Suez blockage may lead to large reinsurance claims
The blockage of the Suez Canal is likely to lead to large reinsurance claims, adding to upward pressure on marine reinsurance rates, James Vickers, chair of reinsurance broker Willis Re ...
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Microsoft to supply augmented reality technology to US army
Microsoft on Wednesday said it has won a deal to sell the US Army augmented reality headsets based on its HoloLens product and backed by Azure cloud computing services.
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‘Black market’ emerges to dodge unofficial Turkish-Saudi blockade
Some Turkish exporters are rerouting food, clothing and other goods to circumvent a months-long unofficial blockade by Saudi Arabia that has sent trade to record lows, exporters and traders said.
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Russia forces smart device makers to pre-install domestic software
Moscow is trying to strengthen control of the internet and reduce its dependence on foreign companies and countries. A number of additional proposals are in the works, ranging from compelling ...
Pfizer shot 91% effective against S. African variant
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech said on Thursday their COVID-19 vaccine is around 91% effective at preventing the disease, citing updated trial data that included participants inoculated for up to six months.
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Back to drawing board for Germany after North Macedonia fiasco
Germany coach Joachim Loew was forced back to the drawing board to find quick fixes ahead of this year’s European Championship after his team’s shock 2-1 home defeat ...
Luis Enrique missed start of Spain game after being stuck in lift
Spain coach Luis Enrique had recently admitted he was very worried about his team’s form and he had more reason to be concerned on Wednesday when he found himself ...
WHO’s Kluge says European COVID-19 vaccine campaign is “unacceptably slow”
Europe’s rollout of vaccinations against COVID-19 is “unacceptably slow,” the World Health Organization’s European head said on Thursday, raising concern that delays in giving shots could prolong the ...
Swiss robots use UV light to zap viruses aboard passenger planes
A robot armed with virus-killing ultraviolet light is being tested on Swiss airplanes, yet another idea aiming to restore passenger confidence and spare the travel industry more pandemic pain.
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Osaka torch relay should be cancelled, governor says
Osaka prefectural governor Hirofumi Yoshimura said on Thursday the Olympic torch relay in the city of Osaka should be cancelled amid a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.
Yoshimura had sounded ...
UK opposition leader says ‘British instinct’ likely to oppose COVID passports
Britain’s opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer has expressed scepticism about the use of so-called vaccine passports to allow people to access hospitality and entertainment venues, saying the “British instinct” ...
Global M&A sets first-quarter record at $1.3tn in deals
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity surged globally in the first quarter of 2021 to a year-to-date record, as companies and investment firms rushed to get ahead of changes in ...
Four reported dead, 2 wounded in mass shooting south of Los Angeles
Police in the Californian city of Orange reported a shooting on Wednesday with “multiple victims at the scene including fatalities,” and local news media outlets said four people were killed ...
Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine hits production problems
Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday it had found a problem with a batch of drug substance for its Covid-19 vaccine, which did not meet quality standards at Emergent Biosolutions’ ...
Maguire rescues England against Poland, Germany stunned by N. Macedonia
England’s Harry Maguire smashed home a late winner as they laboured to a 2-1 win over Poland in World Cup qualifying on Wednesday, with the defender bailing out team ...
Macron orders Covid lockdown across all of France, closes schools
President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of ...
Brexit reality only hitting now, EU’s Barnier says
The European Union’s former Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said on Wednesday the reality of Britain’s decision to leave the bloc was only now being felt, years after the ...
Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny goes on hunger strike over lack of medical care
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike on Wednesday in an attempt to force the prison holding him outside Moscow to provide him with proper medical care for ...
‘He was high’: cashier who chatted with Floyd testifies at trial
A cashier who was one of the last people to speak with George Floyd before his deadly arrest last May testified at Derek Chauvin’s murder trial in Minneapolis on ...
Biden’s German Shepherd Major in dog house a second time for biting
President Joe Biden’s rescue dog Major nipped an individual on White House grounds, a spokesman said, the second such incident involving the younger of Biden’s two German Shepherds.
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Data withheld from WHO team probing Covid-19 origins in China
Data was withheld from World Health Organization investigators who travelled to China to research the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday.
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Poland’s CD Projekt sees strategy update fall flat
Polish video games maker CD Projekt launched a strategy update on Wednesday aimed at rebuilding investor confidence after a bug-ridden game launch last year backfired.
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Biden infrastructure plan would spur millions of blue-collar jobs, economists say
President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan would create millions of jobs and could undo some of the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic, economists said, and could particularly ...
Most Britons support “vaccine passports”, survey suggests
Most Britons support the idea of so-called vaccine passports that would allow people who have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine to access certain places or activities, according a ...