Canada, the largest importer of EU lemon outside of Europe
Madrid (ots) - The European Union is the world's leading exporter of fresh lemons, with 127,785 tons marketed outside its borders at the close of the 2021/2022 season "Canada demands quality and sustainable products from...
Improving the quality of traineeships in the EU
Trainees all over the EU will benefit from better quality traineeships thanks to new Commission proposals. They will improve and enforce working conditions for trainees, and ensure everyone can do a traineeship regardless of their socio-economic background or...
Severe Vulnerabilities Discovered in Software to Protect Internet Routing
Frankfurt and Darmstadt (ots) - A research team from the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE led by Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann has uncovered 18 vulnerabilities in crucial software components of Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI). RPKI is an Internet standard meant to protect Internet traffic from being hijacked by hackers. By now, all affected vendors provided patches for their products. The vulnerabilities could have had devastating consequences: Internet hijacks have already been exploited, e.g., for phishing passwords and other sensitive information, tricking certificate authorities into issuing fraudulent Web certificates, stealing cryptocurrency, distributing malware, and poisoning caches of DNS servers. The ATHENE team consisting of Prof. Dr. Haya Schulmann and...
Fresh water is a hidden challenge − and opportunity − for global supply chains
Dustin Cole, Auburn University - Reports of lengthy shipping delays for vessels traveling through the Panama Canal this year have highlighted the critical but...
Russia’s economy is now completely driven by the war in Ukraine – it cannot afford to lose, but nor can it afford to win
Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University - Two years after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia is still facing an unprecedented number of economic sanctions. It has been excluded from major...
Airlines are frustrating travelers by changing frequent flyer program rules – here’s why they keep doing it
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University and H. Sami Karaca, Boston University - As the U.S. holiday travel season picks up, many people are noticing that their frequent flyer benefits aren’t going as far as they used to. In September 2023, Delta Air Lines revamped its frequent flyer program to make it tougher to earn status — a tiered system offering...
Is the US banking crisis over?
George Kladakis, Edinburgh Napier University and Alexandros Skouralis, City, University of London - The US banking crisis triggered worries about the global banking system earlier in the year. Three mid-sized US banks, Silicon...
In China, Albanese might find an economy as uncertain as Japan’s 30 years ago
Tim Harcourt, University of Technology Sydney - When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits China later this year he will...
