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WHO: Risk to humans from bird flu is low but we must prepare

February 9, 2023

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on Dec 14, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON - The recent spread to mammals of H5N1 influenza - commonly known as bird flu - needs to be monitored, but the risk...

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UN: Close to 1m people at high risk for cholera in Ethiopia

February 2, 2023

Men extract water from a well at the village of El Gel, 8 kilometres from the town of K'elafo, Ethiopia, on Jan 12, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ADDIS ABABA - Close to 1 million people are at high risk of cholera disease in the 10 affected districts of southeastern Ethiopia,...

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As Mentor by eDriving Passes 3.5 Billion Miles Driven, Analysis Confirms Program’s Ability to Reduce Risky Driving Behaviors

January 26, 2023

CAPE MAY, NJ, Jan 26, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - eDriving's digital driver safety program, Mentor(SM), featuring the FICO(R) Safe Driving Score, helps risky drivers become safer behind the wheel in just six months - and further improves behaviors over longer periods of time - according to findings...

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JP Morgan, Citi, BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Lloyds Banking Group make new strategic investment in operational risk management firm Acin

December 15, 2022

LONDON, Dec 15, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Acin, the global operational risk control data network, today announced it has closed $24 million in Series B funding from a strategic consortium of industry-leading banks, comprised of JP Morgan, Citi, BNP Paribas, Barclays, and Lloyds Banking Group.The funding round...

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Professional stealers: opportunistic scammers targeting users of Steam, Roblox, and Amazon in 111 countries

November 29, 2022

- Over 50 million passwords stolen in 7 months of 2022- Underground market value of stolen logs and compromised card details around US$5.8 million- India saw the highest number of infected devices in the Asia Pacific, followed closely by Indonesia, Philippines and VietnamSingapore, Nov 29, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via...

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eDriving Integrates Greater Than’s EcoScore Into Their Digital Driver Safety Application, Mentor, To Help Fleets Achieve Sustainability Targets

November 17, 2022

CAPE MAY, NJ and STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, Nov 17, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - eDriving(SM), a Solera company and leading global provider of digital driver risk management solutions, today announced a partnership with Greater Than (GREAT:ST), the global provider of technology that converts GPS data into powerful insights and...

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Europe energy crisis may deepen with looming liquidity crunch

September 21, 2022

An employee of Uniper Energy Storage inspects the above-ground facilities of a natural gas storage facility at the Uniper Energy Storage facility in Bierwang, southern Germany on June 10, 2022. (LENNART PREISS / AFP) LONDON - Europe's problems in sourcing oil and gas this winter after a dispute with Russia...

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UN chief: Risk of nuclear confrontation back after decades

August 8, 2022

TOKYO - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the risk of nuclear confrontation had returned after decades, calling on nuclear states to commit to no first use of the weapons. Any attack on a nuclear plant is a "suicidal thing", Guterres said, responding to reports of renewed...

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GPDRR: Indonesia offers sustainable resilience to tackle disaster risk

May 27, 2022

Nusa Dua, Bali, May 27, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - At the 2022 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) event, the Government of Indonesia offered the world the concept of sustainable resilience as a solution to address the challenges of systemic disaster risk.President Joko Widodo (R) discusses...

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UN: ‘Great finance divide’ poses setback for sustainable growth

April 14, 2022

A man distributes free bread to poor women during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in front of a bakery in Kabul on April 10, 2022. (WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP) UNITED NATIONS - A "great finance divide" between rich and poor countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic poses a major setback for sustainable...

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Chemical in plastic raises risk of cancer: HKBU study

January 19, 2022

Researchers at Hong Kong Baptist University say they have found that exposure to a chemical widely used in plastic containers can increase the risk of people getting breast cancer. Bisphenol S, or BPS, was originally touted as a safer chemical than its relative BPA, which has been linked to human...

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Diversifi in Partnership with Cloverly Launched Green Crypto for Institutions

November 25, 2021

Tel Aviv, Israel and Atlanta GA, USA, Nov 25, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Diversifi, the first tech-driven crypto risk management platform for institutions, and Cloverly, a sustainability-as-a-service platform, cooperate on helping the crypto industry offset its environmental footprint. Diversifi automatically offsets the carbon footprint of crypto holders...

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Expert: quarantine aircrew to stop new variant

November 9, 2021

Infectious diseases expert Joseph Tsang said on Monday that the government should consider further narrowing quarantine exemption to prevent a new and potentially more transmissible Covid variant from entering the community. Tsang made the comment on an RTHK programme a few days after a man from London was found to...

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Govt urged to further narrow Covid exemption rules

November 8, 2021

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‘People still need to get their flu shots’

October 18, 2021

The head of the Medical Association on Monday said it's important for people to get their seasonal flu vaccination, despite admitting that the risk of a flu epidemic was low as everyone was wearing masks. Dr Choi Kin said the risk of death was much higher, and the symptoms of...

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Russia says no breakthrough in talks with US over embassy row

October 13, 2021

MOSCOW - Russia and the United States failed to make any major progress in a row over the functioning of their embassies at talks in Moscow on Tuesday and there is a risk that relations could worsen further, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. With ties already at post-Cold...

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‘Boost Covid measures to cut virus risk to mainland’

September 28, 2021

Acting Chief Executive John Lee said Hong Kong needs to boost its anti-epidemic measures to avoid bringing virus risks to the mainland. He made the comments after attending a meeting on epidemic control with mainland officials in Shenzhen on Monday. During the talks, Lee stressed that reopening the border would...