Issue 14 Worldbeat

Texas Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife were indicted on corruption charges on May 3. More specifically, they were charged with accepting a total of $600,000 in bribes, from both an Azerbaijani government-owned oil company and a Mexican bank, and money laundering the bribes.
Governor Ron DeSantis signed a ban on lab-grown meat in the state of Florida on May 1, referring to it as a strike “against the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown by petri dishes or bugs”. The legislatures in Alabama, Arizona and Tennessee are considering similar measures.
On May 1, there was a massive flood in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. At least 10 people have died and more than 20 people are missing.
On April 30, the International Court of Justice, a top UN court, declined Nicaragua's request to issue an order to prevent German weapons sales to Israel, claiming the legal requirements have not been met to issue such an order.
Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf resigned on April 29 after his premiership under his party (the Scottish National Party) ended its coalition with Scottish Green Party.