28 07, 2022

Greensill Capital Sued by 277 Former Employees Over Firm’s Collapse, Job Losses

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A group of ex-Greensill Capital employees sued the defunct firm in London, accusing management of unfairly keeping them in the dark about the company’s “imminent danger of collapse.” A group of 277 employees — less than half the UK workforce …

26 07, 2022

Japanese Insurers Sell Heatstroke Coverage as Temperatures Soar to Record Levels

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As temperatures soar to unprecedented levels from Europe to Asia this summer, some Japanese insurance companies have begun selling policies to protect people struck down by the heatwave. Sompo Holdings Inc. and Sumitomo Life Insurance Co., two of the country’s …

28 07, 2022

G7 Countries Aim to Have Price Cap on Russian Oil Before Dec. 5

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The Group of Seven richest economies aim to have a price-capping mechanism on Russian oil exports in place by Dec. 5, when European Union sanctions banning seaborne imports of Russian crude come into force, a senior G7 official said on …

25 07, 2022

Four Years After Hurricane Michael, Florida City Rebuilding, Recovering

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MEXICO BEACH, Fla. — Standing on the deck of the new Driftwood Inn, 31/2 years after Hurricane Michael obliterated the old one, Tom Wood spoke of the months after the storm. One of his daughters had urged him and his …

26 07, 2022

Alpine Glaciers Decline at Record Rates Following Heatwaves

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MORTERATSCH GLACIER, Switzerland – From the way 45-year-old Swiss glaciologist Andreas Linsbauer bounds over icy crevasses, you would never guess he was carrying 10 kg of steel equipment needed to chart the decline of Switzerland’s glaciers. Normally, he heads down …

26 07, 2022

Record Temperatures, Wildfires Wreak Havoc on Europe’s Wineries and Vineyards

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In Portugal’s Douro Valley on July 7, a wildfire burned close to Oscar Quevedo’s Quinta da Alegria vineyard. By the middle of the night, flames surrounded it. The vines around the edges, amounting to about a hectare, burned. In his …

28 07, 2022

Reuters: EU Finds Evidence Employees’ Smartphones Compromised by Spyware

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The European Union found evidence that smartphones used by some of its staff were compromised by an Israeli company’s spy software, the bloc’s top justice official said in a letter seen by Reuters. In a July 25 letter sent to …

25 07, 2022

Lawsuit: Chicago Police Misused Gunshot Detection Technology in Murder Case

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A federal lawsuit filed last Thursday alleges Chicago police misused “unreliable” gunshot detection technology and failed to pursue other leads in investigating a grandfather from the city’s South Side who was charged with killing a neighbor. Chicago prosecutors used audio …

26 07, 2022

Alaska Experiencing Wildfires It’s Never Seen Before

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Alaska is burning this year in ways rarely or ever seen, from the largest wildfire in a typically mainly fireproof southwest region to a pair of blazes that ripped through forests and produced smoke that blew hundreds of miles to …

26 07, 2022

Auto Claimants Waiting Longer for Collision Repairs

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Auto claimants are waiting longer for collision repairs — 4.5 days longer this spring compared to the same period last year, according to a report released Friday by Enterprise Rent-a-Car. Enterprise extrapolated repair times by tracking the average length of …