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18 03, 2021

EU Threatens to Ban COVID Vaccine Exports to Britain

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BRUSSELS – The European Union threatened on Wednesday to ban exports of COVID-19 vaccines to Britain to safeguard scarce doses for its own citizens facing a third wave of the pandemic that would jeopardize plans to restart travel this summer. …

18 03, 2021

Pennsylvania Cheerleader’s Mom Accused of Making ‘Deepfakes’ of Rivals

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A Pennsylvania woman is accused of doctoring photos and video of her daughter’s cheerleading rivals to try to get them kicked off the squad, officials said. The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office last week charged Raffaela Spone, 50, with three …

18 03, 2021

Buffalo Public Schools Hit by Ransomware Attack

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Buffalo Public Schools were forced to cancel remote learning Friday because of a ransomware attack, the district said. The attackers had not made any demands by late Friday afternoon as the FBI and district experts investigated. “We are in the …

18 03, 2021

$1.9M Available to Help Vermont Public Schools Meet Stormwater Rule

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More than $1.9 million will soon be available to help Vermont public schools and state colleges in the Lake Champlain basin meet a new stormwater regulation to reduce pollution from entering the lake, the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation said …

18 03, 2021

Munich Re’s Transportation, Logistics Specialty Broker Roanoke Expands to Canada

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Roanoke Insurance Group is expanding to Canada to provide insurance and surety bonds to companies involved in logistics, transportation and shipping. The new entity, Roanoke Insurance Group Canada, Inc., (RIG CA), is an affiliate of Roanoke Insurance and part of …

18 03, 2021

Amazon Begins Offering Its Virtual Health, Pharmacy Services to Other Businesses

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Amazon.com Inc. is expanding its virtual healthcare service to other Washington-state employers starting Wednesday and to its own employees nationwide this summer, the company said in a press release. Piloted in September 2019 for staff near its Seattle headquarters, “Amazon …

18 03, 2021

Employment Practices Insurance in Age of COVID, Vaccines, Shutdowns and Hard Market

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Overall trends for the past 30 years in the employment practices liability insurance market have been influenced by society and culture. As concerns over racial and disability discrimination, sexual harassment, gender inequality, wage-and-hour enforcement, and now COVID ebb and flow, …

18 03, 2021

Britain Says Financial Services Agreement With EU Should Come Soon

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Britain expects to seal a financial services cooperation pact with the European Union shortly, a senior finance ministry official told a conference on challenges from market fragmentation. The City of London’s ties with the bloc were severed after Britain left …

18 03, 2021

South Korea Defends Mandatory COVID Testing of Foreign Workers

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SEOUL- Authorities in the South Korean capital defended on Thursday a decision to order coronavirus tests for all foreign workers on penalty of fines, as calls grew for the controversial measure to be rescinded. At least one lawmaker of the …

18 03, 2021

Inmate Suits Blame California Corrections for Spreading Virus

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The family of a 61-year-old California inmate who died of the coronavirus sued state corrections officials Tuesday, blaming a botched transfer of infected inmates to San Quentin State Prison that killed 28 inmates and a correctional officer last year. Daniel …