• Indonesia’s poverty rate falls to 20-year low in March 2025. Antara.
• There’s been a nearly 50% reduction in the national multidimensional poverty rate in Iraq since 2011. UNDP.
• Extreme poverty in Argentina fell to 7.4%, down from 18.2% a year ago. The Rio Times.
• Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children. The Guardian.
• In the US in the 1950s, over 500 out of every 100,000 people died of cardiovascular disease each year. Today, that figure is below 150 — a decline of around three-quarters. Our World in Data.
• A man who has returned to work a year after being registered blind says new AI glasses have been “life-changing”. BBC.
• Scientists reversed memory loss in mice by boosting mitochondrial activity. Science Daily.
• NASA’s new AI model can predict when a solar storm may strike. MIT Technology Review.
• 12-year-old girl designed solar-powered sleeping bags for her homeless neighbors. Good Good Good.
• Houston is building 80 3D-printed homes start at just $200K. Good Good Good.

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