Countries: Greece, World Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees While no casualties have been reported to date, the fires have now left 11,500 asylum seekers, among them 2,200 women and 4,000 children, without adequate shelter, sleeping out in the open.

Wildlife populations worldwide have declined at a “staggering” rate by 68% in just a half century, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature. In its latest Living Planet report, in which the WWF surveys global wildlife populations, the leading environmentalist group says that there was a “catastrophic decline” between […]

The impact of state usury laws on marketplace lending has been an area of concern since the inception of the industry. In a technique borrowed from the payday lending industry, online platforms that make unsecured consumer loans have to a significant degree relied upon the bank-partnership model in loan originations […]

A multi-office team of lawyers from global law firm K&L Gates LLP has prevailed on behalf of leading content recommendation platform Revcontent, LLC, in a federal false advertising lawsuit filed by a competitor [Congoo, LLC d/b/a Adblade v. Revcontent, LLC et. al., Case No. 16-cv-00401-MAS-TJB]. After more than four years […]

It’s taken more than 40 years, but cryopreservation research at the University of Queensland has finally paid off – at least for those seeking to freeze avocado plants in order to protect them in an uncertain climate future. “The aim is to preserve important avocado cultivars and key genetic traits […]