From record solar installations to rising electric vehicle sales, the world is in many ways ramping up the fight against global warming. Yet there are coal-black swans waiting to disrupt the green transition this year. From the US to Japan, …
EVs, Nuclear and Forever Chemicals: Climate Predictions for 2025 Read More »
This edition of International People Moves details at Fairfax Insurance Group and Acrisure’s Volante. A summary of these new hires follows here. Fairfax Insurance Group Names Young as President, Barnard as Chair Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. announced that Brian Young …
A Florida man may have been an occasional driver for Uber, the ride-hailing company, but he was not working at the time that he struck and killed his former girlfriend, and Uber is not liable for the wrongful death, a …
Uber Not Liable: Driver Was Not Logged in at Time of Accident, Florida Court Says Read More »
Northern Europe is facing freezing temperatures and snow, boosting heating demand and putting more pressure on the region’s depleting gas inventories. There are yellow weather alerts over Scotland on Friday, with the risk of blizzard conditions in parts, according to …
Europe Braces for Snow and Ice With UK Facing Amber Warnings Read More »
U-Haul, one of the best-known providers of trucks, vans and moving supplies, also tracks where that equipment is being used. And in 2024, Southeastern states led the nation, with South Carolina ranking as the state with largest number of customers. …
South Carolina Leads Country in People Moving in, U-Haul Says Read More »
Jim Lake, a devout Christian in Washington state, said his religious beliefs have always made him opposed to practices such as abortion, transgender transitions or embryonic stem cell research. But until this past year, it didn’t cross the retiree’s mind …
A $24 Billion Fund Puts Its Religious Stamp on Corporate America Read More »
The Amor, a Cameroon-flagged vessel known to have transported Iranian oil, has become the first supertanker to be registered for demolition in more than two years, a sign that increased scrutiny on ships hauling sanctioned crude is raising pressure on …
First Supertanker to Be Scrapped in Two Years Is a Dark Ship Read More »
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Seven years ago, New Orleans officials began installing adjustable barriers at intersections in the famed French Quarter to temporarily prevent vehicles from entering the tourist area where the narrow streets are typically teeming with pedestrians every …
New Orleans Barriers to Prevent Vehicle Attacks Were in the Process of Being Replaced Read More »
Finland’s national power grid operator said on Thursday it had asked a Helsinki court to seize the Eagle S oil tanker in a bid to secure the company’s claim for damages related to the breakdown of the undersea Estlink 2 …
Finland Power Grid Operator Asks Court to Seize Oil Tanker Over Cable Damage Read More »
Investigators say they haven’t found evidence linking separate deadly attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, as the FBI continues to probe two incidents that rattled Americans as they rang in 2025. The tragedies, which occurred just hours apart early …
FBI Says New Orleans, Vegas Attacks Don’t Appear Coordinated Read More »
