Financial Services’ AI Dangers Highlighted by UK Regulator’s Review July 7, 2026 By Phoebe Seers Britain’s financial regulator has been urged to consider regulation of large language models such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini because...
Flood Risk Doesn’t Matter as Bargain Houses Tempt NZ Buyers July 7, 2026 By Ainsley Thomson New Zealand’s flood-prone homes are outperforming the rest of the country’s moribund housing market, as buyers chase lower prices and...
Allstate’s SquareTrade Europe Launches Licensed Insurer Headquartered in Brussels July 6, 2026 SquareTrade Europe, an Allstate company, has launched a new licensed insurer, SquareTrade Europe Insurance, headquartered in Brussels. SquareTrade said the...
Insurers Avoid €580 Million Hit From Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts July 6, 2026 By Lucca de Paoli The insurers of the Nord Stream pipelines don’t have to pay €580 million ($662 million) after a judge ruled that...
Europe Faces Weeks of Extreme Heat as Fire and Power Risks Build July 6, 2026 By Joe Wertz, Eva Brendel and Nayla Razzouk Western Europe is bracing for the summer’s third major heat wave, fueling dangerous wildfire conditions and straining power systems across...
Japan-Linked Ships Escaping Hormuz in Convoy Through Iran Route July 6, 2026 By Alex Longley, Yusuke Maekawa and Stephen Stapczynski At least eight ships controlled by Japan’s Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. are heading out of the Strait of Hormuz using...
Google Loses Fight Against Record €4.1 Billion EU Antitrust Fine July 6, 2026 By Foo Yun Chee and Sudip Kar-Gupta Alphabet’s Google on Thursday lost its long-running fight against a record EU antitrust fine for using its Android mobile operating...
Europe Targets Shadow Fleet Tankers Falsely Using Cameroon Flag, Sources Say July 6, 2026 Europe is taking tougher action against tankers falsely using Cameroon’s flag registry to transport Russian oil, including boarding vessels at...
AI Poses Biggest Security Challenge of Decade, UK’s Cooper Warns July 6, 2026 By Tom Rees The world must urgently develop guardrails to contain the threat posed by artificial intelligence, Britain’s foreign secretary is set to...
The Race to Rescue 8,000 Sailors Still Stranded Behind Hormuz July 3, 2026 By Weilun Soon and Stephen Stapczynski At anchor in the Persian Gulf, Abhijit Chopra found out about the US-Iran peace deal when his phone lit up...