NEW DELHI—Eleven people were electrocuted when their truck, decorated as a temple chariot, touched an overhead power line during a Hindu festival procession in southern India on Wednesday, police said. The New Delhi Television channel said the electrical spark also set fire to the truck, which was crowded with devotees. The 11 people died and…
Reserve Bank of Australia Expected to Lift Interest Rates Amid Federal Election
April 28, 2022
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Economists and financial markets are now anticipating the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to raise the cash rate in the next board meeting on May 3 instead of June, as previously predicted. The swift change in thinking comes right after the Australian Bureau of Statistics released new inflation figures on April 27, indicating the annual…
Tunisia Detains Crew of Ship That Sank Off Its Coast This Month
TUNIS—A Tunisian judge detained seven crew members of a commercial ship that sank off the coast of the southern city of Gabes this month, a judicial official said on Wednesday, as authorities investigated whether the ship may have been deliberately sunk. Tunisian officials said this month that the ship, the Xelo, sank while heading from…
J&J Sues to Block Sales of ‘Dangerous’ Counterfeit HIV Drugs
Johnson & Johnson has filed a lawsuit against drug distributors and a pharmacy seeking to stop the sale of counterfeit versions of its HIV drugs, months after a similar case brought by Gilead Sciences Inc. In a complaint filed on April 7 and made public on Tuesday, J&J said it had learned of widespread counterfeiting…
Nigeria Conducts Mass Burial for Victims of Illegal Refinery Explosion
IMO STATE, Nigeria—Dozens of charred bodies were buried in mass graves on Tuesday in Nigeria’s Imo state as the stench of decomposing flesh hung in the air after more than 100 people were killed during a weekend explosion at an illegal oil refinery. A group of men, some bare chested and without shoes, used shovels…
Delta to Begin Paying Flight Attendants During Boarding
Delta Air Lines, which is facing another attempt to unionize its flight attendants, will begin paying cabin crews during boarding, a first for a major U.S. airline. Across the airline industry in the United States, hourly pay for flight attendants starts when all the passengers are seated and the plane’s doors close. Delta said the…
Quarantine Lottery System Unjustly Violated Rights, New Zealand Court Rules
A New Zealand High Court ruled that the government’s quarantine system, Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ), violated the rights of returning Kiwis in some cases due to its lottery system. Grounded Kiwis, a body advocating for New Zealanders who wanted to enter the country but were prevented by COVID-19 restrictions, won its challenge against the…
5 Trending Captive-Insurance Considerations for 2022
By Randy Sadler If 2020 and 2021 showed us anything, it’s that the unexpected can and will happen—whether it’s a global pandemic, a cargo ship blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes, or a storm creating a widespread power outage. These unforeseen risks are difficult to predict and insure against, which made captive insurance, with…
Tennessee Allows Pharmacists to Prescribe Ivermectin to Treat COVID-19
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Wednesday signed into state law a measure to allow people to more easily obtain ivermectin to treat COVID-19, without needing a doctor’s prescription. The bill, SB 2188 (pdf), authorizes a pharmacist to provide ivermectin to a patient aged 18 or older, “pursuant to a collaborative pharmacy practice agreement containing a non-patient-specific…
Chinese Cities Tighten up Anti-Virus Curbs Amid Outbreak
Omicron cases have been breaking out in cities across China, including the capital Beijing, leading to residents fearing they will have to undergo a draconian zero-COVID lockdown as seen in Shanghai. Local authorities have tightened anti-COVID restrictions over Beijing, the capital cities of Zhejiang Province and Shandong Province, and Yiwu city, a critical commodities hub. As…
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