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21 08, 2026

S. Korean Ship to Test Arctic Route to Europe but Western Allies Concerned

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South Korea will flag off on Saturday a container ship bound for Europe via the Arctic, testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice can be commercially viable, but risking friction with Western allies, as the voyage requires Russian …

21 08, 2026

Gallagher Re Launches Digital Risk Practice to Aid Tech Risk Management

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Gallagher Re, the global reinsurance broking and advisory firm, announced the launch of its Digital Risk Practice, bringing together specialist expertise in AI liability, data centers, cyber, and digital risk engineering to help insurers and reinsurers understand, quantify, and manage …

21 08, 2026

Sydney Air Traffic Controllers Warn of Grave Safety Concerns

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Air traffic controllers in Sydney have warned of “grave concerns” about flight safety because of new local airspace rules, the safety regulator said, just as the number of near misses and incidents at the airport mounts. The Australian Transport Safety …

21 08, 2026

Abbott to Pay $670 Million to Settle Some Preterm Infant Formula Cases

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Abbott said on Thursday it reached a $670 million settlement to partially resolve the ongoing litigation over alleged harms linked to its specialty formulas for preterm infants. The settlement was agreed to by three law firms representing about 2,000 people …

21 08, 2026

Former NFL QB Hasselbeck on Frontier: Diagnosing CTE Disease in the Living

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Matt Hasselbeck took some nasty hits to the head during his 17-year NFL career, four years at Boston College and a childhood full of sports, but the quarterback seems to have emerged from more than two decades of collisions relatively …

21 08, 2026

Rhode Spill: Summer Heat Turns Truckload of Spilled Squid Into Unappetizing Mess

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A tractor-trailer rollover sent a truckload of squid spilling onto a Rhode Island roadway, leaving a stench as they sat in the road for hours in the summer heat. Local authorities have dubbed it the “Squidpocalypse of ’26.” It was …

21 08, 2026

King Risk Partners Acquires The Roberts Agency in Connecticut

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Florida-based King Risk Partners has acquired The Roberts Agency, Inc., an independent insurance agency based in Bloomfield, Connecticut. This acquisition strengthens King Risk Partners’ presence in Connecticut while expanding its construction insurance and surety bonding capabilities throughout the region. In …

21 08, 2026

Teen Drops Lawsuit Against Meta, Google and Snap Ahead of Trial

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A teen girl whose lawsuit was a test case in litigation accusing social media companies of deliberately addicting young people and fueling a mental health crisis dropped her claims against the owners of Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat on Thursday, …

21 08, 2026

Orion180 Files for IPO, Eyeing Home and Flood Insurance Market

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Orion180 Insurance Group Inc. filed for a US initial public offering, as the company looks to carve out a bigger share of the fast-growing specialty homeowners and flood insurance market. The Melbourne, Florida-based insurer had net income of $13.5 million …

21 08, 2026

Multistate Salmonella Infections Climb to 431, CDC Says

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeno peppers has infected 431 people across 32 states, up from 345 cases in 27 states reported earlier this month. U.S. health authorities are currently investigating …