
BBQ Distro Launches Cash Sweepstakes for Predicting the Top 10 Texas BBQ Joints Ahead of Major Ranking Reveal
BBQ Distro launches the Top 10 BBQ Joints in Texas Prediction Sweepstakes. Submit your picks by May 14 at bbqdistro.com/top10 for a chance to win a cash prize and major BBQ bragging rights. Entry is free limited to one per person. Weekly content and limited product drops roll out as anticipation builds before the list…
EU Looks to Tighten Visa Rules: 61 Countries Face Visa-Free Travel Overhaul
The EU is set to tighten its visa suspension rules, expanding the reasons it can revoke visa-free travel for 61 countries. New triggers include human rights violations, hybrid threats, and investor citizenship schemes, marking a shift in how Brussels uses visa policy…
Montenegro Releases Kazakh Rights Activist Smailova Awaiting Extradition Ruling
Kazakh women’s rights activist Dinara Smailova was released by Montenegro’s Higher Court in Podgorica on April 15, a day after she was arrested in the coastal town of Budva at the request of Kazakh authorities…
Running Low on Energy? Your Brain Might Start Burning Its Own Myelin
A study of marathon runners conducted by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), CIC biomaGUNE, and IIS Biobizkaia reveals unexpected behavior in myelin. Prolonged physical exercise forces the human body to draw on its energy reserves. During endurance activities like marathon running, the body primarily uses carbohydrates…
Sudan: After 2 Years of Conflict Sudan’s Health System Faces Collapse As Rainy Season Nears
WHO] Two years into the conflict, Sudan’s health system is at breaking point. As the rainy season looms the country faces a perfect storm of disease outbreaks, malnutrition and collapsing services at a time when humanitarian access is dangerously restricted and funding for health is running dry…
Tanzania: Tanzania Steps Up Fight Against Human Trafficking
Daily News] DAR ES SALAAM — THE National Anti-Human Trafficking Network (TANAHUT) has called on government authorities, including the Police Force and Judiciary, to take swift and appropriate action in response to reports and incidents of human trafficking to ensure justice for victims of such crimes…
Sudan: EU and UK Call to Put an End to ‘Horrific’ Sudan War At London Conference
RFI] The UK led international calls, today, Tuesday, for an urgent end to the war in Sudan, as London hosted a high-level conference marking two years since the conflict began. Britain pledged an additional £120 million (137 million euros) in humanitarian aid, warning that Sudan is now facing the worst humanitarian crisis on record…
IOM chief urges world to step up aid for Haiti
The head of the UN migration agency urged the international community Tuesday to respond to an escalating humanitarian crisis in Haiti, where more than one million people have been displaced by gang-related violence. “This is one of the most complex and urgent crises in the world…
Agimat Party-list pushes magna carta for ambulant vendors in Congress
MANILA, Philippines – Agimat Party-list is championing the rights of ambulant vendors—one of the most hardworking yet often overlooked sectors in the country. Before the February session ended, the House of Representatives approved on third reading House Bill No. 11337, also known as the Magna Carta for Informal Ambulant Vendors…