17 08, 2026

Iran Threatens to Go on Offensive in Strait of Hormuz if Diplomacy Fails

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Iran has decided to shift its policy from defensive to “fully offensive” due to the deadlock in efforts to agree a permanent end to its war with the United States, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Monday. Progress towards …

17 08, 2026

Australia’s ‘World-Leading’ Minimum Pay And Insurance Rules for Gig Delivery Workers

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Australia’s industrial umpire has approved new minimum standards requiring food and grocery delivery workers to be paid hourly rates above the national minimum wage and covered by injury insurance while on the job. Gig workers will be paid at least …

17 08, 2026

When ‘We Accept’ Becomes A Contract: A Claims Lesson From Farmers V. Wood

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Claims files often describe settlement as a sequence: obtain authority, communicate acceptance, issue the check, secure the release and close the claim. Operationally, that sequence makes sense. Legally, however, the decisive event may occur much earlier — when the insurer …

17 08, 2026

Lawsuit Alleges TWIA Fraudulently Reduced Claim Estimates From Hurricane Beryl

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Three Texas homeowners filed a federal racketeering lawsuit last week alleging that the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association fraudulently reduced claim estimates for properties damaged by Hurricane Beryl. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, alleges …

17 08, 2026

Harvard Wins Dismissal of US Suit Over Campus Antisemitism

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Harvard University won dismissal of a federal lawsuit claiming that it had “turned a blind eye to antisemitism and discrimination against Jews and Israelis,” marking another setback in the Trump administration’s campaign against the school. US District Judge Richard Stearns …

17 08, 2026

Lala Leaves One Dead in Hawaii With Heavy Rain, Wind to Come

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One person has died as storm Lala continues to batter parts of Hawaii including the Big Island and Oahu, potentially bringing nearly three feet of rain and damaging winds to parts of the state Sunday after narrowly missing landfall. The …

18 08, 2026

Hawaii Faces Months of Power Outages After Lala Damages Grid

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More than 80,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Hawaii late Monday after Storm Lala caused extensive damage to the state’s electrical grid, with some customers potentially facing months without service. Assessments have found “major damage to infrastructure in …

17 08, 2026

ANALYSIS-Europe’s Heatwaves Expose Insurance Gap as Business Losses Mount

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For more than a century, cafes in the Italian city of Padua have welcomed customers for an early evening drink, or aperitivo, encouraging them to sit outside and socialize before dinner. As Europe bakes under its fifth heatwave of the …

17 08, 2026

Amazon’s New User Agreement Seeks to Curb Class-Action Suits

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Amazon.com Inc. reintroduced a clause in its user agreement that seeks to prevent shoppers from filing class-action lawsuits against the online retailer, inserting a legal buffer between itself and plaintiffs attorneys that it removed five years ago. In an email …

17 08, 2026

Report Says Firefighting Tactics at Maine Lumber Mill Inadvertently Aided Deadly Blast

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Firefighters who responded to a fire at a Maine lumber mill used tactics that inadvertently contributed to a massive explosion that killed three people, according to a report from federal investigators. The fire companies tried to extinguish the May 15 …