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Reinsurers scrap war-risk cover after US torpedoes Iranian ship
Indian insurers and reinsurers have canceled hull coverages in...
Maritime insurance premiums surge as Iran conflict widens,in some cases by more than 1,000%
Analysts at Jefferies estimated on Thursday that potential industry...
Announcements by US to have substantial implications for global trade: WTO DG
"While the situation is rapidly evolving, our initial estimates suggest that these measures, coupled with those introduced since the beginning of the year, could lead to an overall contraction of around 1 per cent in global merchandise trade volumes this year,...
Fitch cuts China’s credit rating on rising debt, weakening finances
"The downgrade reflects our expectations of a continued weakening of China's public finances and a rapidly rising public debt trajectory during the country's economic transition," Fitch said in a statement Global ratings agency Fitch on Thursday downgraded China's...
North Korean fake IT experts infiltrate European firms: Google
The workers falsely claim to be from countries including Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Ukraine, the US and Vietnam to secure jobs. They’re recruited through platforms including Upwork Inc., Freelancer and Telegram and paid with cryptocurrency, or via digital...
Firm issued fake insurance for Russian oil tankers, Norway’s regulator says
Such vessels are not regulated or covered by conventional Western insurers, posing the risk of unsafe tankers and environmental damage in the event of a wreck. The insurance issued to dozens of aging oil tankers used by Russia to skirt international sanctions was...
Allianz scraps nuclear, military exclusions to back Europe’s rearmament drive
AGI wrote to its clients late last week to advise that its sustainable funds could now buy into companies that earned more than 10% of their revenue from military equipment and services. Germany’s Allianz Global Investors has dropped two exclusions blocking its...
US court allows investor lawsuit against Musk over Twitter purchase
Elon Musk A Manhattan federal judge on last Friday said investors can move forward with claims that Musk committed securities fraud by failing to make timely disclosures to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, posting “misleading tweets about Twitter’s future”...
Japan estimates feared megaquake could cause $1.8 trln in damage, kill 300,000 people
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, and the government sees about an 80% chance of a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake along a tremulous seabed zone known as the Nankai Trough. TOKYO: Japan's economy could lose as much as $1.81 trillion in the event...
X faces global outage including in India for couple of hours
This is the second time within a month that users have reported outages in the X network New Delhi: Billionaire Elon Musk-controlled microblogging website X on Sunday faced a global outage, including in India, for about a couple of hours, according to online companies...
Japan to give crypto assets legal status as financial products, Nikkei says
As part of the move, crypto assets will be put under insider trading restrictions that prohibit buying and selling based on undisclosed internal information, the Nikkei said TOKYO: Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to revise the Financial Instruments and...
Aftershocks rattle devastated city of Mandalay
The initial 7.7-magnitude quake struck near the central Myanmar city of Mandalay early Friday afternoon, followed minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock. The tremors collapsed buildings, downed bridges and buckled roads, with mass destruction seen in the city of...