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Boeing in early stages of developing 737 MAX replacement
The U.S. planemaker has also been designing the flight deck of a...
OpenAI launches parental controls in ChatGPT after California teen’s suicide
Under the new measures, parents will be able to reduce exposure to...
14 people killed in landslides, floods and lightning incidents in Nepal
"We recorded a total of 44 incidents on June 26, 2024. In those incidents 14 people have lost their lives, 8 are due to landslide, 5 due to lightning and 1 in flooding. 2 people are still unaccounted for in the incident of landslide while 10 people have sustained...
Finland plans to offer preemptive bird flu vaccination to some workers with exposure to animals
The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed or caused the culling of hundreds of millions of poultry globally in recent years and has increasingly been spreading to mammals, including cows in the United States and, in some cases, also to humans Finland plans to offer...
Issuance of cat bonds set to hit a record this year
Catastrophe bonds are generally issued by insurers looking to pass a chunk of their risk over to capital markets. Issuance has picked up lately, with factors including climate change, population density and inflation adding to the potential losses that insurers face....
Cyberattack plunges US auto retail industry into disarry
The outage impacting CDK's dealer management system, used to complete deals, track store profitability and monitor employee compensation, has "plunged the auto retail industry into disarray", JPMorgan analysts said last week U.S. auto dealers grappled with an ongoing...
Blaze at South Korea lithium battery plant kills 22 workers
South Korea has made efforts to improve its safety record after several past accidents, many of which have been blamed on negligence. Each year dozens of workers are killed in industrial accidents, which prompted parliament to pass a law aimed at punishing the...
Birth rates halve in richer countries as costs weigh, OECD report says
Particularly low total fertility rates were measured in Korea, at 0.7 and Italy and Spain, each with 1.2 children per woman. The highest were in Israel on 2.9, followed by Mexico and France, each with 1.8.The average age of women giving birth rose from 28.6 in 2000 to...
Industry urges action in Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Houthis
Insurance industry sources said on Wednesday there was also mounting concern over the use of attack drone boats by the Houthis Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen’s Houthis, leading industry groups said on...
Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties
Moscow's influence over the company was found to pose a significant risk, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on a briefing call with reporters on Thursday.The software's privileged access to a computer's systems could allow it to steal sensitive information from...
Japan’s space agency was hit by multiple cyberattacks, no sensitive data was taken
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi confirmed the attacks, stating that JAXA has been investigating the extent of the breaches, ensuring no classified data was compromised Tokyo:Japan's space agency, JAXA, has faced numerous cyberattacks since the previous year....
J&J talc users want cancer checks for women even if it cost billions
The suit is the latest salvo in the ongoing legal battle between J&J and former talc users, who allege the world’s largest maker of health-care products hid the cancer risks of its iconic baby powder for almost half a century. J&J is seeking the backing from...