Japan FSA Plans New Division to Oversee Asset Managers, Insurers August 26, 2025 By Mari Ishibashi and Hideki Suzuki Japan’s financial regulator plans to set up a division to oversee the asset management and insurance industries, as part of...
Trump Administration Weighs Sanctions on Officials Implementing EU Tech Law August 26, 2025 By Humeyra Pamuk President Donald Trump’s administration is considering imposing sanctions on European Union or member state officials responsible for implementing the bloc’s...
China-Linked Hackers Hit Southeast Asia Diplomats, Google Says August 26, 2025 By Jane Lanhee Lee Diplomats in Southeast Asia were targeted in a cyber-espionage campaign earlier this year, likely waged in support of operations aligned...
Ransomware Hack Hits Orange Telecom, Data Published on Dark Web August 25, 2025 By Jillian Deutsch and Ryan Gallagher A criminal hacking gang has stolen business customer data from French telecommunications company Orange SA and posted it online, according...
Kazakhstan Presses on With $4 Billion Sulfur Fine on Oil Majors August 25, 2025 By Nariman Gizitdinov Kazakhstan’s environmental-protection ministry told oil majors operating in the country they have 40 days to pay a multibillion-dollar fine for...
Australia Has Banned 3 ‘Forever Chemicals’ – but Europe Wants to Ban all 14,000 August 25, 2025 Last month, Australia’s ban on the import, use and manufacture of three types of “forever chemical” came into effect. These...
Typhoon Kajiki Nears Vietnam, Bringing Strong Winds and Rain August 25, 2025 By Mary Hui and Nguyen Kieu Giang Typhoon Kajiki made landfall along the northern part of Vietnam’s central coast on Monday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain...
Stricter Return-to-Office Policies Are Boosting Growth for Catering Providers August 25, 2025 By Maggie Shiltagh and Rachel Phua Tighter in-office mandates and the high cost of eating out are driving more workers to corporate cafeterias, where upgraded amenities...
People Moves: Aon Commercial Risk Promotes Smaje as Specialty Leader, Transportation & Logistics; MGA Optio Names Deloitte’s Hallett Head of Insurer Partnerships August 22, 2025 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Aon and the MGA Optio Group. A summary of...
Postal Services Across Globe Pause US Deliveries as Tariff Shift Sows Confusion August 22, 2025 By Laura Curtis Postal services across the world are suspending parcel deliveries to the US, citing confusion about how to process millions of...