• Maternal and neonatal tetanus eliminated in South Sudan and Sudan. Unicef.
• Jamaica’s murder rate dropped 40% compared to the previous year. The Gleaner.
• The worldwide teen pregnancy rate has fallen by over one-third since 2000. Our World in Data.
• European Parliament backs EU-wide conversion therapy ban. Washington Blade.
• India went from 15% to 70% Internet access in a decade, mostly through mobile phones. Our World in Data.
• AI finds signs of pancreatic cancer up to three years before tumors develop. NBC News.

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• Australia becomes the 30th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem. WHO.
• In Burkina Faso between 2024 and 2025 malaria cases fell by 32% and malaria‑related deaths by 44% thanks to vaccines. Gavi.
• The rate of suicides among young people in the United States dropped 11 percent thanks to new 988 hotline. The New York Times.
• By reducing electricity prices, solar has saved Europe over €3 billion since March. Euronews.
• CATL claims 6-minute charge and 1,500km range for new electric vehicle batteries. Financial Times.
• High school student’s low-cost teabag solution for millions threatened by arsenic passes peer review. IFL Science.
• New research finds pressurized iron-rich brine beneath Taylor Glacier powers Antarctica’s mysterious Blood Falls. The Science Times.

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• The global suicide rate has fallen 40% since the 1990s. Our World in Data.
• In a first, renewables beat natural gas on US grid last month. Canary Media.
• Five “missing” bird species rediscovered in 2025. Mongabay.
• Researchers have found that even a short break from your phone yields substantial benefits: improved attention equivalent to erasing a decade’s worth of age-related cognitive decline and a more significant effect on depression than that produced by antidepressants. The Washington Post.

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• Argentina’s poverty rate dropped to just 28% at the end of 2025, down from 53% in early 2024. Semafor.
• Pedestrian deaths in the United States fell 10.9% in the first half of 2025, the biggest recorded drop since national tracking began 15 years ago. GHSA.
• Uruguay built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Forbes.
• Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality. Our World in Data.
• The ampurta, a blond or brown guinea pig-sized marsupial, once endangered, has made a big comeback. Mongabay.

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