ATHENS, Greece — Wildfires rekindled outside Athens and forced more evacuations around southern Greece Thursday as weather conditions worsened and firefighters in a round-the-clock battle stopped the flames just outside the birthplace of the ancient Olympics. As additional support arrived …
LONDON — Insurers are facing a $2-3 billion loss if the Tokyo Olympics are canceled this year, amounting to the largest ever claim in the global event cancellation market, brokers say. With less than six months until the Games are …
FRANKFURT/MUNICH — German reinsurance group Munich Re will no longer insure against events canceled due to pandemics, a board member said on Tuesday. The world’s largest resinsurer is making the change after it faced large losses this year in the …
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced charges against Russian intelligence officers in cyberattacks that targeted a French presidential election, the Winter Olympics in South Korea and American businesses. The case implicates the Kremlin unit that interfered in the 2016 U.S. …
FRANKFURT — Reinsurer Swiss Re swung into a net loss in the first quarter of 2020 as the impact of the coronavirus outbreak began to bite, it said on Thursday. The Zurich-based company booked a hit of $476 million for …
A laptop and team shirts have been stolen from Australia’s accommodation at the Olympic athletes’ village while the building was being evacuated because of a small fire, the head of the team’s delegation at the Rio Games said Sunday. Kitty …
Vital computer systems for London’s 2012 Olympic Games have come under repeated cyber-attacks – but only from hackers who were invited to join in thousands of hours of security tests. Atos, the lead technology company for the Summer and Winter …
Officials say that Poland’s best hope for an Olympic medal in judo has been injured in a motorcycle accident and may have to skip the London Games. Polish Judo Association President Wieslaw Blach says that 24-year-old Tomasz Kowalski and 30-year-old …
Britain’s military is carrying out security tests in London ahead of the Olympics – including the deployment of one weapon it hopes it never has to use. Ground-to-air missile systems are being considered for the games – a move the …
Porridge. Breakfast of champions? Olympic organizers gave construction workers working on the Olympic village discounted porridge breakfasts to keep their blood sugar levels up – and found it reduced the number of accidents on site. The Olympic Delivery Authority, responsible …