Scientists from South Africa, Germany, France, Switzerland, New Zealand, Denmark, the USA and the UK have collaborated for a rapid scientific analysis to assess to what extent human-induced climate change altered the likelihood and intensity of the exceptional heat wave in July 2022 in UK.
A recent survey has found that the ramifications of the semiconductor industry supply chain crisis have been exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine. The semiconductor industry serves as a major driver in the global economy.
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) UK and Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) UK have asked the solicitors' community to emphasise on the point that paying a ransom to cyber criminals will not keep data safe or be viewed by the ICO as a mitigation in regulatory action.
Tens of thousands of wind turbine blades will end up in landfills by the end of the decade unless end-of-life programmes are established soon according to a new study End-of-life policy considerations for wind turbine blades led by the University of South Australia.
Credential stuffing is emerging as a significant and rapidly growing cyber threat to personal information according to international data protection and privacy authorities.
The worst possible climate change catastrophic scenarios, including collapse of society or the potential extinction of humans are being ignored according to a group of global scientists.
Insurance companies are assessed by Fitch Ratings as being in the low-risk category if distress in the Chinese property market persists beyond the global credit rating agency's base-case assumptions.
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) is developing a number of initiatives to support market development and improve the financial resilience of insurers, according to the Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, Mr Michael Andoh.
Salaries at China's state-owned financial institutions need to be better managed and more wages allocated to lower-ranking employees, the Ministry of Finance has said, in the country's latest move to rein in the sector's high remuneration levels.
Lebanon's (re)insurers have experienced extremely high levels of operational risk, though reinsurance has largely protected their balance sheets from the Beirut Blast two years ago, says AM Best which has released a market segment report today, the second anniversary of the devastating Beirut Port explosions.