by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
A new risk to global supply chains is emerging as exhausted seafarers stuck offshore for months halt work, a breaking point caused by restrictions on crew changes amid coronavirus precautions. Three vessels are idled in Australia after crews who worked beyond...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic, Risk Management, Technology
United Nations: A 350% increase in phishing websites was reported in the first quarter of the year, many targeting hospitals and health care systems and hindering their work responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN counterterrorism chief has said. Vladimir...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
Nearly 600 children were admitted to U.S. hospitals with a rare inflammatory syndrome associated with the novel coronavirus over four months during the peak of the pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a report on Friday. Multisystem...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic
An approved coronavirus vaccine could end up being effective only 50-60% of the time, meaning public health measures will still be needed to keep the pandemic under control, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious diseases expert, said on Friday. “We...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management, Technology
Australia will spend A$1.66 billion ($1.19 billion) over the next 10 years to strengthen the cyber defenses of companies and households after a rise in cyber attacks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday. Cyber attacks on businesses and households are...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2020 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
Last month was the world’s third-hottest July on record, new data show — the latest milestone in a global warming trend that has seen the three hottest Julys within the last five years. With the heat has come a high level of ice melt in the Arctic,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Risk Management, Technology
San Francisco: Worldwide revenues for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) market, including software, hardware, and services, are expected to total $156.5 billion in 2020, a growth of 12.3 per cent over the previous year, according to a new forecast by International Data...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
New Delhi, An anonymous hacker has broken into chip maker Intel, publishing a link on the social media to a 20GB data containing confidential intellectual property (IP) related to key chip engineering. Many of the files in the 20GB folder allegedly "have...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 8, 2020 | Disaster & Management, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
LONDON: Insured losses from the Beirut port warehouse explosion are likely to total around $3 billion, similar to those from an explosion at the Chinese port of Tianjin in 2015, industry sources and analysts say. The blast on Tuesday, the biggest in Beirut’s...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 7, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Indian News, Non-Life, Technology
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday launched 'Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy' under which his government will waive registration fee and road tax, and provide incentive of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for new cars in the national capital. Addressing an...
