Concrete ceiling slabs fell onto moving vehicles deep inside a long Japanese highway tunnel, and authorities confirmed nine deaths before...
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Toyota Motor Corp said it will recall 2.77 million vehicles worldwide, including some of its popular Prius hybrid cars, for...
Asian flood losses during the third quarter of 2012 aggregated more than $7.5 billion in economic losses, of which China...
Lloyd’s has published an analysis of the floods that hit Thailand in October 2011, which notes that “after weeks of...
Typhoon Jelawat remains a powerful storm, even if its wind speed has decreased from around from 155 mph, 250km/h, it...
The United States has renewed waivers on Iran sanctions for Japan and 10 European countries because they cut their purchases...

The good news is that Europe is no longer going the way of Greece. The sad news is that it...
Despite ludicrous claims to the contrary, Western sanctions have hurt Iran’s crude oil exports, but it’s also not all gloom...

Insurance companies based in the EU are not allowed to provide cover for ships that carry Iranian cargo. The EU...
According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Bolaven made landfall on northern Okinawa around 12:00 UTC on August 26,...