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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is hosting the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies for their annual summit this weekend. Here is a list of events: FRIDAY U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres to hold a news conference in New Delhi at 6:15 pm (1245 GMT) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold talks with U.S. President Joe Biden at 7:35 pm. Modi to hold talks with Bangladesh […]

By Munsif Vengattil and Dhwani Pandya BENGALURU (Reuters) -U.S. chip firm Nvidia and telecom-to-retail giant Reliance on Friday announced an AI partnership to create language models, generative apps and a cloud infrastructure platform for AI development in the South Asian nation. Nvidia will provide the computing power required for the efforts, while Reliance unit Jio will manage and maintain the AI infrastructure and oversee customer engagement, the companies said. “Reliance […]

By Nick Mulvenney PARIS (Reuters) – New Zealand coach Ian Foster said the All Blacks had a point to prove in their World Cup opener against hosts France on Friday, a match he thought was unprecedented in terms of hype but which ultimately might not turn out to be hugely important. The All Blacks were crushed 35-7 by South Africa in their final warm-up match at Twickenham two weeks ago […]

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina’s ex-chief of staff on Friday pleaded not guilty in a London court to seeking a bribe from precious stone miner and Faberge owner Gemfields. Romy Andrianarisoa, 46, and her French associate Philippe Tabuteau, 54, are accused of having sought 250,000 Swiss francs ($280,000) and a 5% equity stake in any Gemfield company mining in Madagascar. They both appeared at Southwark […]

MADRID (Reuters) -A Spanish prosecutor said on Friday she had filed a complaint with the High Court against suspended soccer federation President Luis Rubiales for sexual assault and coercion over the allegedly unsolicited kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso. Prosecutor Marta Durantez Gil’s decision came three days after Hermoso lodged a criminal complaint. It is up to the court to present formal charges. During her testimony to the […]

By Umaru Fofana FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown has been hit by power cuts after Turkey’s Karpowership switched off the electricity supply due to an unpaid debt of around $40 million, the energy minister said on Friday. Minister Kanja Sesay told Reuters that the outstanding amount “was accrued over time because the government subsidises more than half the cost the ship charges per kilowatt hour”. He said the […]

By David Lague SYDNEY (Reuters) – Some technology experts believe innovative commercial software developers now entering the arms market are challenging the dominance of the traditional defense industry, which produces big-ticket weapons, sometimes at glacial speed. It is too early to say if big, human-crewed weapons like submarines or reconnaissance helicopters will go the way of the battleship, which was rendered obsolete with the rise of air power. But aerial, […]

By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – Serbia will return to the FIBA Basketball World Cup final after defeating Canada 95-86 by imposing their will in the paint and controlling the boards on Friday in Manila. Five Serbian players scored in double-digits, led by Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic with 23 points, four rebounds and three assists. The Balkan nation’s stifling defence forced Canada into turnovers, and limited their North […]

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Top officials from Indonesia and China discussed ways to improve their bilateral investment and trade, which include expanding the range of Indonesian exports products, both countries said on Friday. Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang earlier on Friday after this week’s East Asia Summit in Jakarta. Li said in the meeting that China “stands ready to expand the imports […]