Country: Sudan Source: UN Children’s Fund On 8 August, vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) was confirmed in country. The only way to stop the outbreak spreading further is to vaccinate every 8.6 million children under the age of five.

Country: Syrian Arab Republic Source: World Vision Almost 100 new cases are reported every day as 2.7 million people remain displaced and at high risk of contracting the virus in a region where the health system is already weakened by conflict.

• Second Dalit woman dies after alleged rape

Prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many state taxing authorities asserted that a business could become subject to their states’ tax obligations by having a single employee working from within the states, even if there were no other connections between the business and those states. As a result, some states […]

Seattle – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP is honored to be the recipient, along with longtime firm client Amazon, of a 2020 Corporate Pro Bono Partner Award from the Pro Bono Institute’s (PBI) Corporate Pro Bono project for their joint contributions in support of Mary’s Place, an organization providing […]

As a widespread drought was devastating crops in Kenya, Steve Mbugua, a farmer in Nyeri county, decided to clear his half-acre plot of land with coffee plants. He then planted Hass avocadoes. It was a wise decision, even if some of his neighbors questioned it at first. Coffee is one […]