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Apple removes Data Protection Tool in UK amid privacy row
While the UK Home Office has refused to comment on the issue, The...
Climate Goals Still Make Business Sense, Rio Tinto CEO Says
Jakob Stausholm,Chief Executive Officer, Rio Tinto Group His...
California parents could soon sue for social media addiction
The bill prepared by California defines “addiction” as kids under 18 who are both harmed — either physically, mentally, emotionally, developmentally or materially — and who want to stop or reduce how much time they spend on social media but they can't because they are...
UK climate stress test for banks, insurers is the toughest yet: Fitch
Non-life insurers and reinsurers are exposed to physical risk through property and catastrophe losses, which are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change Life insurers are more exposed to the transition risk that affects the assets in their investment...
Pandemic creates new billionaire every 30 hours: Oxfam at Davos
''We expect this year that 263 million more people will crash into extreme poverty, at a rate of a million people every 33 hours,'' Oxfam International said. Davos: As the rich and powerful from across the globe gather here for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting...
Monkeypox formidable challenge to world: WHO
While the Covid pandemic is “most certainly not over. We face a formidable convergence of disease, drought, famine and war, fuelled by climate change, inequity and geopolitical rivalry”, Ghebreyesus said Geneva: Even as the world is not over the pandemic yet, it is...
Climate change boosted cost of Japan storm by $4 Billion, study shows
The research on extreme weather in Japan is the latest assessment of how inaction on curbing fossil fuel emissions is rapidly accelerating the cost of recovery and insuring people and property in the paths of more destructive storms The effects of human-caused climate...
Crypto ‘worth nothing’, should be regulated: ECB Prez Christine Lagarde
Christine Lagarde,European Central Bank President Lagarde told Dutch television that she’s concerned about people “who have no understanding of the risks, who will lose it all and who will be terribly disappointed, which is why I believe that that should be...
Farmer sues VW over climate change; German court has doubts
“Farmers are already being hit harder and faster by climate change than expected,” he told reporters this week, alleging that VW as the world's second-biggest automaker has contributed to the damage A court in Germany cast doubt on Friday on claims by a German farmer...
WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe
In what Germany described as the largest outbreak in Europe ever, cases have been reported in at least eight European countries – Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom - as well as the United States, Canada and Australia The...
PWC partners with due diligence tech startup Neotas to combat financial crime
The Neotas platform will enable PwC’s integrity due diligence “RADAR” service offering to scale, to address new risk domains including ESG, financial solvency, social media and more from a single centralised platform Global professional services giant PwC will combat...
‘We are going to die’: Sri Lanka warns of food shortages
"I sincerely urge everyone to accept the gravity of the … situation." Sri Lanka is facing a dire shortage of foreign exchange, fuel, and medicines, and economic activity has slowed to a crawl,''said Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Sri Lanka's prime minister has...