Supply-Chain Stress That Peaked in COVID Heads Higher Again May 13, 2026 By Brendan Murray The impact of the energy crisis on the global economy in recent months is showing up in gauges of supply-chain...
Munich Re Flags Up to €2.5 Billion Private Credit Exposure May 12, 2026 By Stephan Kahl, Guy Johnson and Tom Mackenzie Munich Re said it has investments of as much as €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) in private credit, an asset class...
Uncertainty Over Hantavirus Spread Complicates Efforts to Contain Cruise Ship Outbreak May 12, 2026 By Jason Gale Passengers from the Hondius cruise ship are being repatriated under a patchwork of measures that reflect uncertainty over how this...
Viewpoint: Here’s How to Bring Cross-Border Growth, Regional Systems Under Control May 12, 2026 By Adi Topol Cross-border insurance programs are both commercially attractive and operationally demanding. Acquiring new businesses, adding geographies, teams, products, lines of business,...
Worst Start to Wildfire Season Raises Alarm as El Niño Threatens May 12, 2026 By Joe Wertz Record-breaking heat and drought have fueled the world’s worst ever start to a wildfire year, as climate change and a...
Polluters to Win Protection Against Legal Action in New Zealand May 12, 2026 By Tracy Withers New Zealand’s government plans a law change to prevent private legal action against greenhouse gas emitters, arguing cases have created...
Hopes Fade for Iran Peace Deal as Trump Says Ceasefire on ‘Life Support’ May 12, 2026 By Nandita Bose and Nayera Abdallah Hopes for a peace deal on Iran faded on Tuesday after Donald Trump said a ceasefire with Iran was “on...
Iran Says It’s Deployed Mini Subs in Contest to Control Hormuz May 12, 2026 By Gerry Doyle and Golnar Motevalli Iran says it’s deployed small submarines to act as an “invisible guardian” of the Strait of Hormuz amid a series...
Shein Accuses Temu of ‘Industrial Scale’ Copyright Breaches in UK Legal Battle May 11, 2026 By Sam Tobin Online fast-fashion platform Shein accused Temu of copyright infringement “on an industrial scale,” while Temu countered that Shein is using...
Trump Dismisses Iran’s Offer, Oil Rises as Hormuz Closure Persists May 11, 2026 By Nayera Abdallah, Elwely Elwelly and Nandita Bose President Donald Trump said on Monday that a ceasefire with Iran was “on life support” after he rejected Tehran’s response...