Country: Afghanistan Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Substantial critical funding gaps amounting to some $1.3 billion leave vulnerable Afghan families staring down the barrel of hunger, disease and even potential death as winter approaches.
Read MoreCountry: Yemen Source: UN Development Programme The United Nations successfully completed the transfer of oil from the FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, preventing an environmental and humanitarian catastrophe.
Read MoreThe Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) recently proposed expanding the scope of its jurisdiction to review real estate transactions to add over 200,000 square miles of land associated with national security-related facilities. CFIUS’s proposal would add significantly to the Committee’s broad reach over […]
Read MoreBy Yasmine SherifNEW YORK, Aug 12 2023 (IPS) To save our people and our planet from the life-threatening risks of the climate crisis, we must invest in the education of today’s youth. They will be the climate activists, climate scientists, climate innovators, game-changers and leaders of the 21st century green […]
Read MoreLondon – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP recently assisted Flywheel Partners on its investment in Freshcut Foods, the UK’s leading producer of high-added value plant-based ingredients. London partners Daniel Greenaway and James Cross led the team that advised Flywheel on the transaction, assisted by associates Andrew Poole, Laura Price, […]
Read MoreCategorizing countries into “low- and middle-income countries” and “high income countries” is not appropriate for studying healthcare systems and population health. It is misleading to categorize countries for convenience of data analysis and interpretation. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPS By Ifeanyi Nsofor and Sowmya R RaoABUJA, Aug 11 2023 (IPS) A recent […]
Read MoreIn a follow-up to an earlier Bloomberg story on India’s rice ban, the Bloomberg newsletter discusses “how extreme weather and food protectionism are combining to make rice — vital to the diets of billions in Asia and Africa — much more expensive.
Read MoreCountry: Niger Source: Norwegian Refugee Council Suspensions of development aid are expected to have a dramatic impact on living conditions for a population already under heavy strain. About 1.4 million people are exposed to additional risks.
Read MoreUN secretary general António Guterres issued a sober warning last week when he said, the era of global warming has ended and “the era of global boiling has arrived”. Global boiling is in reference to scientists confirming that the past three weeks have been the hottest since records began. Guterres […]
Read MoreOn 2 August 2023, the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE) update process went live. UK Companies House issued guidance on the requirements overseas entities will have to adhere to in their annual update of the ROE. Our previous client alert reported on the UK Government’s introduction of a public register detailing […]
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