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21 05, 2021

Hackers of Irish Health Service Offer Decryption Key – for Ransom of $20M

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A day after threatening to publicly release patient data, the hackers who targeted Ireland’s health service offered a decryption key that they said could be used to unlock computers infected with ransomware. While seeming to offer an olive branch — …

21 05, 2021

Canada Faces Mega-Hurricanes if Climate Change Pushes Storms North: Swiss Re Warns

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Climate change is making hurricanes bigger and stronger, and it may soon push them farther north. Yet Canada’s homeowners, businesses and insurers underestimate that escalating risk, according to one of the world’s leading reinsurance firms. Overall, the northern nation has …

20 05, 2021

Irish Patient Data May Have Been Posted on Dark Web After Cyber Attack: Minister Says

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Reports of Irish patient data posted online after a cyber attack on Ireland’s health service appear to be accurate, a government minister said, as the fallout from the hack continues. A Financial Times report that some patient data has appeared …

20 05, 2021

London’s ‘Golden Age’ as Europe’s Financial Center Has Ended: NatWest Chair

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The City of London’s ‘Golden Age’ as Europe’s financial capital is over following Brexit, but it will remain a major and profitable center, NatWest bank chairman Howard Davies said on Tuesday. The City has been largely cut off from the …

20 05, 2021

Trial Operations of Flying Taxis, Cargo Drones Will Begin in England This Year

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Trial operations of flying taxis and cargo drones will begin in Coventry, England, before the end of the year as part of a plan to develop “aerial roads” for unmanned flights in urban areas. The project, backed by 1.2 million …

20 05, 2021

UK Pushes G-7 Countries to Adopt Mandatory Climate Reporting for Big Companies

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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is pushing the Group of Seven (G-7) economies to impose mandatory reporting of environmental risks on their big companies, people familiar with the matter said. Under the proposals, the biggest companies would report …

18 05, 2021

Warming Arctic Permafrost Will Make It Harder to Curb Climate Change: Study

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The warming Arctic tundra will make it harder for the world to curb climate change, as thawing permafrost and wildfires release greenhouse gases that are not fully accounted for in global emissions agreements, a study said on Monday. As temperatures …

18 05, 2021

Cyclone Sinks Barge Operated by India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corp., Hundreds Rescued

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A cyclone barreling through India’s west coast sank a barge hired by state-run explorer Oil & Natural Gas Corp. prompting a massive operation to rescue 96 people missing from the vessel. “Long-range maritime surveillance aircraft were assisting the rescue effort …

17 05, 2021

New Post-COVID Hybrid Work Arrangements May Not Be as Flexible as Desired

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Fourteen months after coronavirus confined the world’s office-workers to their homes, companies are embarking on another great experiment — how to get their teams back together, in-person, at least some of the time. It’s a task that is briefly uniting …

17 05, 2021

Climate Litigation Cases Booming After Paris Agreement – Often Led by Young Activists

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Whatsapp chat rooms and Telegram channels across Germany lit up in the early hours of April 29. Young people frantically exchanged messages in a tone that went from disbelief to surprise to euphoria. The country’s highest court had just ruled …