Bayer Leverkusen went 10 points clear of second-placed Bayern Munich with a 2-0 Bundesliga win over struggling neighbours Cologne, who were reduced to 10-men in the first half of a hotly-contested Rhein derby on Sunday.
Japan stands to lose 1.8 trillion yen ($16 billion) if the Olympics were cancelled, but that would pale in comparison to the economic hit from emergency curbs if the Summer Games turned into a super-spreader event, a top economist estimated.
Justin Thomas poured in seven birdies to card his second consecutive round of 65 and take a one-stroke lead at the halfway point of the Zozo Championship at the Sherwood Country Club on Friday.
The private equity battle over Zooplus is not over yet. On Thursday, Hellman & Friedman matched Swedish rival EQT’s 470 euros a share offer , valuing the German pet food retailer at around 3.4 billion euros. That gives the U.S. buyout firm the upper hand, as it has the support of Zooplus’s board as well as shareholders representing 17%.
The British government has given development consent to a 140 megawatt (MW) solar farm in South Derbyshire in England, the UK's Planning Inspectorate said on Thursday.
Atalanta stormed to a 4-2 victory over Napoli in Serie A on Sunday, with the win sending Gian Piero Gasperini's side fourth in the standings.
Public broadcasters ranging from U.S.-based National Public Radio to Canadian Broadcasting Corp have stopped posting on Twitter in recent days after the Elon Musk-owned social media platform labeled their accounts as "government-funded".
The women's Serie A will become a professional league from next season, Italy's soccerfederation (FIGC) announced on Tuesday.
A goal from Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa earned Napoli a hard-fought 1-0 victory away to Lecce on Tuesday, sending them three points clear at the top of Serie A.
The parent of the Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins chains, Dunkin Brands Group Inc , is nearing a deal to sell itself to a private equity-backed restaurant company for $106 per share, the New York Times said on Sunday citing sources.
Lazio were held to a 0-0 draw at Bologna on Saturday as they missed the chance to move back up to second place in Serie A.
Paris St Germain took provisional top spot in Ligue 1 with a comfortable 3-0 home win over Montpellier thanks to goals from Lee Kang-in, Warren Zaire-Emery and Vitinha on Friday.
Britain gave the green light to Rocket Factory Augsburg to launch satellites from a site in northern Scotland on Thursday, potentially paving the way for regular commercial space missions from European soil.
Solid Power Inc, an electric-vehicle battery maker backed by Ford Motor Co (F.N) and BMW (BMWG.DE), said on Tuesday it would go public by merging with a blank-check firm in a deal that values the combined entity at around $1.2 billion.
U.S. packaging company Sealed Air Corp said on Monday it agreed to be bought by private equity firm CD&R for $10.3 billion, including debt, in a deal that will take the company off the stock market.
With many developing nations facing a triple whammy of rising debt loads, climate change and nature loss, conservationists say the answer could lie with a financial instrument enabling them to tackle all three at once: "debt-for-environment swaps".
A World Health Organization expert said on Wednesday he would like to go back to wholesale food markets in Wuhan in China to follow up initial cases of COVID-19 which emerged in the city.
Arsenal regained their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League as Mikel Merino's early goal and a late one from substitute Bukayo Saka earned them an efficient 2-0 home victory over Brentford on Wednesday.
Nick Castellanos and Bryce Harper each homered and ripped a two-run double and Tyler Phillips secured his first major league win in the host Philadelphia Phillies' 11-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
Thousands of hospitality workers in Detroit walked off the job on Tuesday after unions called for strikes at casinos MGM Grand Detroit operated by MGM Resorts International MGM.N; Hollywood Casino at Greektown operated by Penn Entertainment ; and MotorCity Casino.