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A push to reduce the environmental impact of live events is leading to everything from concert carpools to biodegradable glitter. 

Move Forward Party, the surprise winner in Thailand’s May election, is in a quandary over whether to back or oppose a former ally’s candidate for prime minister after its own leader was rejected in his bids for the position.

A solar farm built on a landfill site near London will generate enough electricity to power 17,000 homes. 

The last thing Britain’s economy needed was a collapsing retailer with 400 stores across the country. That’s what happened this week when Wilko Ltd. plunged toward insolvency, threatening to leave an 11 million square-foot barren hole in UK town centers and shopping districts — equivalent to four Empire State Buildings.

Overall inflation rates may be slowing across Europe, but the price of ingredients to make traditional dishes in France and Spain highlights how the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation is still raging.

In Germany, mild summers are becoming a thing of the past. In areas where green pastures used to flourish, fields now lie yellow. Species of tropical mosquitoes normally found in Asia have been spotted in Bavaria. Summer temperatures frequently exceed 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).

Something for the weekend.

Bain Capital signed an agreement to take Chindata Group Holdings Ltd. private, a deal that allows the buyout firm to take full ownership of the data center business.