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Sep 12 2025 // Patricia Lamela was driving back to the Galician town of Larouco in northwest Spain when she got the call. It was Aug. 13, just before 7 p.m., and a neighbor told her there was a fire in the forest.Lamela, the mayor of...
Aug 27 2025 // When the Washington Commanders’ quarterback Marcus Mariota landed a last-second touchdown pass to clinch victory against the Dallas Cowboys in January, it’s unlikely devastated Cowboys fans were thinking about...
Aug 22 2025 // Hurricane Erin is muddling computer models and making forecasters, analysts and traders question the accuracy of the outlook for heat, wind and storms across Europe next week.Erin, which churned through the Atlantic 330...
Sep 18 2025 // Climate change fueled scorching summer temperatures that killed an estimated 16,500 people in European cities this summer, pushing overall heat deaths to more than three times what might otherwise have occurred, according...
Sep 23 2025 // Denmark said drones that halted flights at its main airport on Monday were the most serious attack yet on its critical infrastructure and linked them to a series of suspected Russian drone incursions and other disruptions...
Jun 13 2025 // When Bernard Weisse first noticed a tiny crack in the outer wall of his house on the outskirts of Paris, he dismissed it as little more than a nuisance. But in the four years since, a spiderweb of fissures has spread from...
Dec 9 2025 // The European Union reached a tentative deal to slash ESG requirements, as the bloc faces intensifying pressure from the US to rein in such rules amid ever-present trade tensions.In late-night talks, representatives of...
Mar 27 2025 // Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, according to data collected by The Associated Press.They...
Aug 19 2025 // Four major heat waves, dry conditions and strong winds have turned Europe into a tinderbox this summer, fueling the most destructive wildfire season in nearly two decades.Blazes have scorched about 8,948 square kilometers...
Oct 20 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Reinsurance and AXA.A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Mutual Re Promotes Blosche to Head of Northern Europe as Van Oort...
Sep 15 2025 // Asset managers with sizable holdings of catastrophe bonds are watching to see how a recent recommendation by Europe’s markets watchdog will disrupt the status quo, with some already warning of a potential selloff.At...
Sep 22 2025 // A cyberattack that forced airlines to cancel and postpone flights at several major European airports was caused by ransomware that disrupted the software used to process passenger check-ins, according to a European...
Mar 18 2025 // Donald Trump’s executive order dismantling diversity, equity and inclusion efforts is making waves at international companies in Europe, Asia and beyond — but only on the surface. Quietly, many businesses are...
Aug 12 2025 // Wildfires briefly shut the Dardanelles Strait to shipping on Monday, as extreme heat and strong winds fueled blazes across the Mediterranean.The Dardanelles — a vital maritime chokepoint for oil and gas from the Black...
Feb 13 2025 // The European insurance sector saw high levels of claims inflation in 2024. In motor-related material damage in particular, claims inflation is still outpacing the Consumer Price Index, and we could see primary insurers...
Jul 11 2025 // Montse Aguilar was a healthy 51-year-old woman when she started her shift cleaning streets in Barcelona at around 2:30 p.m. on June 28. The Spanish city was under alert for high temperatures amid a brutal heat wave that...
Feb 24 2025 // In recent years, Glencore Plc, Airbus SE and Credit Suisse have collectively paid more than $5.5 billion in fines for their roles in sprawling corruption cases. While law enforcement in France and the UK took the lead, the...
Feb 3 2025 // The City of London, once considered the crown jewel of Britain’s dominant services sector, has performed even worse than the rest of the economy in the years following the Brexit referendum.Financial and insurance...
Apr 28 2025 // Most of Spain and all of Portugal were hit by a major blackout that impacted public transport, airports and phone service, leaving authorities scrambling to find the causes for one of the worst outages in Europe in...
Oct 17 2025 // A Chinese container ship has completed a pioneering journey through the Arctic to a UK port, state-run news agency Xinhua reported, cutting in half the usual transit time for the electric vehicles and solar panels aboard...