Countries: Libya, World Sources: International Organization for Migration, UN High Commissioner for Refugees The tragic sinking, the first of 2021 in the Central Mediterranean, claimed the lives of at least 43 people. Survivors were provided with emergency assistance, including food, water and medical screenings.

Dec 23, 2020 In the News India Budget 2021: Experts seek urea price hike, I-T exemption for primary co-ops (Business Standard) Governance Business Standard (India) published an article about the budget meeting, and the plans, policies, and proposals to expect for 2021. Representatives from National Cooperative Union of India (NCUI), Punjab Agriculture […]

In November 2019, a national survey indicated that only three percent of French employees remotely worked on a regular basis.  After a year of the global health crisis, the situation is different as companies have had to accept remote working, which has become unavoidable. In order to help employers in the […]

Chicago – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Marisa Murillo as a partner in its banking and asset finance practice. Murillo joins K&L Gates’ Chicago office from Locke Lord LLP.   Murillo focuses her practice on structuring a wide range of complex financing transactions, including senior and junior […]

The year 2020 was notable for a number of reasons, but here is another: it was the hottest year since records began, according to NASA. Capping a long-term warming trend, the average global temperature was slightly more than 1 degrees Celsius warmer than the baseline mean between 1951 and 1980, […]

Jan 19, 2021 Press Announcement ACRE Africa and IFPRI receive award from Lacuna Fund to develop unique agricultural datasets through smartphones Washington, DC–A joint project managed by The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and ACRE Africa titled, “Eyes on the Ground: Providing Quality Model Training Data through Smartphones,” has […]