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Ebola infects 30, kills 15 in Guinea, DRC
New outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus disease in the two African countries are sending new jitters to Africa as the continent is still grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vaccine nationalism may hit WHO’s 2021 goal of 2 bn doses: Adar Poonawalla
Poonawalla’s comments highlight the continuing challenge of vaccine inequality that threatens to prolong the pandemic after richer nations raced to stockpile supplies. Few African nations received a single shipment of shots before March, while more than 20% of the population in countries including Israel, the U.K., Bahrain and the U.S have received at least one shot.
AIA to end all its coal exposure by 2028
AIA will not permit any new investments within businesses involved directly in either mining coal or generating electricity from coal.
COVID-19 disruptions may have contributed to an additional 239,000 child and maternal deaths in South Asia” – UN report
The report calls for making essential health services for pregnant women, adolescents and young infants a topmost priority. Strengthening supply chains for the delivery of vaccines and other essential childhood medicines is also vital.
Uber to give UK drivers minimum wage, pension, holiday pay
Uber said it’s extending the benefits immediately to its more than 70,000 drivers in the U.K. Drivers will earn at least the minimum wage, which currently stands at 8.72 pounds ($12.12), after accepting a trip request and expenses, and will still be able to earn more.
Drivers will also get holiday pay equal to about 12% of their earnings, paid every two weeks. And they’ll be enrolled in a pension plan that both they and the company will pay into.
‘Green’ funds shown to herd less, cutting climate shock risk: EU watchdog
ESMA published what it described as a first attempt to assess vulnerabilities to climate-related financial risks using data from 23,965 EU-based funds worth 10.7 trillion euros ($12.7 trillion).
“Within the European financial sector, investment funds are more exposed to climate-sensitive economic sectors than banks, insurers and pension funds. However, few investment fund climate-related financial risk assessments have been conducted,” ESMA said in its latest summary of market risks.
EU regulator: Astra jab benefits outweigh risks
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was investigating reports of 30 cases of unusual blood disorders out of 5 million recipients of the AstraZeneca vaccine. In total, 45 million Covid shots have been delivered across the region.
The EU regulator will release its findings on Thursday but its head, Emer Cooke, said she saw no reason to change its recommendation of AstraZeneca — one of four vaccines that it has approved for use.
Buffett’s Berkshire opposes shareholders’ climate change, diversity proposals
Berkshire also said Buffett’s compensation in 2020 totaled $380,328, comprising his usual $100,000 salary plus $280,328 for personal and home security.
Though Buffett’s salary is low for a chief executive of a major company, his 16.2% stake in Berkshire was worth about $98.2 billion as of Friday.
Citing its decentralized model, Berkshire said the climate proposal from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, Federated Hermes and Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec was unnecessary, and that many businesses’ climate decisions already made “great sense” for the environment.
Airlines face headache over ‘use-by’ date on some jet parts as pandemic grounds fleets
In the highly regulated world of airplane maintenance, the frequency of many tasks is determined by the number of take-offs and landings or flight hours. But others, such as life vests and portable oxygen bottles, have a fixed schedule for replacement.
Microsoft Teams, 365 services suffer global outage
There are at least 115 million people using Microsoft Teams globally.
In the latest tweet on Tuesday, Microsoft 365 team said: “Our monitoring indicates that majority of the services have fully recovered. However, we’re addressing a subset of services that are still experiencing some residual impact and delays in recovery”.