Harrisburg – Lawyers in the Harrisburg office of global law firm K&L Gates LLP were appointed by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals as pro bono counsel for an inmate whose habeas corpus petition and subsequent Rule 60(b) motion had both been denied in the district court. Partner David Fine […]

Jan 26, 2021 In the News India Nepal Feeling relatively poor increases support for women in the workplace (The Conversation) Gender Poverty The Conversation published an op-ed by senior research fellow Katrina Kosec and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo. In the op-ed, the authors write, “Feeling poor relative to others can spur families to support women in pursuing work outside the […]

Countries: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: Refugees International As armed groups wreak havoc across the country, key supply chains have been cut. The movement of relief aid, including food and medicine, as well as commercial goods, is being drastically limited.

Earth has been losing vast quantities of ice in recent decades and the rate of the loss around the planet is gathering pace, scientists warn. As much as 28 trillion tons of ice was lost to warming temperatures between 1994 and 2017, which is enough ice to form a 100-meter-thick […]