Russian gold and international forex holdings have elevated to a complete of $ 568.three billion, in accordance with the most recent knowledge launched by the nation’s central financial institution. ...

Bayer, the corporate behind the controversial Roundup weedkiller after its takeover of Monsanto, has not too long ago reached an settlement to place an finish to many of the present and attainable future lawsuits for greater than $ 10 billion. ...

Because the coronavirus pandemic paralyzed international journey, vacationer flows have almost halved within the first 4 months this 12 months, the UN World Tourism Group (UNWTO) has revealed. ...

Plummeting Fb shares have worn out billions of founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s private wealth. The impetus? Companies comparable to Coca-Cola and Verizon have pulled their advertisements, demanding that Fb censor hate speech. ...

A brand new survey by the Worldwide Commerce Centre (ITC) has discovered that worldwide commerce dropped throughout all 4 quarters of 2019, with declines intensifying in early 2020 in a “ripple impact that began in China.” ...

Covid-19 has created difficult circumstances for world vitality markets, and the US shale business is dealing with “an awesome compression” that may end in big losses within the first half of this 12 months, accounting agency Deloitte says. ...

The Supreme Court docket of the Netherlands has agreed to think about Russia’s attraction in opposition to a decrease court docket ruling, which awarded multi-billion-dollar compensation to former shareholders of the defunct Russian oil large, Yukos. ...

There could also be as many as one Earth-like planet for each 5 Solar-like stars within the Milky means Galaxy, based on new estimates.

Russia’s vitality main Gazprom has introduced a report tender to buy virtually 100 billion rubles price of pipes ($ 1.5 billion) for its pure fuel tasks, together with the Energy of Siberia mega pipeline. ...

The French authorities mentioned it has signed off on a state-backed mortgage of €5 billion ($ 5.6 billion) for carmaker Renault within the wake of the Covid-19 shutdown, which had prompted the corporate to put off practically 15,000 folks worldwide. ...