• India’s extreme poverty rate has dropped from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23, lifting nearly 270 million people out of extreme poverty. Times of India.
• In 2001, an estimated 1.7 million girls were ‘missing’ from birth registries each year due to sex-selective abortions, mainly in South and East Asia. Today, that number has fallen to around 200,000. The Economist.
• UK cancer survival rate doubles since 1970s. The Guardian.
• Detroit, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Baltimore each reported fewer murders through May than any year since the 1960s, and New York City reported the fewest murders ever reported through May 2025. Jeff-alytics.
• Colombia reports 33% drop in deforestation in early 2025, with major progress in Amazon parks. AP.
• Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the HIV virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body. The Guardian.
• FDA clears Wildtype’s cell-cultivated salmon for US debut. AgFunder.

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