• Europe and Central Asia saw an almost 50 per cent decline in the child poverty rate between 2014-2024. unicef.
• Fiji becomes the 26th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem. WHO.
• The US is on track for the fewest shooting deaths of any year since 2015. The Trace.
• North Carolina wipes out $6.5B in medical debt for 2.5M people. AP.
• Incarcerated firefighters in California, previously paid only 5 to 10 dollars a day, will now get minimum wage. KTLA5.
• More than 100 countries have cut their dependence on fossil-fuel imports and saved hundreds of billions of dollars by continuing to invest in renewables. CarbonBrief.
• Green turtle bounces back from brink of extinction. BBC.

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