French Riots Seen as Insurance Test Before New Regime Kicks In October 20, 2026 By Claudia Cohen The damage wrought cross France by the recent street riots will demonstrate the extent of current insurance coverage, just months...
Google Cloud Outage in UK Eases After Affecting Digital Banks, Public Sector Websites October 20, 2026 By Anhata Rooprai Alphabet’s Google said on Tuesday its cloud services in the UK were back up after an hours-long outage that disrupted...
Hormuz Could Be ‘Redundant’ in Five Years, Replaced by New Routes, HSBC CEO Says October 20, 2026 By Federico Maccioni Investment in alternative logistics routes in the Gulf to mitigate the impact of the Iran war could make the Strait...
AI Tool That Hacked Korean Banks Was Used in Japan: Security Firm October 20, 2026 By Mayumi Negishi The hackers who recently infiltrated some of Japan’s biggest companies used an AI tool developed in China and linked to...
Bank of England Considers Stress Testing AI’s Effect on the Financial Sector October 20, 2026 By Tom Rees While the Bank of England is busy stress testing the UK’s private markets, another threat is looming in the minds...
French Unrest Tapers Off After Security Measures Imposed October 20, 2026 By Rajesh Mascarenhas French protests largely died down after authorities rolled out tougher security measures, including targeted curfews, following cost-of-living protests over the...
Severe Drought Hits Parts of England for First Time Since 1995 October 19, 2026 By Jessica Shankleman A severe drought has been declared for parts of England for the first time since 1995, pushing the government to...
Diageo’s Toxic Spill Hits a Pristine River in Scottish Whisky Country October 19, 2026 By Jennifer Creery The River Spey in northeastern Scotland is one of the world’s most pristine bodies of water. Stretching across 107 miles,...
3M to Argue Australia’s $1.4B ‘Forever Chemicals’ Lawsuit Legally Flawed, Court Hears October 19, 2026 By Christine Chen US conglomerate 3M plans to argue a landmark case brought by Australia over contamination from the company’s use of PFAS...
The Crypto Devices Built to Foil Hackers Came With Spies Inside October 19, 2026 By Suvashree Ghosh, Anders Melin, Ben Weiss and Muyao Shen At a small cryptocurrency shop in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, a sheet of paper dated Oct. 10 is taped...