Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has again been ranked among the very top law firms in Airfinance Journal’s 2023 Legal Survey, with the firm being recognized for the sixth year in a row as the most active law firm for structured lease transactions, as well as the second most […]
Read MoreLast month, the Indian government announced an abrupt ban on exporting non-basmati white rice, which raised fears of destabilizing rice supplies in certain parts of the world,” writes CNN in a story on India’s rice ban.
Read MoreCredit: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images By Inés M. PousadelaMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug 4 2023 (IPS) The title shouldn’t fool you: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is one of the world’s longest-ruling autocrats. A political survivor, this former military commander had been bolted to his chair since 1985, presiding over […]
Read MoreCountries: Ethiopia, Sudan Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Army worms have damaged more than 24,400 hectares of cropland across 34 woredas in Tigray, while Amhara region is responding to a new cholera outbreak with a limited number of partners and resources.
Read MorePhoto: Pexels/George Sesipris Amid news of lethal heatwaves across the Northern Hemisphere comes the daunting prospect of a climate disaster on an altogether grander scale. New findings published in Nature Communications suggest the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, or Amoc, could collapse within the next few decades – maybe even within the next […]
Read MoreIf an online business thinks it is insulated from court proceedings by an arbitration clause in standard terms, the English Commercial Court decision in Payward Inc. v Chechetkin1 will give pause for thought, particularly where consumer rights are engaged. The English Court has refused to recognise a US arbitration award on […]
Read MorePhoto: Pexels/Vignesh Tigers are on the brink of extinction across Asia where only a century ago they reigned supreme as top predators. Then they numbered 100,000; now they are down to 5,000 or so. Their ranges, too, have diminished drastically over the decades, leaving them little room free from human […]
Read MoreView of the Itaipú hydroelectric plant shared by Brazil and Paraguay on the Paraná River. CREDIT: Mario Osava/IPS By Philippe Benoit and Anne-Sophie CorbeauWASHINGTON DC, Aug 3 2023 (IPS) The Colorado river basin has recently been wracked by an extended drought which brought to the fore major concerns regarding hydroelectricity […]
Read MoreFollowing Russia’s withdrawal from the grain agreement, “Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, and other lower-income Middle Eastern countries like Lebanon and Pakistan worry about what comes next,” writes the Associated Press.
Read MoreCountries: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic Source: Action for Humanity Facing issues compounded by a crippling economic crisis that is entering its fifth year, it’s vital that agencies and countries continue to support the Lebanese people and 1.5 million Syrian refugees.
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