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Volante Global appoints Demian Smith as new Group CEO
Demian Smith,CEO, Volante Global Smith joins Volante Global from...
AXA wins $908 million UK court ruling against Santander over protection insurance
AXA sued at London's High Court in 2021 over losses related to over...
Indonesia’s parliament approves changes to healthcare laws amid protests
The new laws will make it easier for foreign doctors to practise in Indonesia, enable patients to file criminal complaints against medical workers for malpractice and remove a requirement for the state to allocate 5% of its budget to the health sector, a...
India registers remarkable reduction in poverty with 415 million people coming out of it in 15 years: UN
According to the 2023 release, 1.1 billion out of 6.1 billion people (just over 18 per cent) live in acute multidimensional poverty across 110 countries. Sub-Saharan Africa (534 million) and South Asia (389 million) are home to approximately five out of every six poor...
Helicopter with six on board missing near Mount Everest in Nepal
According to initial reports, the helicopter was carrying a total of six individuals. It was piloted by Senior Captain Chet Gurung, the Himalayan Times newspaper quoted a source as saying Kathmandu:, A Manang Air helicopter with six people aboard went missing near...
Meta, OpenAI sued by Sarah Silverman sues over copyright
The lawsuits underscore the legal risks developers of chat bots face when using troves of copyrighted material to create apps that deliver realistic responses to user prompts Comedian Sarah Silverman and two authors have filed copyright infringement lawsuits against...
London is falling down and it’s because of climate change
That phenomenon — known as subsidence — has become worse in the UK after last year’s drought and a deadly heat wave that pushed temperatures past 40C (104F) in July 2022 to record levels The damage has triggered the highest insurance payout in almost two decades, with...
Robots say they won’t steal jobs, rebel against humans
In the world’s first human-robot press conference, they gave mixed responses on whether they should submit to stricter regulation The nine humanoid robots gathered at the ‘AI for Good’ conference in Geneva, where organizers are seeking to make the case for artificial...
Allianz ropes in AIG’s Christian Sandric as commercial managing director Asia
Christian Sandric In Asia, Allianz is targeting significant growth opportunities across the full Commercial segment which entails mid-sized companies, large multinational corporations and specialty business leveraging its extensive geographical network, enhanced...
World sees hottest June on record, North Atlantic ocean heats up
The rapidly warming planet has led to unusual spikes in air and sea temperatures that can wreak havoc on global weather, food supply chains and economies. The first El Niño in almost four years is also developing The area covered by sea ice in Antarctica reached its...
Britain to tap pensions for infrastructure as Thames Water toils
Britain's financial services were largely cut off from the EU due to Brexit, with Amsterdam overtaking London as the region's biggest share trading centre. UK chip designer ARM's decision to list in New York and not London has also piled pressure on Britain to bolster...
Siemens energy’s turbine troubles rattle wind sector
Siemens Energy shocked the wind sector in late June when it warned of faulty components and possible design faults in its onshore wind turbines Last year, the four biggest Western wind turbine makers – Vestas, GE, Siemens Energy’s Siemens Gamesa and Nordex made...