Van Gogh painting sells for over 7 million euros: auction houseA painting by a young Vincent Van Gogh was sold at an auction in Paris Monday for more than seven million euros ($8.2 million), the Artcurial auction house said. Leonardo boosts Christie's sales to record highSales at Christie's hit a record high last year of 5.1 billion pounds (5.8 billion euros, $7.3 billion) boosted by blockbuster sales including Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the auction house said on Friday. Rare birth of endangered hairy-nosed wombat in AustraliaSYDNEY (AFP) - The population of one of the world's rarest species has been boosted with the birth of a northern hairy-nosed wombat joey, Australian wildlife officials said Wednesday. Canada federal government to grant $372.5 mn loan to BombardierThe Canadian government provided a Can$372.5 million (US$282.7 million) loan to Bombardier, far less than the plane manufacturer had hoped to obtain as it seeks to resolve financial difficulties.
