Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates LLP and 13 of its lawyers as leaders in their fields of practice in the 2023 edition of the Chambers Europe guide. The guide recognizes the firm and its lawyers in 12 categories, with rankings based on thousands of in-depth interviews conducted with […]
Read MoreCountries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees South Sudan’s refugee crisis remains the largest in Africa, with 2.3 million people living as refugees in neighbouring countries and an additional 2.2 million people internally displaced.
Read MoreNeeded to provide safe water to roughly 2 billion people without it: an annual investment less than half the US$ 270 billion now spent each year on bottled water In brief: * The bottled water industry is helping to mask a crippling world problem: the failure of public systems […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/Regenwolke0 In an effort to combat the climate crisis, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States had unveiled a biofuels program under the Toxic Substances Control Act that makes it easier to approve petroleum alternatives. Apparently, the meaning of “biofuel” is as flexible as a plastic bag […]
Read MoreIndigenous Voices from the Frontlines of Climate Change agnes Wed, 03/15/2023 – 23:41 CSQ Issue 47-1 We Are the Voice of Nature March 2023 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe The following are excerpts from interviews with Indigenous delegates at COP27 conducted by our Indigenous Rights Radio producers. Listen […]
Read MoreThe Category 4 Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin that made landfall over Vanuatu earlier this month have left a trail of destruction in their wake, affecting some 80 percent of the population and causing widespread damage, flooding and power outages. With about three-quarters of the population relying on agriculture, the […]
Read MoreThe Australian Government has uploaded two new resources to its Modern Slavery Register: A model clause for use in tenders (Model Tender Clauses); and An educational video on modern slavery for the cleaning industry. MODERN SLAVERY CLAUSES IN TENDERS The Australian Government has uploaded the Model Tender Clauses for use in […]
Read MoreBy Andrew FirminLONDON, Mar 15 2023 (IPS) Last October, Ales Bialiatski was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was one of three winners, alongside two human rights organisations: Memorial, in Russia, and the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. The Nobel Committee recognised the three’s ‘outstanding effort to document war […]
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Read MoreCountry: Malawi Source: UN Resident Coordinator in Malawi Over the past three days, Cyclone Freddy has killed more than 190 people and injured dozens more overstretching the health sector already overwhelmed by the worst cholera outbreak in two decades.
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