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(Adnkronos) – Italy and India want to boost growth by ramping up their business dealings in each other’s countries, increasing investment and creating an “innovation hub” in the Asian economic powerhouse, foreign minister Antonio Tajani stated on Thursday.   “In India, 700

(Adnkronos) – The former president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, has been arrested in La Paz as part of an investigation into alleged corruption. The government of the South American country announced this. The investigation refers to the period when Arce was Minister

(Adnkronos) – In Austria, girls under 14 will no longer be allowed to wear the Islamic veil, the hijab, inside schools. The Vienna Parliament decided this by approving the measure with a large majority. The proposal has already been challenged by activists

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s government and ruling parties are in the final stages of discussions on introducing a new tax relief system to promote companies’ research and development activities for cutting-edge technologies, it was learned Thursday. The aim is to foster

(Adnkronos) – After more than two and a half years, Emergency’s pediatric center in Mayo, Sudan, reopened its doors. It had been closed in April 2023 after the start of the war due to a lack of safety conditions for staff and

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s state investment agency Simest and the Indian Chamber of Commerce signed an accord on Thursday to propel economic growth by bolstering cooperation between Italian and Indian companies and supporting bilateral investments in both countries.  The Memorandum of Understanding aims

Seoul, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that ordered Nippon Steel Corp. to pay a total of 100 million won, or about 11 million yen, in damages to South Korean plaintiffs for wartime labor,

Taipei, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–Taiwanese police plan to send back to Thailand the mother of a Thai girl who was forced to engage in illegal work at a massage parlor in Tokyo, it was learned Thursday. The mother arrived in Taiwan in

Tokyo, Dec. 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three megabanks plan to provide loans totaling up to around 2 trillion yen in stages from fiscal 2027 to Rapidus Corp., which aims to mass-produce cutting-edge chips, Jiji Press learned Thursday. This would mark the first private-sector

(Adnkronos) – Italy and India want to achieve trade worth 20 billion euros a year by 2029, foreign minister Antonio Tajani confirmed at a joint press conference in Mumbai on Thursday with industry and trade minister Piyush Goyal.  “As (India’s) prime minister