Countries: Moldova, Ukraine Source: World Food Programme This funding will go towards cash as well as immediate food relief for families in conflict-hit areas in Ukraine, and to displaced people from Ukraine in Moldovan transit sites and reception centres.

Photo: Pixabay/12019  President Joe Biden calls climate change “the existential crisis of our time” and has taken steps to curb it that match those words. They include returning the U.S. to the Paris Agreement; creating a new climate Cabinet position; introducing a plan to slash fossil fuel subsidies; and announcing ambitious goals to cut U.S. […]

I. Introduction The rise of cryptocurrencies and digital assets1 in the financial markets, including the investment management industry, has given rise to a crucial question: which federal regulator – the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will be primarily responsible to regulate the […]

Countries: Moldova, Poland, Romania, Ukraine Source: Norwegian Refugee Council This funding needs to reach frontline responders in a timely manner both in Ukraine and in neighbouring countries. We urge donors to simplify administrative procedures for local partners and INGOs.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Frank Vassen Indri lemurs are winsome, herbivorous creatures that make their way through the canopy of forests on their home in Madagascar in small family groups. Alone of all lemurs, they emit loud, high-pitched sounds in calling out to one another, which has earned them the monker “the […]

In a Risk Alert issued on 26 April 2022 (the Risk Alert), the staff of the Division of Examinations (the Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) described notable deficiencies relating to investment advisers’ use of material non-public information (MNPI). Specifically, the Staff identified deficiencies stemming from Section 204A […]

Countries: Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan, Ukraine, World, Yemen Sources: European Commission, European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Conflict, weather extremes and economic shocks were drivers behind the rising acute food insecurity in 2021. A […]