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ADB expands support for Philippines’ Climate Action with $500 million loan
In recent weeks, four strong typhoons impacted the Philippines one...
DHL cargo plane crashes near Vilnius Airport, One killed
“We see a more aggressive Russia, foreign partners have also spoken...
Phishing victim can’t claim $5 mln loss for money it never ‘held’
The scammers used the log-in credentials to divert about $10 million in payments. However, RealPage quickly detected the swindle and notified Stripe, which was able to stop payment or recover nearly $4 million RealPage reimbursed its client property managers for the...
Omicron variant may double risk of getting infected on planes, says IATA
As before, passengers should avoid face-to-face contact and surfaces that are frequently touched, and people sitting near to each other should try not to be unmasked at the same time during meals,said David Powell, physician and medical adviser to the International...
Philippine supertyphoon Rai ‘exceeded all predictions’ – forecaster
While it's unclear exactly how global warming is affecting the intensification of such storms, the UN's climate change agency has found it is "likely that the frequency of rapid intensification events have increased over the past four decades" as temperatures rise....
Norway wealth fund will pressure, not divest from high gas emitters
It will however be an "active shareholder" in such companies by pushing them to make the transition to net zero emissions, and divest from them if it believes their business models are not sustainable, the deputy head of the central bank - which is in charge of the...
COVID-19 to reduce UK life expectancy by 9 Months:Royal Bank of Canada analysts
The increased mortality will allow the life insurers to release more funds that have been set aside in reserves, boosting operating profit by 7.4 billion pounds ($9.8 billion), or 16%, each year for the next five years, RBC said. The coronavirus pandemic is seen...
EU sets binding 9-month validity of vaccinations for COVID-19 travel pass
After a booster shot, the validity of the COVID-19 pass will be extended further without a set limit, because at the moment there is not enough information about the duration of protection from boosters, an EU official said The European Commission on Tuesday adopted...
Qatar Airways takes Airbus to court in A350 jet safety dispute
The row widened this month when documents seen by Reuters revealed at least five other airlines located in varying climates had complained about paint or other surface problems since 2016. Airbus has until recently maintained the problem was focused on paint on...
Omicron’s global spread prompts renewed lockdowns, delayed reopenings
The Omicron variant was first detected last month in southern Africa and Hong Kong and so far has been reported in at least 89 countries More than 274 million people have been reported to be infected by the coronavirus globally since the pandemic began and more than...
Wall St: Dow crashes 600 pts as Omicron’s spread stokes fears of tighter curbs
Surging global infections of the Omicron coronavirus variant have sparked worries in financial markets as many European nations and Britain weigh the possibility of restrictions during Christmas US stock indexes fell more than 1% on Monday, dragged by concerns about...
Crypto attracts more money in 2021 than all previous years combined, scammers netted $7.7 billion from victims
"As the largest form of cryptocurrency-based crime and one uniquely targeted toward new users, scamming poses one of the biggest threats to cryptocurrency's continued adoption," Chainalysis said. Venture capital funds have poured about $30 billion into crypto, or more...