Country: South Sudan Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Armed clashes in Abyei, a contested zone on the border between South Sudan and Sudan, have resulted in mass displacement to the north towards Abyei town, and to the south towards Twic County in Warrap.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the minimum age of sexual consent from 12 to 16, his office said on Monday, in a bid to protect minors from rape and sexual abuse.

Dozens of ships anchored outside of America’s busiest ports, steadily spiking freight rates, and frustrated consumers inheriting both the paralyzing delays and the exorbitant price increases: these have been the painful realities within the global supply chain in recent years. In a whole-of-government effort to mitigate the root and proximate […]

Countries: Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine Source: International Organization for Migration Airbnb.org and IOM have announced today their partnership to connect people fleeing from Ukraine to free, short-term housing in Poland, Moldova, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.

Dinas Lingkungan Hidup dan Kebersihan Kota Depok (DLHK) Kota Depok, Jawa Barat, menyiagakan Satuan Tugas (Satgas) Pohon, termasuk armada berupa truk dam untuk mengevakuasi jika ada pohon tumbang. Kepala Bidang Tata …

Photo: Pixabay/FabricioMacedoPhotos Extensive logging and burning may be pushing the Amazon’s rainforests towards a tipping point beyond which they will be a lot less resilient to environmental stresses such as climate change. This stark assessment has been made by an international team of scientists who analyzed data from high-resolution satellite […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has placed Small Island Developing States (SIDS) at the centre of its work to transform agrifood systems,  because of their vulnerability to the climate crisis and other shocks and their importance in the protection of marine biodiversity.  Scattered around the […]

K&L Gates LLP offices across the firm’s global platform are hosting events throughout the month of March to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, including events benefiting local women’s shelters; client-facing and internal luncheons and breakfasts; panel discussions focusing on accelerating women’s equality around the world; wine and beer tastings from […]