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Vietnam estimates property damage from Typhoon Bualoi at $303 mln
Bualoi made landfall on Monday in northern central Vietnam,...
Death toll rises to 69 after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake strikes central Philippines
The Southeast Asian archipelago is one of the most seismically...
Japan issues improved emergency measures following fatal plane collision at Haneda airport
The measures — including more visible stop line markings on taxiways leading to runways and use of clearer language in traffic control communication — are to be implemented right away at Haneda while they are slated to go into effect at other airports across the...
Record thunderstorm losses and deadly earthquakes in 2023, says Munich Re
Thomas Blunck, member of the Board of Management, Munich Re Worldwide, natural disasters in 2023 resulted in losses of around US$ 250bn (previous year US$ 250bn), with insured losses of US$ 95bn (previous year US$ 125bn). Overall losses tally with the five-year...
United, Alaska find loose parts on 737 MAX planes, raising pressure on Boeing
The Federal Aviation Administration said planes would remain grounded "until operators complete enhanced inspections which include both left and right cabin door exit plugs, door components, and fasteners." WASHINGTON/CHICAGO: Boeing's latest 737 MAX crisis deepened...
Microsoft, OpenAI hit with new lawsuit by authors over AI training
Writers Nicholas Basbanes and Nicholas Gage told the court in a proposed class action that the companies infringed their copyrights by including several of their books as part of the data used to train OpenAI’s GPT large language model OpenAI and its financial backer...
Tesla to recall 1.6 million cars in China to fix autopilot, reduce risk of collision
The vehicles were made between August 26, 2014 and December 20, 2023. In these vehicles, drivers might "misuse" the Autopilot functions, which could increase the risk of collisions, the regulator said in the statement, according to CNN Tesla is recalling 1.6 million...
Japan crash marks test of how new carbon jets cope in a disaster
While investigators seek the cause of the collision, the aviation industry is keen to confirm the survivability of high-tech composite airliners which have transformed the economics of long-haul flight and airlines in the past decade Tuesday’s runway collision in...
Climate change makes forecasting harder, says Australia’s agriculture minister
“Climate change is having an impact. The models that we’ve traditionally used are having to change because the climate is changing. That’s something that I know the Bureau is working hard on, but unfortunately, the reality is that climate change means that we are...
ECB cyber stress test not to affect capital requirements
The exercise will assess how banks respond to and recover from a cyberattack, rather than their ability to prevent it. As part of the exercise, 28 banks will undergo an “enhanced” assessment, under which they will have to submit additional information on how they...
Japan earthquake casts cloud over push to restart nuclear plants
Nuclear power plants dot the coast of mountainous Japan, which is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis due to its location on the seismically active “Ring of Fire” around the Pacific Ocean The powerful earthquake that hit Japan’s western coast on New Year’s Day has...
Driverless truck companies in US plan to ditch human copilots in 2024
After years of testing, Aurora Innovation Inc., Kodiak Robotics Inc. and Gatik AI Inc. expect to remove safety drivers from trucks that are being guided by software and an array of sensors including cameras, radar and lidar, which sends pulses of light that bounces...