Climate change could add around $100 billion to costs of extreme weather
Climate change could add around $100 billion, or more than 20%, to the global cost of extreme weather events such as floods, heatwaves and droughts...
Spain’s Zarzuela Theatre cancels Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo’s performances in Madrid in may
Spain’s Ministry of Culture said on Wednesday it has canceled Placido Domingo’s performances at Madrid’s Zarzuela Theatre scheduled for May....
Scared or bored, hotel guests face four-star lockdown in Tenerife
“It’s absolutely awful,” says 45-year-old Lara Pennington, one of more than 700 guests spending a second day in lockdown at a four-star Tenerife hotel on...
Breakingviews TV: Consumer cost
Spirits maker Diageo reckons the coronavirus outbreak could cost it $420 mln in sales this year, while Danone is forecasting a $110 mln hit in...
Testing Antarctic waters for whales and DNA
Scientists in Antarctica have been photographing whale tails and testing the water for DNA, trying to identify exactly what wildlife lives there. Soraya Ali reports....
Pomp, praise and a divided legacy as Egypt buries Mubarak
Egypt held a military funeral on Wednesday for its former president Hosni Mubarak, bestowing the state’s final rehabilitation on the man who ruled for 30...
U.S. targets individuals, entities linked to Lebanon’s Martyrs Foundation
The United States on Wednesday added a host of Lebanese individuals and entities it said were linked to the Martyrs Foundation to its designated “global...
Walmart in talks with third parties over investment in UK arm Asda
Walmart , the world’s largest retailer, said on Wednesday that following “inbound interest” it was in talks with a small number of interested parties regarding...
Delta Air waives travel change fees for South Korea as coronavirus spreads
Delta Air Lines Inc said on Wednesday it has expanded its travel change fee waiver to include Seoul, South Korea, through April 30, as coronavirus...
Jury weighs verdict for ex-Barclays bankers in Qatar fee trial
The jury in the London trial of three former Barclays bankers accused of funneling secret fees to Qatar in return for emergency funding during the...
