During the weekly protest of retirees against President Javier Milei’s austerity policies in Buenos Aires, on May 21, 2025. FRANCISCO LOUREIRO / REUTERS Although the lengthy preamble, title and numerous articles of the presidential decree focused on the deregulation of the national merchant navy, the changes introduced by the text published on Wednesday, May 21, … Read more
Severe convective storm (SCS) activity across the United States has now cost the insurance and reinsurance industry more than $20 billion in 2025, broker Gallagher Re estimates, with its Chief Science Officer Steve Bowen highlighting that the May 14th to 20th outbreak could drive insured losses of up to $7 billion.2025 becomes the eighth year … Read more
At least four people died and authorities were searching from building to building for people who were trapped or hurt after severe storms including a possible tornado swept through St. Louis. The storms Friday afternoon tore roofs off buildings, ripped bricks off of siding and downed trees and power lines as residents were urged to … Read more
Severe convective storms (SCS) are emerging as a major driver of U.S. property insurance costs, with large hail events alone damaging nearly 600,000 homes in 2024, according to an analysis by CoreLogic. SCS weather events, which include damaging hail, tornadoes, straight-line winds and derechos, are becoming a significant driver of insured natural disaster losses across … Read more
Six vulnerabilities in the popular Rsync file-synchronizing tool were disclosed Wednesday, including critical and high-severity flaws that could risk remote code execution (RCE) and data leakage. The Rsync utility is commonly used in Unix-like operating systems, and the Rsync daemon is frequently used to synchronize and distribute files through public mirrors. The CERT Coordination Center … Read more