Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday to curb the spread of Covid-19, a move that bolsters Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s precarious hold on power, and forestalls any attempt by opponents to force an early election.

On Wednesday, 6 January 2021, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released new guidance on the existing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) under Sections 1102 and 1106 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and on the SBA’s new “Paycheck Protection Program Second Draw Loans” (the Second Draw PPP) […]

Los Angeles – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Eugene C. Ryu as a partner in the labor, employment, and workplace safety practice. Ryu will lead the firm’s California labor and employment practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Los Angeles office from Littler Mendelson P.C., where he served on […]

It is not just people who are suffering from a viral outbreak right now. So are endangered golden lion tamarins, whose survival is at stake. The culprit is yellow fever, a mosquito-borne disease which first appeared among the primates in Brazil two years ago. Conservationists are racing against time to […]

Issue Post January 11, 2021 Agricultural value chain finance can help drive Myanmar’s agricultural growth Siddhartha Basu Alan de Brauw Khin Pwint Oo Russell Toth Overcoming limited access to banking and other services.

Country: Ethiopia Source: World Health Organization A yellow fever vaccination campaign targeting 700 000 people in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) and Oromia regions was conducted in November 2020, achieving 93% of the target.