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Expanding missile threats and airspace closures are straining airlines
With increasing airspace closures around Russia and Ukraine,...
Former Kia India workers, scrap dealers face probe over theft of 1,008 engines
An initial police investigation found two former Kia India factory...
Twitter sued in Germany to force the platform to remove antisemitic content
HateAid and the European Union of Jewish Students filed the suit against Twitter to require the platform to clarify basic obligations when moderating criminal content, according to a statement on Wednesday. By filing this lawsuit, HateAid and EUJS said they’re seeking...
Qantas’ safety reputation under spotlight after spate of technical issues
The recent problems have put Australia’s largest airline under scrutiny again, months after it appeared to have resolved an embarrassing run of cancellations, delays and baggage losses. Joyce, who has forged a reputation for shredding expenses to deliver bumper...
Research suggests woman’s risk of pregnancy loss linked to certain job hazards
Manufacturing jobs and health/social work were associated with higher risks of early abortive outcomes compared with financial and insurance jobs. In an analysis of 2010-2019 information on more than 1.8 million employed and non-employed pregnant women in South Korea,...
US sues Google to break up ad unit in heated antitrust fight
“The lawsuit we have filed today seeks to hold Google to account for what we allege are its longstanding monopolies in digital advertising technologies that content creators use to sell ads and advertisers use to buy ads on the open Internet,” said the Justice...
Leading reinsurers and Aon join hands to implement Open Exposure Data, to reduce costs and increase transparency
The Open Exposure Data Standard will also lower barriers of entry for model developers – including commercial vendors, third-party data providers and academia and other research institutions. Initial testing on reinsurance placement data for Japan, Australia and China...
Five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful trans fat: WHO
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Director-General,WHO. Industrially produced trans fat (also called industrially produced trans-fatty acids) is commonly found in packaged foods, baked goods, cooking oils and spreads. Trans fat intake is responsible for up to 500 000...
Globally, wildfires cost $50 bn every year; AI can help fight them: WEF
World Economic Forum said that global wildfires in 2021 released an estimated 6,450 mega tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere Sensors with in-built AI can collect acoustic information or operate as smoke detectors in forests and alert authorities within the first hour of...
Malfunctioning of system human error could have caused Nepal plane crash Experts
The aircraft involved is a 15 year old ATR 72-500 with registration number 9N-ANC and serial number 754. This aircraft was equipped with an old transponder with unreliable data. We are downloading high resolution data and verifying the data quality," flight tracking...
Cost-of-living crisis biggest Global Risk: Davos Study
"The short-term risk landscape is dominated by energy, food, debt and disasters," said Saadia Zahidi, a managing director at WEF The cost-of-living crisis is the biggest global risk over the next two years, the World Economic Forum warned Wednesday in a survey...
WHO alert On 2 Indian syrups after Uzbekistan child deaths
On December 22, Uzbekistan alleged that 18 children had died after consuming medicines manufactured by Marion Biotech company. On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration department suspended the production licence of Marion Biotech company linked to...