The following alert provides an update on recent sanctions developments, including: The publication of the UK government’s first sanctions strategy. The announcement of over 50 new sanctions. Measures to strengthen the Oil Price Cap.  Recent regulations issued under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA), bringing into force certain […]

April 11, 2024, Hanoi, Vietnam: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today in Hanoi. IFPRI’s delegation was received at Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. IFPRI’s Director General, Johan […]

Country: World Source: UN Children’s Fund UNICEF calls for the principles of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child to be upheld in new pact.

With harvests of a key staple falling, some positive signs.

The Department of Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released regulations detailing how applicable entities (AEs) and electing entities (EEs) can utilize a new funding mechanism that allows a direct payment from the IRS for certain clean energy tax credits. These rules, enacted in the Inflation Reduction […]

The Luxembourg office of global law firm K&L Gates has advised European investment firm Gyrus Capital on its agreement to sell Intellera Consulting, an Italian consultancy firm operating in the public administration and healthcare sectors to Accenture, which plans to enhance Italian public service organizations and transform their citizen services. […]