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Low Water Hampers Rhine River Shipping in Germany, Transport Costs Rise
Low water levels in a current heatwave are preventing cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine river in Germany, increasing costs for freight transport, commodity traders said on Monday. Shallow water means vessel operators are imposing surcharges on …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 12:26 PM |
Ryanair Passenger Partly Sucked From Jet After Window Breaks
A Ryanair Holdings Plc flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Greece on Friday morning after a window on the Boeing Co. 737 dislodged soon after takeoff, causing panic on board after one passenger was reportedly partially sucked …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 12:04 PM |
Europe Battles Growing Wildfires After Relentless Heat
Wildfires are breaking out across Europe after three heat waves and weeks of low rainfall left much of the continent dangerously dry, with crews battling blazes south of Paris and in the UK, while Spain reels from one of its …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 11:37 AM |
China to See Unusually Active Typhoon Season After Bavi Passes
China may encounter stronger and more frequent tropical cyclones over the summer months, according to the national climate agency, even after Typhoon Bavi faded over the weekend without causing the widespread flooding that some forecasters had feared. In its latest …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 11:19 AM |
Ships Transit Hormuz in Secret as US and Iran Trade Strikes
A handful of ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz in secret in recent days, even as observable crossings all but ceased after a flare-up in fighting between the US and Iran. All of the six commodity carriers that …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 11:08 AM |
New York Times Countersues EEOC Over DEI Lawsuit
The New York Times in a court filing on Friday accused the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of illegally retaliating against the newspaper for its coverage of President Donald Trump’s administration by suing it for passing over a white man …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 5:10 AM |
Ranking: Who Are the Insurance Industry’s AI Talent, Maturity Leaders?
One out of every 50 employees working at a group of 30 large insurers is an AI specialist, according to an analysis published by a benchmarking firm, which ranks Allianz, AXA and Chubb as AI talent leaders. For London-based Evident, …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 5:06 AM |
Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft in Pivotal Case
Apple Inc. sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, accusing the artificial intelligence startup and its hardware chief of engaging in a coordinated campaign to steal information about upcoming products. The iPhone maker said in a suit Friday that OpenAI encouraged …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 5:05 AM |
UK to Directly Regulate Cloud Service Providers to Protect Stability of Financial Sector
Britain has designated cloud service providers Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle as critical third-party suppliers to its financial sector, bringing them under direct regulatory oversight. The move is aimed at strengthening the resilience of financial firms by reducing the risk …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 5:05 AM |
Remember the Fall of Patriot National? Trial in Suit vs. Mariano’s Lawyers to Begin
A few years before the more-recent spate of Florida insurance carrier insolvencies, a workers’ compensation insurer known as Guarantee Insurance Co. was declared insolvent in 2017—a rarity in the usually profitable workers’ comp line of business. Regulators blamed owner Steve …
POSTED JULY 13, 2026 5:01 AM |
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