(SÃO PAULO, Brazil) – Only three in every ten vehicles in Brazil carry insurance, leaving 71 percent of the country’s car fleet without cover. Data from the National Confederation of Insurance Companies shows that 44 million vehicles circulate without protection against theft, robbery or accidents. The main reason cited forContinue Reading
(SYDNEY, Australia) – Australian exporters face a 12.5 percent tariff on goods entering the United States, replacing a previous 10 percent import duty. The increase adds an estimated A$1.5 billion (US$970 million, £760 million) in annual costs for Australian businesses selling into the American market. The new rate replaces aContinue Reading
(BRISBANE, Australia) – A suspected case of H5 avian influenza has been detected in a wild seabird on Moreton Island, off the coast of Queensland. A dead petrel was found washed up on the island’s eastern shore on Saturday. Initial testing at a local laboratory returned a positive result forContinue Reading
(NEW SOUTH WALES) – A volunteer network providing free air and ground transport to medical appointments across regional Australia has facilitated about 70,000 flights for patients in New South Wales alone. The service, Angel Flight, connects people in remote areas with specialist treatment in cities, removing the burden of longContinue Reading
(MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA) – Google has widened access to its agent based artificial intelligence assistant, Gemini Spark, making the tool available to paying subscribers across most global markets. The assistant, first announced at the company’s I/O developer conference earlier this year, is now included in the Google AI Pro planContinue Reading
(TEHRAN, IRAN) – Iran has sold crude oil worth $18 billion since the beginning of its conflict with the United States, securing more than 60 percent of the annual budgeted oil revenue even during the most intense period of hostilities, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said. Paknejad told Al Jazeera thatContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – The Ukrainian government is working with international partners on a package of measures to protect export logistics as daily Russian attacks on critical infrastructure threaten to disrupt transport links and weaken the country’s economic stability. President Volodymyr Zelensky said separately that the state is updating its grainContinue Reading
(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Global food security faces a renewed threat from Russian actions blocking grain shipments from the Black Sea region, with several import dependent nations across the Middle East and North Africa at risk of rising food costs. President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address that deliberate RussianContinue Reading
