Introduction On 23 November 2020, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), issued a decree overhauling the rules relating to foreign ownership of companies in the UAE (the Decree) by introducing significant amendments to the UAE Commercial Companies Law No. 2 of 2015 (the […]

A team of lawyers from the London office of global law firm K&L Gates has advised Panmure Gordon, as nominated adviser and broker to Kistos plc, on Kistos’ admission to AIM and fundraising of £31.75m.    Kistos is a newly-incorporated investing company, established to create value for its investors through […]

Winter is coming, for parts of Asia too.

Event Post November 25, 2020 2020 ReSAKSS Conference: Learning from past policy mistakes and achievements to transform African agrifood systems Tsitsi Makombe COVID-19 presents new challenges for the continent.

Country: World Source: World Health Organization Opening the meeting, Jacqueline Mikolo, chair of the Seventieth Regional Committee, called for increased high-level political commitment, solidarity and information-sharing in battle against COVID-19.

Air pollution has reached endemic proportions across much of the planet and it’s not just people who suffer from it. Animals do too. It follows that cleaning up the air benefits not only people but animals as well and this is exactly what a team of researchers at Cornell University […]

Shanghai’s biggest international airport momentarily descended into chaos Sunday night, after authorities ordered a mass testing drive in response to a small outbreak of Covid-19 linked to several cargo handlers.