Once again, global law firm K&L Gates LLP has been ranked among the world’s 100 leading data law firms by Global Data Review’s GDR 100. The annual list examines law firms’ privacy and data protection capabilities, use of IP and confidentiality laws to protect proprietary data, and the firm’s work […]

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Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: Save the Children Shells hit a displacement camp in eastern DR Congo, prompting aid workers to temporarily evacuate and resulting in up to 40 reported deaths and many others injured, with children among the casualties.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes the resolution adopted today by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly to declare 2026 as International Year of the Woman Farmer.   The resolution, which was proposed by the United States of America and adopted by consensus, invites FAO, […]

The Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) Court of Appeal has recently confirmed, in CA 001/2024, that a provisional award granting interim measures, issued by a tribunal in a non DIFC-seated arbitration, is enforceable as an award in the DIFC Courts.  Background The claimant in a London-seated arbitration applied to the […]

World Press Freedom Day Is Observed on May 3 Country Global agnes Fri, 05/03/2024 – 11:24 Issues Human Rights Program 5 Main Image Every year, on May 3, we celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom. World Press Freedom Day was first proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993 […]

New Delhi, May 3, 2024: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the CGIAR Initiative on Foresight, in partnership with the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM), the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-IARI), and ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (ICAR-NIAP), successfully […]