• Republicans scrap plan to cut $400 million from PEPFAR, an anti-AIDS program that has saved 25 million lives since 2003. Time.
• The rate of children aged 5 to 14 living in multidimensional poverty in Rwanda has more than halved from 25.3 per cent in 2016/17 to 11.9 per cent in 2023/24. The New Times.
• London’s low-traffic zones cut deaths and injuries by more than a third. The Guardian.
• Missouri becomes 31st state to end luxury tax on menstrual products and diapers. stlpr.
• Smart brain-zapping implants could revolutionize Parkinson’s treatment. Nature.

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