UK Revisits Social Media Regulation After Far-Right Riots August 12, 2024 By Martin Coulter The British government is considering changes to the Online Safety Act designed to regulate social media companies, following a week...
Four Suspected Houthi Attacks Target Ship Off Yemen, Authorities Say August 12, 2024 By Jon Gambrell Four suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted a Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait linking the...
Ukraine Boosts Grain Exports Despite Intensified Russian Attacks August 12, 2024 By Pavel Polityuk, Jonathan Saul and Tom Balmforth Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has...
Generali Profit Falls as Europe Flooding Hurts Non-Life Results August 12, 2024 By Sonia Sirletti Assicurazioni Generali SpA’s second-quarter profit fell 24% from a year earlier, as claims from storms and flooding in Europe weighed...
Germany Is Europe’s Prime Target for Audacious ATM Bombings August 12, 2024 By Karin Matussek In the early morning hours of May 6, 2023, an explosion occurred in a bank in the German town of...
Flight, Voice Data From Brazil Plane Crash Extracted in Probe August 12, 2024 Flight and voice data boxes from a plane that crashed in Brazil have been extracted with “100% success,” a government...
Australian Pensions Industry Boosts Investments in Natural Catastrophe Reinsurance August 12, 2024 By Amy Bainbridge The risks from the growing number of natural disasters offer Australia’s largest pension funds a chance to boost returns. Colonial...
Japan Issued Its First ‘Megaquake’ Warning After Powerful Tremor August 9, 2024 By Shoko Oda An earthquake off the coast of Japan’s southern island of Kyushu prompted the government to issue its first-ever warning for...
Taylor Swift Cancellations Deal Blow to Insurers: Sources August 9, 2024 By Carolyn Cohn and Alexander Hübner Insurers face millions of dollars in claims after a foiled attack forced three Taylor Swift concerts in Austria to be...
Update: Australia’s QBE More Than Doubles First-Half Profit, but Misses Estimates August 9, 2024 By Ayushman Ojha and Rishav Chatterjee Australia’s QBE Insurance Group on Friday reported a more than twofold jump in its first-half profit, boosted by higher income...