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North Korean fake IT experts infiltrate European firms: Google
The workers falsely claim to be from countries including Italy,...
Firm issued fake insurance for Russian oil tankers, Norway’s regulator says
Such vessels are not regulated or covered by conventional Western...
15,000 killed by hot weather in Europe in 2022: WHO
"This is the fastest-warming region, according to a report launched this week by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Extreme temperatures accounted for more than 148 000 lives lost in the European Region in the previous 50 years. In just 1 year since, we lost...
Reeling from floods, Pakistan seeks climate compensation, debt relief
Pakistan and other climate-vulnerable countries are demanding that the U.N. climate talks this year in Egypt take steps to mobilize "loss and damage" funds for disaster-hit nations, and some say rich nations have a duty to pay these costs because their historical...
Inflation top worry for G20 countries -survey
Although central banks worldwide have embarked on a path of aggressive monetary policy tightening, their efforts to tame inflation run the risk of tipping the global economy into a recession Runaway inflation, an unfolding debt crisis and cost-of-living problems pose...
Precision Air plane crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania, 19 killed
Images shared by East African media showed the aircraft seemingly intact after plunging into Lake Victoria, which borders Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya Nineteen people died after a passenger plane crashed into Africa’s largest lake on approach to an airport in...
Markel Dubai growth further enhances capabilities in MENA region, announces 3 senior appointments
Max Robbie has been promoted to senior executive officer (SEO) at Markel Dubai, subject to regulatory approval. He joined Markel in Dubai in October 2021 and was previously head of upstream energy for Markel in Asia Dubai: Markel International, a subsidiary of the...
Global cyber insurance premium to grow 20% to reach $23 billion by 2025 from $10 billion in 2021: Swiss Re
The market has significant growth potential beyond these projections. Given estimates of annual global cyber losses at around $ 945 billion, roughly 90% of the risk remains uninsured, said Swiss Re Jérôme Haegeli, Swiss Re Group Chief Economist: "As cyberattacks have...
Apple warns of hit to iPhone shipments from China COVID disruption
"But this is part of a much deeper story - the uncertainty surrounding the future of the Chinese economy… These headlines are part of the ongoing saga as to whether there is any truth to the consistent rumours that authorities are discussing whether some of the...
Indian ‘hack-for-hire’ firms target VIPs, states: Report
According to the investigation based on leaked documents and undercover work in India earlier this year, journalists posing as former MI6 agents turned private investigators claim that one gang ''seized control of computers'' owned by Pakistan's politicians, generals...
COP27 begins a ‘new era to do things differently’, issue of “loss and damage” to be discussed
29 countries have now come forward with tightened national climate plans since COP26, five more since the publication of last week’s UNFCCC NDC Synthesis report, but still not a majority, said Simon Stiell, the new Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Convention...
Allianz Global Investors targets $1 bln for tackling climate risks
Private finance in developing economies hit a record $250 billion last year, according to the International Monetary Fund, but must more than double by 2030 to keep on track to hit the world’s climate goal, a London School of Economics study said Allianz Global...