Western Europe is experiencing a colder and wetter than normal spring. So is much of North America.
This meteorological depression might make the very real spectre of global warming fade from view, but look north and you will see it s very much in operation.
Some parts of the Arctic are recording record springtime temperatures. The Barents Sea reached 27°C on Thursday 13 May. Areas between the Volga and Ural Mountains broke a few records for the season over the weekend, according to French meteorologist Etienne Kapikian.
Meanwhile, Siberia is seeing the first forest fires of 2021.
It is believed that some have simply not been extinguished since last summer, have continued to smoulder and are rekindled with the arrival of milder temperatures and drier weather, the so-called zombie fires, happening mainly in frozen peatlands.
IBA President Sternford Moyo, senior partner and chairman of law firm Scanlen and Holderness in Zimbabwe, said:
‘When whistleblowers report wrongdoings societies benefit. But generally, these courageous truth-tellers do not receive the protection that they should. Putting aside the moral imperative, whistleblowers must be given the full protection of law. Today, there is no greater example of the need for such safeguarding than that of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has underscored both the importance and value of whistleblowers, as well as the risks they face. We should never forget the bravery of Dr Li Wenliang who tried to warn the world about the novel coronavirus and paid the ultimate price by losing his life. This new report shines a light on the efficacy of laws that are intended to protect and empower whistleblowers, demonstrates much more work is required and offers recommendations to shield the brave.’
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Tonight is the first time in six months we can leave our homes without sending an SMS
15 May 2021 • 4:00pm
Scenes in Chania, Crete, yesterday evening following a slow start to Greece s reopening in the island s capital, Heraklion, yesterday
Credit: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP
After six months in lockdown, Greece’s long-awaited tourism reboot in the Cretan capital of Heraklion was a bit of a non-event.
At 11am on May 14, despite temperatures of 27°C in the shade, the museums were empty, many shops were shuttered and only pigeons strutted along streets that had bustled with life pre-Covid.
“It’s not just that there are no tourists, its Greeks, too, who are missing – they have no money,” said Evgenia Chasapidou, manager of Capsis Astoria, one of the few city hotels that stayed open during lockdown. “I think it will not be an easy season for us here in Crete. So far all the bookings are last minute. People all want to be vaccinated before travel – to feel safe.”
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International Coalition of Competition Enforcement Agencies Seek Public Comment to Explore “New or Refreshed” Theories of Competitive Harm Related to Pharmaceutical Mergers Thursday, May 13, 2021
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, an international coalition of competition enforcement agencies including the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, Offices of State Attorneys General, Canada’s Competition Bureau, the European Commission Directorate General for Competition, and the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority issued a notice seeking public input to inform their approaches to analyzing the competitive effects of pharmaceutical mergers.
In March 2021, the agencies announced that they formed the Multilateral Pharmaceutical Merger Task Force (“Task Force”) to identify steps to review and update their analysis of pharmaceutical mergers. The Task Force seeks to explore “new or refreshed” theories of h