What About Nature Risk?

Reporting the corporate risks of climate change is increasingly becoming a required part of doing business. This month, the Securities and Exchange Commission made such disclosures mandatory for public companies in the United States, following the lead from the European Union and California. But climate is not the only aspect of the natural world that…

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Somalia: Militants attack hotel in capital Mogadishu

The Syl hotel attacked by militants from Al-Shabaab. — AFP/File Witnesses report blasts and heavy gun fires from hotel. Somali president calls “strategic meeting” after attack. Gunmen storm popular hotel that hosts prominent figures. Militants from the Al-Shabaab group, backed by Al-Qaeda, have accepted responsibility for attacking the SYL hotel near the presidential palace in…

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