International travelers have been flocking back to the popular resort island of Bali as the Covid pandemic subsides, prompting hopes that Indonesia’s battered tourism industry is on the road to recovery.

Tracy Lawless, government affairs counselor in the Pittsburgh and Harrisburg offices of K&L Gates, has been appointed to the Transition Advisory Committee for Health and Human Services assembled by Pennsylvania Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Austin Davis.  Lawless will serve the health care section of the Committee for Health […]

The Japanese city of Aomori is billed as the snowiest in the world, with an average of eight meters each year and tunnels carved into the snow so that travelers can use the roads. So it’s no wonder that Aomori is hoping to find a way to convert all that […]

War and adverse weather set to keep food prices high (Financial Times)  pfowlkes Wed, 12/07/2022 – 15:16 War and adverse weather set to keep food prices high (Financial Times)  In the News Dec 4, 2022

Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UN Children’s Fund, World Food Programme Food insecurity and malnutrition are spreading from the Sahel towards coastal countries due to persistent insecurity, […]

Sydney – Global law firm K&L Gates has further bolstered its corporate and asset management and investment funds practices with the addition of James Lonie, Natalya Hards and Lisa Lautier as partners, based in Sydney. Lonie, Hards and Lautier join K&L Gates from HWL Ebsworth. James Lonie is one of […]