We’re spewing a torrent of waste and pollution that is affecting our environment, our economies, and our health, warns UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Credit: Athar Parvaiz/IPS By Baher KamalMADRID, Apr 4 2023 (IPS) Straight to the point: the current system of voracious money-making production and the induced over-consumption patterns have […]
Read MoreCountry: Burkina Faso Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Needs have increased both in terms of severity and geographic scope since 2022: one out of five people (4.7 million) needs aid, while one out of 10 people (1.9 million) is internally displaced.
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/mendocino53 Bees are efficient pollinators, but even they are outdone by … wait for it … moths. Scientists from Essex studying 10 sites in the south east of England for a month in summer monitored how much both diurnal and nocturnal insects contributed to the pollination of bramble flowers. […]
Read MoreTo date, private equity (PE) deals have seldom attracted serious scrutiny by the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and other antitrust regulators. However, this looks set to change; in particular with the CMA indicating that PE “roll-up” deals (where a PE house acquires multiple smaller companies in the […]
Read MoreSingapore: K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP, welcomes project finance lawyer Sarah Park as a partner in the Corporate practice. She joins from White & Case LLP and will start in April 2023. Park is a highly regarded practitioner who advises […]
Read MoreCountry: Vanuatu Source: Save the Children A month after two intense tropical cyclones and an earthquake struck the Pacific island nation in less than a week, children and communities are spiraling into a health emergency.
Read MoreEqual Inheritance Rights March in Tunisia. Credit: Equality Now, Ben Ibrahim By Hyshyama HaminCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 3 2023 (IPS) Discriminatory family laws and policies that restrict women’s access to educational opportunities, employment, inheritance, property ownership and equal pay, are making women disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of the global […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/Krzysiek The relentless loss of wildlife species and a fast-changing climate are two of the gravest planetary challenges, but by alleviating one we can mitigate the other, scientists say. By restoring wildlife populations across the planet we can boost natural carbon capture and storage through “supercharging ecosystem carbon sinks,” […]
Read MoreK&L Gates has been recognized for its role on a pair of deals that received awards in the M&A Transaction Category of M&A Advisor’s annual Turnaround Awards, with the firm being honored for its representation of React Health in the purchase of Ventec Life Systems, Inc., in the Distressed M&A […]
Read MoreBy External SourceApr 1 2023 (IPS-Partners) This is David. He is becoming an exceptional chess player. This is Mai. She loves beaches and the ocean. This is Kwame. He is a passionate architect. The only thing these people have in common… …is that they all identify as Autistic. […]
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