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 […]

Storms and hurricanes, isolated but powerful tornados, earthquakes, fires, and floods—the question is not whether, but where and when policyholders will confront the next natural disaster. Climate change is clearly having an impact on the number and severity of natural disasters on a global scale. Companies may have limited means […]

Frankfurt – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added Torsten Limberg as a partner in the Finance practice. He joins the firm’s Frankfurt office from Ashurst LLP. Limberg concentrates his practice on banking and capital markets as well as national and international asset financing. For more than a decade, […]

As El Niño, a recurring climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean, bids farewell, its lingering effects are leaving a significant mark on agriculture across Southeast Asia. A new brief by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Scaling Anticipatory Action across Southeast Asia, highlights that since […]