by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management
NEW YORK: As airlines slashed flights and furloughs appeared inevitable in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Catania sensed there would be little need for a service that helped airline crews find short-term housing. So, Catania and his fellow...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
LONDON: The World Health Organization has agreed a no-fault compensation plan for claims of serious side effects in people in 92 poorer countries due to get COVID-19 vaccines via the COVAX sharing scheme, resolving a big concern among recipient governments. The...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
Berlin: The head of the World Health Organization pleaded with rich countries on Monday to check before ordering additional COVID-19 vaccine shots for themselves whether that undermines efforts to get vaccine shots to poorer nations. Wealthy nations have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
London: The growing problem of manmade space debris has to be tackled as it could pose threat to current and future space operations, said Hiscox, the specialist insurer . NASA reports that the International Space Station has had to maneuver...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 22, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Regulation
London: Around 1,000 European Union finance firms are expected to open their first offices in the UK after losing their passporting rights because of Brexit. Roughly two-thirds of the 1,500 money managers, payment firms and insurers that have applied for...