Global law firm K&L Gates was awarded M&A Deal of the Year at the Asia Legal Business (ALB) Southeast Asia Law Awards 2024 for its role in advising live-streaming social entertainment platform 17LIVE Holding (17LIVE) in its combination with Singapore’s Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd (VTAC), a technology-focused special purpose […]

Two Pacific small island states are set to benefit from a new wave of global funding to help countries protect and prosper from biodiversity. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will implement projects in Palau and Samoa with financing from the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) […]

Country: Ukraine Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees In the past week, more than 10,300 people were evacuated from their villages in Kharkiv region’s border areas. The majority, who left with only a few belongings, are already highly vulnerable.

Indigenous Peoples, Biodiversity, and the Responsibilities of Financial Institutions Country Global agnes Wed, 05/22/2024 – 10:01 Issues Lands, Resources, and Environments Program 5 Main Image By Bryan Bixcul (Maya Tz’utujil, CS Staff) In my native language, Tz’utujil, as in many other Indigenous languages, there is no direct translation for “ecosystem” […]

Women’s vital roles in the tea industry and how to overcome the challenges they face was the theme of today’ s celebration for the 2024 International Tea Day hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). “Women play a crucial role in the tea industry, substantially contributing […]

On 13 May, a federal district court judge dismissed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case against private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe and affiliated entities (Welsh Carson). This matter has been closely watched as a barometer of courts’ willingness to accept the FTC’s theories of liability against […]

Event: May 28, 2024 – 9:00am to 5:00pm EDT. This event explores the localization of ICT, responsible AI in agriculture, the potential for AI to increase farm profitability, empowering citizen science, and harnessing digital solutions for sustainable and regenerative farming practices.