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Canada’s record-breaking 2023 wildfire season led to a spike in air pollution in the country and in the US, erasing recent progress in cleaning up the air, according to new analysis. The wildfires, which burned 42 million acres of Canadian …

The wildfires that raged across Greece, Turkey and Cyprus this summer were 22% more intense and 10 times more likely than they would have been in a world without climate change, according to scientists. The extremely hot, dry and windy …

A Sierra Club employee filed a workplace misconduct complaint earlier this year with the board of directors alleging that then-executive director Ben Jealous engaged in sexual harassment and bullying. The employee’s complaint, reviewed by Bloomberg News, alleges Jealous made unwelcome …

Insurance industry rating agency AM Best on Thursday affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) for the Allstate Insurance Group. The Oldwick, N.J.-based firm noted Allstate’s “favorable market position in the private passenger auto and homeowners’ markets” as well …

The US, Japan and South Korea pledged to intensify efforts to block North Korea’s use of overseas IT workers to raise money for its weapons programs, warning that Pyongyang’s operatives are using increasingly sophisticated tactics to evade detection. North Korean …

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Rocking on his front porch overlooking the Mississippi Sound, former Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes questions how anyone wouldn’t want to live there. “People are always going to gravitate to the water,” he said. “And we have …

Aspire General Insurance announced the completion of a strategic debt financing agreement with Comvest Partners. The investment will enhance California-based Aspire’s capital position, enabling expanded capabilities, deeper market penetration, and continued innovation in insurance technology, according to the company. Comvest …

Since 2021, religious schools in Vermont have been receiving an increasing amount of money through Vermont’s school tuitioning program. But Act 73, Vermont’s wide-ranging education reform law signed into law in July, effectively halts that trend. Last week, the state …

A telecom frequency outage prompted the Federal Aviation Administration Thursday to halt arriving flights at Newark Liberty International Airport for more than an hour, the latest tech issue to snarl flights at the airport near New York City. Flightradar24, a …

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the brokers Guy Carpenter and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. Carpenter Taps Aon’s Goodman for Newly Created Role of Chief Client & Growth Officer Guy Carpenter, the …