The measure is aimed at easing the strain of the cost-of-living crisis on the population Berlin is considering the introduction of a three-year nationwide rent freeze in an effort to control housing costs in the EU’s largest economy, according to a senior figure in the country’s ruling coalition.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will represent Beijing at the event in New Delhi next month, sources told the agency Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to attend the upcoming G20 summit in India in person, unnamed Chinese and Indian officials have told Reuters.

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