• France’s 2024 power grid was 95% fossil free. Bloomberg.
• The female primary school completion rate in Sub-Saharan Africa has increased from 48.5 percent in the year 2000 to 68.5 percent in 2023. World Bank.
• The number of non-white US Congressmembers has nearly-doubled since 2005. Pew Research Center.
• Drug overdose deaths in the US decreased 22% between August 2023 and August 2024, the largest decline in a one-year period. CBS News.
• Georgia certified malaria-free, the 45th country to achieve this milestone. WHO.
• Invasive ‘murder hornets’ are wiped out in the US. AP.

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