• Mexican first responders arrive in Texas to support flood relief efforts. Good Good Good.
• Baltimore has had its fewest homicides in 50 years. Fox Baltimore.
• Burundi eliminates trachoma as a public health problem. WHO.
• People are now putting up a gigawatt’s worth of solar panels, the rough equivalent of the power generated by one coal-fired plant, every fifteen hours. The New Yorker.
• India hits 50% non-fossil power milestone five years ahead of schedule. Reuters.
• In an historic first, solar power generated more electricity than any other source in the EU last month. Euronews.
• A secret population of one of the most endangered animals in South America was just discovered in Chile. Good Good Good.
• Paris reopens Seine River to public swimming for first time in a hundred years after clean up program. The Guardian.
• Robot performs 1st realistic surgery without human help. EurekAlert!

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