7 01, 2026

Trump Won’t Rule Out Military Force to Acquire Greenland

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President Donald Trump won’t rule out the use of military force to acquire Greenland, the White House said, escalating tension with Denmark, a fellow NATO member, over a dispute that’s surged back into public view following the ouster of Venezuelan …

7 01, 2026

Trump Aims Bumper Aid at US Rice Farmers Facing Bleakest Outlook

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The new year may mark the last time Texas farmer LG Raun plants a rice crop. “I guess I’m going to be the one that’s going to screw up the tradition of growing Raun family rice,” said the third-generation producer, …

7 01, 2026

Governments, Regulators Increase Scrutiny of Chinese AI Startup DeepSeek

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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, which said in January it had developed an AI model to rival ChatGPT at much lower cost, has come under scrutiny in some countries for its security policies and privacy practices. According to its own privacy …

8 01, 2026

New Zealand Court Acts to Stop Spread of Hacked Medical Records

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The New Zealand High Court has issued an urgent injunction barring the publication of stolen medical data after hackers accessed about 430,000 private patient documents held on a health portal used by more than a third of the country’s population. …

2 01, 2026

Authorities Probing Damage to Undersea Telecom Cable in Gulf of Finland

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Authorities are investigating damage to an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland early Wednesday that occurred between the capitals of Finland and Estonia. Finnish authorities seized and inspected the vessel suspected to have caused the damage, the country’s …

2 01, 2026

Europe’s Space Agency Says Cyber Incident May Have Hit Servers

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The European Space Agency said a cybersecurity issue may have impacted a “very small number” of external servers. In a post on the social media platform X on Tuesday, ESA said it was conducting a forensic analysis and had implemented …

29 12, 2025

Top Southeast Region Insurance Journal Stories of 2025

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Property insurers have complained for years about roofers deliberately damaging roofs in order to file claims. But few have done what North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance and the state’s Department of Insurance did: Set up a sting operation to …

7 01, 2026

Texas Insurance Commissioner Brown Retiring

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Texas Insurance Commissioner Cassie Brown is retiring on Feb. 2 after more than four years overseeing the Texas Department of Insurance. Appointed by the governor, the Texas insurance commissioner oversees the regulation of the $293 billion Texas insurance market, the …

2 01, 2026

2 New Jersey Pilots Killed in Helicopter Collision Frequented Nearby Cafe Together

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Two men who died after their helicopters collided midair in New Jersey last weekend both earned their private pilot licenses over a decade ago and would often have breakfast together at a cafe near the crash site before taking to …

7 01, 2026

US Wants Venezuelan Oil Flowing Again With Revenues in US Accounts, Wright Says

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday the United States government wants to get Venezuelan oil flowing again, deposit money into U.S.-controlled accounts and create conditions for U.S. oil companies to enter the country. Wright said he was speaking to …