Competing demands for access to freshwater in the Asia-Pacific region are intensifying, and this could have dire consequences for the region’s massive agriculture sector and, ultimately, could interrupt regular and affordable access to food for millions of people in the region, water resource management experts have warned. The note of […]

On 4 October 2023, Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Lisa Monaco announced a new US Department of Justice (DOJ) Safe Harbor Policy for voluntary self-disclosure made in connection with mergers and acquisitions (M&A).1 Under the new policy, companies that timely and voluntarily self-disclose criminal misconduct uncovered during their pre-acquisition due diligence or […]

Country: Haiti Source: UN Children’s Fund In a daring rescue mission, 60 students and instructors from La Saline Salesian School were evacuated from their school, where they had been trapped for three days amidst clashes between armed groups.

This year’s theme: “Water is LIfe, Water is Food, Leave No One Behind.”

On 10 October 2023, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had adopted rule amendments to require market participants to provide more timely information on their positions in a covered class of equity securities. These amendments, among other things: Shorten the filing deadlines for initial and amended beneficial […]

Seasonal snow and snow melt are sources of fresh drinking water for two billion people living in mountainous regions, but those critical resources are threatened in a changing climate. Now a new study finds cause for optimism in the Northern Hemisphere, depending on how much cleaner snow becomes with reduced […]