Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: UN Security Council With a scorching summer fast approaching, food prices rising and access to water and electricity limited, more funds are needed to address the crisis, the UN’s senior humanitarian official warns.

  **Updates the total number of GIAHS sites in China**   Three sites in China – an ancient tea-producing area, a nomadic livestock-rearing region and a rain-fed stone terrace farming system – were formally recognised  as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), for their unique ways of using traditional practices and […]

ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION The Commission and the German Competition Authority conducted surprise inspections in Germany for suspected abuse of a dominant position in the natural gas sector. On 29 March 2022, the Commission and the German Competition Authority jointly conducted unannounced inspections also known as “dawn raids” at the German […]

Country: Mozambique Source: International Organization for Migration As IOM scales up its response, the effects of the cyclone are compounding existing needs in northern Mozambique as services and resources have been overstretched due to insecurity in Cabo Delgado.

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Summary On 21 April 2022, the Dubai Court of Cassation (Court of Cassation) issued its judgment in Case No. 109/2022, in which it confirmed that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) procedural law of arbitration, set forth in Federal Law No. 6 of 2018 (UAE Arbitration Law), requires the arbitral tribunal—whether […]

Boston – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP welcomes Grant F. Butler as a partner in the payments, banking regulation, and consumer financial services practice. Based in the firm’s Boston office, Butler brings nearly 15 years of experience in the financial services industry with a particular focus in financial services […]