oppenheimer have hit the movie theatres this Friday. After creating a lot of hype about the two movies with a stupendous marketing strategy of ‘Oppenheimer’, people are coming to theatres in large numbers to enjoy the movie. For those who want to cill and enjoy OTT this weekend or try some other movies, here is the list of top releases of this weekend.

The White House announced on July 21, that prominent artificial intelligence (AI) companies, such as OpenAI, Google and Microsoft, have made commitments to create AI technology that is safe, secure and transparent. Additionally, the White House acknowledged other companies like Amazon, Anthropic, Meta and Inflection for also committing to AI safety.