Charleston – K&L Gates recently assisted JP Lease Products & Services in closing a Japanese Operating Lease with Call Option (JOLCO) financing of three Airbus A320 aircraft with ICBC Financial Leasing as Intermediate Lessee. This was the first JOLCO of its kind in the U.S. market, with the deal structured […]

Photo: Pixabay/JoshuaWoroniecki Record temperatures during heatwaves in Europe have caused water shortages in parts of Italy and other nations, but there is even worse news: such shortages are set to become more common in coming decades as water sources get increasingly stressed by warming temperatures, scientists warn. “Water resources will […]

Two new sites in Japan – an inland fisheries and associated paddy farming system centred on the country’s largest lake and a traditional fruit-growing area  believed to have been the birthplace of Japanese grape cultivation – have been formally recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). The two sites […]

Country: World Source: UNAIDS Education Plus calls for free and quality secondary education for all in sub-Saharan Africa by 2025; fulfilment of sexual and reproductive health and rights; and freedom from GBV and sexual violence.

Photo: Pixabay/mariananbu  Urban gardens can do a world of good by saving endangered plants and providing havens for insects like bees. This is the case in tropical metropolises too, scientists say. An international team of researchers reached this conclusion by studying the effects of urbanization on communities of bees at […]