Hong Kong Boosts Flood Management as Climate Change Fuels Heavy Rains September 12, 2025 By Mary Hui Two years ago, extreme rainfall inundated Hong Kong, turning roads into raging rapids, submerging cars and flooding malls, making it...
Immigration Raid Disruptions Spread, Casting Pall on Korea Investment September 12, 2025 By Hyonhee Shin and Youkyung Lee Fallout from last week’s unprecedented immigration raid at a Georgia battery plant run by two South Korean firms is reverberating...
America’s New EU Ambassador Vows to Fight Red Tape for US Companies September 12, 2025 By Jeff Green The US will defend American companies from digital and environmental regulations taking effect in the European Union that may unfairly...
How Europe Lost an Area the Size of Cyprus to Wildfires This Year September 12, 2025 By Laura Millan and Joe Wertz Patricia Lamela was driving back to the Galician town of Larouco in northwest Spain when she got the call. It...
French Lawmaker Asks Prosecutor to Probe TikTok for ‘Endangering the Lives’ of Users September 11, 2025 The chairman of a French parliamentary committee investigating TikTok’s psychological effects on minors said on Thursday that he had asked...
Scientists Link Major Carbon Emitters to Worsening Heat Waves September 11, 2025 By Coco Liu and Eric Roston One quarter of more than 200 heat waves that occurred worldwide this century may have been impossible without human-induced global...
Markets/Coverages: Howden’s MGA DUAL Launches Cargo Insurance in Europe September 11, 2025 DUAL Europe, the managing general agent and unit of insurance intermediary Howden, announced the launch of its cargo insurance business,...
Bacterial Greening Disease Infects Nearly Half of Brazil’s Citrus Belt September 11, 2025 By Ana Mano Greening disease, caused by bacteria transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid, has infected nearly 48% of Brazil’s citrus belt, according...
South Korean E-Commerce Giant Coupang Wins US Dismissal of IPO Lawsuit September 11, 2025 By Jonathan Stempel Coupang, the e-commerce company often called the Amazon of South Korea, won the dismissal on Wednesday of a lawsuit claiming...
Wall Street Regulator Says it Has Concerns Over European ESG Rules September 11, 2025 By Douglas Gillison Wall Street’s top regulator on Wednesday criticized two recent European laws on companies’ disclosures of their environmental, social and governance...