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December 4, 2025Putin Warns of Possible Strikes on Ukrainian Allies’ Ships
Vladimir Putin warned that Russia may consider striking the ships of countries supporting Ukraine if a surge in attacks on Moscow’s tanker fleet doesn’t halt.”What the Ukrainian armed forces are doing now is piracy,” Putin told reporters in Moscow, i …

December 4, 2025Hong Kong Races to Remove Scaffolding Nets Blamed for Fueling Deadly Fire
Hong Kong authorities rushed on Thursday to remove mesh netting on all buildings undergoing renovation across the city after the material was blamed for fanning a blaze last week that has killed at least 159 people. The government late on …

December 4, 2025People Moves: Flagg Reappointed to Texas Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors
Brett Flagg, of Frisco, Texas, has been reappointed to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company board of directors by Gov. Greg Abbott. His board term for Texas Mutual—a policyholder-owned company and the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation i …

December 4, 2025The World’s Plastic Glut Is Set to Get Much Worse by 2040, Study Finds
Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies, humans are continuing to produce the material at accelerating rates. The result: Global plastic pollution will hit 280 mill …

December 4, 2025Deadly Floods’ $20 Billion Toll Shows Asia’s Rising Climate Risk
Devastating floods have killed more than 1,300 people and caused at least $20 billion in losses since late last month across parts of South and Southeast Asia, underscoring the increasing risks from climate change and extreme weather for the region’s …

December 4, 2025FEMA Puts Whistleblowers Back on Leave After Reinstatements
Days after reinstating a group of Federal Emergency Management Agency employees who raised concerns about the government’s disaster preparedness, federal officials have placed those whistleblowers back on administrative leave. The move comes hours af …

December 4, 2025People Moves: Neumann Appointed Howden US Financial Lines Claims Leader
Howden, with U.S. headquarters in Miami, Florida, appointed Elizabeth Neumann as executive vice president, financial lines claims leader. Neumann will be based in New York. Neumann joins Howden from CAC Specialty, where she spent the last two years a …

December 4, 2025Surveys Show Concerns About Florida Market, But Consumers Are Warming Up
New surveys of Florida homeowners show continued concerns about property insurance, premiums and hurricanes, but policyholders seem to be breathing a little easier in recent months. A poll by Florida Atlantic University found that 49% of respondents …

December 4, 2025Trump Outlines Plan to Unwind Biden-Era Car Mileage Mandates
President Donald Trump unveiled his administration’s plan to relax stringent Biden-era fuel efficiency standards, casting the change as a way to lower consumer costs. “Today my administration is taking historic action to lower costs for American cons …

December 4, 2025People Movers Still in Use at Dulles Airport Despite Recent Crashes
People movers will continue darting across Dulles International Airport for years to come, despite recent incidents that have revived safety questions for passengers who use them. At the Nov. 19 meeting of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authori …