Australia has reacted angrily to a UN committee recommendation that the Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of world heritage sites that are in danger. The UN Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation committee said the reef should be added to the list due to the effects of climate change. Australia has been […]
By Michelle Martin and Joseph Nasr BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s economy, Europe’s largest, will probably shrink by 9.8% in the second quarter, its biggest decline since records began in 1970, due to measures imposed to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, the country’s leading think tanks said on Wednesday. That would be more than […]
(Reuters) – Online travel services company Expedia Group Inc <EXPE.O> is in advanced talks to sell a stake to private-equity firms Silver Lake Partners and Apollo Global Management Inc <APO.N> for about $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Expedia’s shares rose more than 6% in extended trading. The company’s shares have fallen […]
