• $1 billion donation will provide free tuition at a Bronx medical school. The New York Times.
• Italy, home of the mafia, now one of Europe’s safest countries. Yahoo News.
• The Biden-Harris Administration has approved student debt cancellation for nearly 3.9 million Americans totaling almost $138 billion in relief. US Department of Education.
• Slovenia has seen cases of cervical cancer drop by almost half over the last 20 years, with the number of deaths from the disease also falling. WHO.
• Nepal’s Terai Arc Landscape initiative restored 66,800 hectares of forest and significantly increased the Bengal tiger population in the region. Mongabay.
• How Finland halved its suicide rate. The Guardian.
• Electric car sales hit record with over 1 million sold in January. Warp News.

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