Bloomberg Ethiopia’s government vowed to continue work on a massive dam that’s stoked tensions with Egypt, even as the Horn of Africa nation contends with the growing spread of the coronavirus. Completing what would be Africa’s largest hydropower reservoir, filling it and producing electricity is a top priority for Ethiopia, State Minister for Finance Eyob Tekalign said on a conference ...

Bloomberg The cost of pollution is headed for its biggest weekly gain in more than two years in Europe on optimism that the economy is preparing to snap back from coronavirus-imposed lockdowns. After falling 25% in March, the price of permits to emit carbon dioxide is still well below where it started the year. The gains are a sign that ...

Bloomberg Canadian lawmakers approved a bill to subsidise wages by 75% in a bid to stabilize the economy as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the coronavirus his generation’s greatest challenge yet. The flagship C$73 billion ($52 billion) program — more than one-quarter of the government’s emergency fiscal plan to date — was passed in an emergency sitting of the House ...