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AIG to pay Neal $2.7 million to compensate for “foregone incentives”
John Neal, forner CEO, Lloyd's AIG withdrew its employment offer to...
Sri Lanka shuts offices, schools as 56 killed due to floods and landslides
More than 25 people were killed Thursday in landslides in the...
UK’s Nationwide stops lending to some homes over flood risk
Nationwide Building Society uses mapping technology to identify which individual homes are vulnerable to flooding, Nationwide Head of Property Risk Rob Stevens said in an interview. The company will decline to make a loan to purchase a property it deems to be at high...
DUAL launches new capability in title insurance in Australia & New Zealand
The primary focus will be (i) real estate transactions involving commercial real estate located in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore and (ii) M&A transactions involving target companies and trusts across markets including Australia, New Zealand, Hong...
AstraZeneca acknowledges potential link between vaccine and rare blood clots in UK court
The Daily Telegraph' reports that in a legal document submitted to the High Court in London in February for a group action being brought by 51 claimants, AZ admitted that the vaccine developed with the University of Oxford to protect against COVID-19 may cause...
WHO says bird flu risk currently low, asks countries to remain vigilant
The UN-agency said countries should implement infection control measures and procedures to reduce human exposure to birds and mammals potentially infected with bird flu or other animal influenza viruses There is a risk that the H5N1 bird flu virus, present in many...
Houthis attack four ships in Indian Ocean, Red Sea
In March, the group's leader said the group was expanding its attack area to prevent Israel-linked ships from passing through the Indian Ocean toward the Cape of Good Hope Yemen's Houthis said they targeted the MSC Orion container ship in a drone attack in the Indian...
Nearly half of China’s major cities are sinking, researchers say
Subsidence already costs China more than 7.5 billion yuan ($1.04 billion) in annual losses, and within the next century, nearly a quarter of coastal land could actually be lower than sea levels, putting hundreds of millions of people at an even greater risk of...
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao sentenced to 4 months in prison for allowing cybercriminals and terrorist grps to trade on cryptocurrency exchange
Changpeng Zhao, founder & former CEO, Binance It is the first time a chief executive officer has ever gone to jail for a bank secrecy act violation, a charge that has been used repeatedly in crypto prosecutions in recent years Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was...
AstraZeneca reaffirms vaccine safety amidst rare side effect concerns
This comes in the wake of a recent admission by AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical company, that its Covid vaccine Covishield and Vaxzevria "can, in very rare cases, cause Thrombosis Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (TTS)." New Delhi: In light of recent concerns surrounding...
UN officials urge swift action to tackle El Niño-induced extreme weather
The current El Niño event began in mid- to late 2023, causing the ocean’s temperature to rise, and its impact has already decimated farming in southern Africa, triggering crop shortfalls and rising commodity prices. At the same time, flooding in Kenya has affected...
Clot in blood vessels occurs in rare cases with certain vaccines: Medical Expert amid reports over AstraZeneca
In the wake of a recent admission by AstraZeneca where the pharmaceutical company said that its Covid vaccine Covishield and Vaxzevria "can, in very rare cases, cause TTS." According to several UK media reports, AstraZeneca has made the admission in court documents in...