By Daphna Jimenez December 16, 2022 Venezuela’s economy has struggled for many years due to its overreliance on its oil industry, which has contributed to astronomically high inflation, mass food shortages and the weakening of Venezuela’s private sector as oil prices declined. In January 2019, the United States imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s most important global […]
By: Ann Turner Light December 9, 2022 In 2010, before FIFA’s then President, Sepp Blatter, announced live that Qatar outplayed much worthier contenders for hosting World Cup 2022, Blatter verbally acknowledged the tension of that day; it was apparent from his body language, too. Between his awkwardness and our collective shock over the outcome was this message: the game […]
By: Photini Kamvisseli Suarez December 5, 2022 The right to food is an internationally recognized human right, and is referred to in Article 25 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights: “Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and […]
On October 28, 2022, European Union (EU) regulators renewed interim measures ordering Illumina to keep GRAIL as a separate entity following Illumina’s September 2020 acquisition of the cancer detection company. Illumina jumped the gun and acquired GRAIL before obtaining approval from EU antitrust regulators under the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR). Failure to comply with the interim measures could result […]
