Speaking at the World Health Assembly last year, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for “solidarity and cooperation” in developing coronavirus vaccines, “our most powerful weapon” for tackling the pandemic.

The economic impact of COVID-19 on the world’s most populous region is threatening to further undermine efforts to improve diets and nutrition of nearly two billion people in Asia and the Pacific who were already unable to afford healthy diets prior to the pandemic, says a new report published today […]

Building Relationships with Tribes and Operating on Reservation Lands: Lessons From FMC v. Shoshone On 11 January 2021, the United States Supreme Court declined a petition to review the Ninth Circuit’s decision in FMC Corporation v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. In that case, the Ninth Circuit upheld a tribal court decision requiring […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need for a transition to sustainable diets not only for environmental reasons but also for the health of humans. From the coronavirus’s spread at a wet market in Wuhan in China to the cases of hundreds who have died across meat factories in the […]

Countries: Libya, World Sources: International Organization for Migration, UN High Commissioner for Refugees The tragic sinking, the first of 2021 in the Central Mediterranean, claimed the lives of at least 43 people. Survivors were provided with emergency assistance, including food, water and medical screenings.

Dec 23, 2020 In the News India Budget 2021: Experts seek urea price hike, I-T exemption for primary co-ops (Business Standard) Governance Business Standard (India) published an article about the budget meeting, and the plans, policies, and proposals to expect for 2021. Representatives from National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI), Punjab Agriculture […]

In November 2019, a national survey indicated that only three percent of French employees remotely worked on a regular basis.  After a year of the global health crisis, the situation is different as companies have had to accept remote working, which has become unavoidable. In order to help employers in the […]

Chicago – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Marisa Murillo as a partner in its banking and asset finance practice. Murillo joins K&L Gates’ Chicago office from Locke Lord LLP.   Murillo focuses her practice on structuring a wide range of complex financing transactions, including senior and junior […]