Global Energy Security at Risk if Strait of Hormuz Does Not Open in Weeks: IEA Chief July 17, 2026 By Timothy Gardner If the U.S. and Iran do not increase oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz soon, the world should worry...
London Broker Howden Plots Giant Capital Raise on IPO Path July 17, 2026 By Leonard Kehnscherper Howden Group, the London-based insurance broker that’s chasing an initial public offering by 2030, is in talks to raise several...
Wife of Ryanair Passenger Partially Sucked Out of Plane Window Recalls Incident July 17, 2026 By Ivana Sekularac and Alexandros Avramidis Svetlana Maksimovic and her husband Ljubisa Karovic had just settled into a Ryanair flight last week when a loud bang...
Drones, AI and White Paint: Europe Races to Protect Infrastructure From Heat July 17, 2026 By Alexander Gudbrandsen, Sam Tabahriti and Giulia Segreti As Europe’s railways buckle under record heat, roads melt and power grids strain, countries are turning to an array of...
China Sends Robots Into the World to Learn How to Be Human July 16, 2026 In an industrial park on the outskirts of Beijing, a humanoid arm picks up a bag of Lay’s potato chips...
Iran, US Step Up Attacks, Though Release of American May Signal Path to Climbdown July 16, 2026 By Nayera Abdallah and Jana Choukeir Iran and the United States exchanged intensified fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has all but torn up...
HSB (UK & Ireland) Names Former Munich Re Exec Götz as Dir. of Strategy, Value Propositions; Antares Appoints Interim CEO After Death of van der Straaten July 16, 2026 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the insurers HSB (UK & Ireland) and Antares. A summary of...
London Offices Without AC Face New Price Risk Due to Heat Waves July 16, 2026 By Olivia Rudgard London’s office market is weighing the possibility of lower prices for properties that don’t come with cooling options such as...
Iran Warns Strait of Hormuz Is a ‘Red Line’ and Will Resist Until the End July 16, 2026 By Jana Choukeir and Nayera Abdallah Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable “red line,” warning that if U.S. President Donald...
India Bars Seafarers From Hormuz Voyages After Attacks July 16, 2026 By Rakesh Sharma and Weilun Soon India has directed ship owners, ship managers and recruitment agencies to stop deploying the country’s seafarers on vessels going through...