Italy’s Former Railways Chief Starts 5-Year Jail Term for 2009 Disaster June 29, 2026 The 72-year-old former head of Italy’s state railway company has begun a five-year jail term over a 2009 derailment that...
Hormuz Traffic Drops Off as Vessel Attacks Raise Fresh Concerns June 29, 2026 By Weilun Soon Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz persisted at a reduced level after attacks on two ships raised fresh concerns...
Temperature Records Fall as Extreme Heat Hits Eastern Europe June 29, 2026 By Joe Wertz and Eva Brendel The deadly heat wave that’s set temperature records across western Europe for more than a week has shifted east to...
Debt, AI Boom and Financial Fragilities Raise Global Risks, BIS Says June 29, 2026 By Marc Jones Global pressures from rising public debt to financial fragilities and the sustainability of the AI boom are increasing risks, underscoring...
Oman Tells Allies Ships Going Through Hormuz May Have to Pay June 27, 2026 By Samy Adghirni, Fiona MacDonald and Ania Nussbaum Oman has told European officials there’s no way of going back to the pre-war status quo with the Strait of...
Bahrain Targeted, Ship Struck as Iran War Ceasefire Tested June 27, 2026 By Arsalan Shahla and Sara Gharaibeh Bahrain said it had been targeted by Iran and a ship in the Strait of Hormuz was struck on Saturday...
Venezuela Seeks Quake Survivors as Death Toll Hits 589 June 26, 2026 By Andreina Itriago, Patricia Laya and Fabiola Zerpa The death toll from twin earthquakes that rocked Venezuela rose to at least 589 with nearly 3,000 more injured, as...
People Moves: Berkley Promotes Enright as President of Berkley Specialty London, Succeeding Hastings; Ariel Re Promotes Shreeve as Chief Commercial Officer June 26, 2026 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at W.R. Berkley Corp.’s Berkley Specialty London and Ariel Re. A summary...
China’s 360 Says it Has Developed Tools to Match Anthropic’s Mythos June 26, 2026 By Eduardo Baptista Chinese cybersecurity firm 360 Security Technology has developed what it calls a domestic answer to Anthropic’s Mythos, it said on...
Traffic Flows Through Hormuz Despite Shock Container Ship Attack June 26, 2026 By Weilun Soon, Stephen Stapczynski and Alex Longley An attack on a container vessel on a container vessel sailing through the Strait of Hormuz has prompted some shipowners...