Country: Nigeria Source: Médecins Sans Frontières MSF has been witnessing an unprecedented influx of malnourished children to our nutrition centre in Maiduguri, Nigeria, suggesting an alarming nutritional crisis in Borno State.

Introduction On 15 June 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a “Request for Comment on Certain Information Providers Acting as Investment Advisers” (Request).1 The Request addresses three categories of what the SEC refers to as “information providers” or “providers:” index providers; model portfolio providers; and pricing services.2 The SEC is […]

Consequences of Russia’s war of aggression; “We must prevent further hoarding” (Der Spiegel)  Jul 1, 2022 Jun 21, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 07/01/2022 – 11:21 Consequences of Russia’s war of aggression; “We must prevent further hoarding” (Der Spiegel)  Consequences of Russia’s war of aggression; “We must prevent further hoarding” (Der Spiegel)  […]

North Korea on Friday claimed its Covid-19 outbreak began when two residents touched “unusual things” near the South Korean border, according to state media.

Country: Mozambique Source: Save the Children Nearly 30,000 children fled a new wave of violence in Cabo Delgado province in June, the highest number of children uprooted in a single month in the past year, Save the Children said.

Photo: Pixabay/vic_neo By Stuart Gilby Conscious consumers and governments are sending a consistent and resounding message to businesses: ditch plastic. Misuse of plastic has created a global emergency, with more than 400 million tonnes of waste every year.  While interest in alternatives has never been higher for businesses, finding an adequate […]

Doctors and bankers were among hundreds of Sri Lankans who marched on Wednesday to demand the government resolve a severe fuel shortage at the heart of the Indian Ocean island’s worst economic crisis in decades or step down.

Statistical sampling and extrapolation have become accepted tools for establishing damages in health care administrative proceedings and False Claims Act (FCA) litigation over the past 30 years. Key Takeaways The government has been dramatically increasing the use of data mining to identify potential health care fraud and data analysis to […]

Singapore – K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, the Singapore office of global law firm K&L Gates, recently advised Singapore e-commerce company BlueBasket on its cross-border joint venture with Yanolja Cloud, a Korean leisure platform that was the recipient of US$1.7 billion in funding from SoftBank Vision. The transaction involved the […]