Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar Source: World Food Programme Starting 1 March, WFP will have to reduce its General Food Assistance voucher value from US$12 to US$10 per person per month, due to a US$125 million funding shortfall.

Hindu Business Line (India) published an op-ed by IFPRI’s Anjani Kumar and Himanshu Pathak

Countries: Ethiopia, Somalia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees More than 60,000 Somalis, mainly women and children, have fled to Ethiopia’s Somali region in the past few weeks to escape clashes and insecurity in the city of Laascaanood, in Sool region.

Manila Bulletin (Philippines) published an op-ed stating that as the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches, talk of war is at the forefront of geopolitical discussions, particularly because the interconnectedness of globalized economies has far-reaching impacts even for

Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates LLP and 35 of its lawyers as local and regional leaders in their fields of practice in the 2023 edition of the Chambers Global guide. This includes rankings of the firm and its lawyers in 26 practice categories across 16 countries and regions. […]

Photo: Pixabay/Kanenori  Climate change and other environmental stresses like water pollution are posing existential threats to coral reefs. However, some of these reefs may well have a fighting chance that can enable them to survive for decades to come. This is according to scientists at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel […]