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…
10 World-Changing Ideas Explained First-Hand by Their Creators
Unfortunately, most of the ideas that human beings conceive never go anywhere. This is true even for very good ideas. Many appear briefly, only to fade into obscurity as history marches on. But every so often, an idea emerges that is so bold, visionary, and fundamentally transformative that it cannot be forgotten…