Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates LLP and ten of its lawyers as leaders in their fields of practice in the 2023 edition of its Chambers UK guide. The guide recognizes the firm and its lawyers in 15 categories, with rankings based on thousands of in-depth interviews conducted with […]
Read MoreCountry: World Source: UN Children’s Fund About 20 countries are on a good track to achieve universal birth registration by 2030 in line with the SDG. However, substantial acceleration would be needed for Africa as a whole to achieve it.
Read MoreEuropean Union leaders struggle to find solutions for the energy crisis. Credit: Bigstock By Baher KamalMADRID, Oct 24 2022 (IPS) European politicians continue to run in all directions to find a way out of their energy crisis. One of them – Simonetta Sommaruga, the Swiss Environment Minister, asked people to […]
Read MorePhoto: Public Domain Pictures/Vera Kratochvil Large and endangered wild animals like tigers, leopards and elephants do poorly near human communities. Or do they? The results of research led by scientists at the University of Queensland appear to have belied the assumption that they invariably do. The researchers examined paleontological records […]
Read MoreCountry: Pakistan Source: UN Children’s Fund In the aftermath of the devastating floods, health facilities are reporting alarming levels of severe acute malnutrition among children in affected areas, UNICEF warned today.
Read MoreIndonesia has halted the sale of all syrup and liquid medicines following the deaths of nearly 100 children and an unexplained spike in cases of acute kidney injuries.
Read MoreOn 7 October 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two Interim Final Rules (collectively, The Rule) that significantly enhance U.S. export controls as applied to advanced integrated circuit (IC) products, related manufacturing equipment and technology, and supercomputers where the destination or ultimate end use […]
Read More[NNA] Myanmar’s rice production declines… Fertilizer, pesticide, etc. price surge (Nate) Oct 21, 2022 Oct 22, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 10/21/2022 – 12:07 [NNA] Myanmar’s rice production declines… Fertilizer, pesticide, etc. price surge (Nate) [NNA] Myanmar’s rice production declines… Fertilizer, pesticide, etc. price surge (Nate) Myanmar In the News Agriculture Production […]
Read MoreCountry: South Sudan Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Over 900,000 people have been directly impacted as waters have swept away homes, forced thousands to flee, and inundated large swathes of farmland, worsening an already dire food emergency
Read MoreThe Congo-Rwanda border bustles with traders going between the two countries but is also a conduit for criminal syndicates to smuggle elephant tusks and other contraband. Credit: Aimable Twahirwa/IPS By Aimable TwahirwaRUBAVU, Northwestern Rwanda, Oct 21 2022 (IPS) Every morning, Valerie Mukamazimpaka, a businesswoman selling various food products from Rubavu, […]
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