Risk
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Heatwave Risk Hovers Over Paris Olympics
Scorching summer heat is hard to imagine now in mid-winter Paris, but in six months’ time when the world’s athletes arrive for the Olympics, another pounding heatwave would spell trouble…
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Missile Hits Cargo Ship Off Yemen: Maritime Risk Company
A missile hit a Greek-owned cargo ship off Yemen, a maritime risk management company said on Tuesday, following a string of attacks in the Red Sea by the Huthi rebels.…
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Israel’s War Resisters Risk Jail Time
Looking over his shoulder for eavesdroppers in a cafe, an Israeli anti-war campaigner leaned closer to a woman who plans to refuse military enlistment, risking jail time during Israel’s unrelenting…
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Norway Says Breivik Still Poses Risk Of ‘Unbridled Violence’
Anders Behring Breivik, the right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in 2011, still poses a risk of “totally unbridled violence”, the Norwegian state argued Tuesday in a lawsuit over his…
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US Election Top Risk To World No Matter Who Wins: Consultancy
The US presidential election will pose the greatest political risk to the world in 2024 no matter who wins, with institutions of the most powerful democracy certain to take a…
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French PM At Risk As Macron To Unveil Reshuffle
French President Emmanuel Macron was on Monday preparing a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle with the prime minister’s job on the line but uncertainty remaining to the last minute over the head…
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Covid Survivors at Risk of Facing Heart Attack, Study Finds
A recent study carried out by a team of Japanese researchers has found that people who have survived Covid infection are more prone to face severe heart attacks. According to…
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Israel-Hamas Conflict Live: Israel-Lebanon Border Shelling, US Strikes In Syria Risk A Wider War
Live Updates In photo: Israeli soldiers gather around tanks near the Gaza border. Israeli troops are fighting in both the southern and northern fronts as the threat of…
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‘Dying Every Two Hours’: Afghan Women Risk Life To Give Birth
Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity hospital specialising in complicated cases, fearing a fate all too common among pregnant…
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Countries Risk ‘Paying Polluters’ Billions To Regulate For Climate: UN Expert
An “explosion” of multibillion-dollar claims by fossil fuel and extractive firms through shadowy investment tribunals is blocking action on climate and nature, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and…
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Menstrual Periods An Ordeal, Health Risk For Gaza Women And Girls
Women and girls getting their periods in Gaza face humiliating conditions and infections, forced to use diapers or scraps of cloth after more than two months of war. Food, water…
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Rising Cyberattacks Prompt Bond Markets’ Innovative Response To Combat Risk
As cyberattacks on the public sector continue to rise, bond markets are devising innovative strategies to combat cyber risk. The U.S. public sector witnessed a 50% surge in cyberattacks in…
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OECD Trims Global Growth Forecast, Warns Of Conflict Risk
The world economy is likely headed for a soft landing next year, the OECD said Wednesday as it pared back its growth forecast, but warned the Israel-Hamas conflict could throw…
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COP28 Host UAE Ready For Rising Heat Risk, Says Minister
The United Arab Emirates is ready for soaring temperatures that are feared to make parts of the Gulf uninhabitable by the end of the century, the oil power’s climate change…
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‘Existential Risk’: Quebec’s English-language Universities Fear Massive Fee Hikes
A chill has fallen over the three English-language universities in Canada’s Quebec province, as winter arrives with students and administrators worried about plans to nearly double tuition by next school…
