So, deadly viruses like SARS does not spread as widely nor as fast. COVID-19 is not as deadly as we think, but highly infectious. During the 2009 flu season, tens of million were infected in the United States, but the mortality rate was 0.1% to 0.2%. The world was very scared at ...
A sudden uprising in Russia was over too fast to have any immediate impact on the war in Ukraine, but it exposed a fragility in Moscow that Kyiv will seek to exploit, experts have said. They noted that the rebellion itself, by the head of a mercenary group, was actually a by-product ...
Settling cartel damages actions : contribution defendants beware* Anyone who has ever tried to settle a cartel damages case will know that the (...)Tristan Jones
With military intervention off the table so far, Western allies are relying heavily on sanctions to stop Vladimir Putin causing further devastation in Ukraine. Across the UK, US, EU and beyond, leaders have drawn up measures designed to cripple the Russian economy...
Employee’s defence It will be rare that an employee is sued for harassment rather than the employer, simply because it is the employer who will have the means to pay compensation. If they are, however, they can generally defend the case on the basis that either the events did not occur...
However remember the philosophy of “shit in, shit out”. If you accidentally pick up the hash for explorer.exe because it was a parent process to malware, you are going to be having a bad day. Adopt a Defence-in-Depth Approach Because different IoCs work at different layers, utilize ...
attack the witness who has. That is where climate science of change by CO2 has now got to. The prosecution should be using the hard evidence, not making up its own circumstantial evidence, leave the defence to rely on attacking the character of the witness. We don’t need no stinking sta...
Similarly when seeing someone the first time after the defence using doctor is a nice why of honoring them. In some countries one can pass the defence and still need to make substantial revisions. I would use the honorific as long as the person passed. In non-formal situati...
Image:The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on Rafah, Gaza. Pic: Reuters What have Israel and Hamas said about the war? Hamas fighters and other militant Palestinian groups killed 1,200 Israelis on 7 October, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) say. Some 240 were abducted and taken into ...
Yeah. So they have made it clear that they’re going to be responsible government. There’s gonna be no return to any form of getting rid of the institutions that look, oversee the economy. So the Bank of England will be independent, will be able to set monetary policy. The Office for...