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Air India cockpit recording suggests captain cut fuel to engines before crash, report
India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is...
Global Cat insured losses at least $100 billion for 1H 2025: Aon
According to preliminary estimates, 1H economic losses in the U.S....
Bank of England consults on next leg of insurance capital reforms
The Solvency II rules were inherited from the European Union and their reform is seen by the insurance industry and by lawmakers who supported Britain’s exit from the bloc as a key “Brexit dividend” to unlock billions of pounds to invest in infrastructure The Bank of...
‘Climate washing’ lawsuits jump as more activists challenge corporate claims, report shows
“One of the most significant groups of climate-washing cases to emerge in recent years have been cases challenging the truthfulness of corporate climate commitments, particularly where these are not backed up by adequate plans and policies,” the report authors, Joana...
Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO’s cancer research agency to say
Aspartame has been extensively studied for years. Last year, an observational study in France among 100,000 adults showed that people who consumed larger amounts of artificial sweeteners – including aspartame – had a slightly higher cancer risk.It followed a study...
Businesses criticize new EU data rules, consumer group sees missed opportunity
DIGITALEUROPE, whose members include Airbus, U.S. tech giants such as Amazon and Google, GFK, Nokia, Qualcomm, Philips, SAP, Siemens and Sony, said the data agreement fell short of businesses’ expectations “The Data Act will place European industry at a disadvantage...
Anti-ESG movement in U.S. feeds anxiety among UK investors
In the US, there’s evidence that anti-ESG rhetoric has led some financial firms to tone down their commitments to ESG in their conversations with clients. And pension funds have been caught in a long-running battle between the Biden administration and Republicans over...
Global initiative launched to rate corporate carbon offset claims
The Claims Code of Practice launched by the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI), backed by the British government, seeks to help investors establish whether claims made by companies using carbon offsets are credible A standard to assess companies’...
Indictment details plan to steal Samsung secrets for Foxconn China project
The unreleased 18-page indictment, reviewed by Reuters, provides details in the case against former Samsung executive Choi Jinseog, including how he is alleged to have stolen Samsung's trade secrets and details about the planned Foxconn plant. SEOUL: When former...
Audi ex-boss becomes first VW board member sentenced over diesel scandal
The case is among the most prominent in the aftermath of the diesel scandal, when parent group Volkswagen and Audi admitted in 2015 to having used illegal software to cheat on emissions tests Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler was handed a suspended sentence of one year...
Top central bankers assert need for higher interest rates to tackle persistent inflation
The clear message was that rates would stay high until the inflation beast is subdued, according to a panel discussion with US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, Bank of England Gov. Andrew Bailey and Bank of Japan...
Some Dutch people seeking euthanasia cite autism or intellectual disabilities, researchers say
Between 2012 and 2021, nearly 60,000 people were killed at their own request, according to the Dutch government's euthanasia review committee Countries, including Belgium, Canada and Colombia, have legal euthanasia, but the Netherlands is the only one that shares...