• Global sales of combustion engine cars peaked in 2017. Our World in Data.
• Global wind and solar power outpace gas for first time in April. Reuters.
• How AI helped save the life of a newborn with an ultra rare disease. STAT.

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• New HIV infections fell by 40% between 2010 and 2024. WHO.
• Gambia reports 46% drop in malaria cases in a single year. The Voice.
• South Korea cut stroke deaths by more than 80%. The Formula.
• Oklahoma is now the 17th state in the United States to ban child marriage. Oklahoma Voice.
• South Africa’s share of people living below the food poverty line fell from 27.4% in 2006 to 17.6% in 2023. The Citizen.
• China’s transition away from oil has cut PM2.5 concentrations by 23.8% and carbon monoxide by 30.7% across 150 cities, preventing an estimated 262,000 deaths. Nature.
• China added a Germany-sized electricity grid last year. Almost all of it came from low-carbon sources. Our World in Data.
• A modified algae is a ‘little vacuum’ for microplastics. Nebraska Public Media.

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• Colombia’s multidimensional poverty rate has dropped from 29.7% in 2010 to 9.9% last year. Colombia Reports.
• Violent crime rates continue to plunge in America’s big cities. Axios.
• Australia, the first ever country to roll out a national HPV vaccination program, is now seeing zero cervical cancer in women under 25. BBC.
• Mariska Hargitay’s Joyful Heart Foundation has successfully achieved rape kit reform in all 50 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. People.
• Wind and solar have saved UK from gas imports worth £1.7bn since Iran war began. CarbonBrief.

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• Maternal and neonatal tetanus eliminated in South Sudan and Sudan. Unicef.
• Jamaica’s murder rate dropped 40% compared to the previous year. The Gleaner.
• The worldwide teen pregnancy rate has fallen by over one-third since 2000. Our World in Data.
• European Parliament backs EU-wide conversion therapy ban. Washington Blade.
• India went from 15% to 70% Internet access in a decade, mostly through mobile phones. Our World in Data.
• AI finds signs of pancreatic cancer up to three years before tumors develop. NBC News.

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• Australia becomes the 30th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem. WHO.
• In Burkina Faso between 2024 and 2025 malaria cases fell by 32% and malaria‑related deaths by 44% thanks to vaccines. Gavi.
• The rate of suicides among young people in the United States dropped 11 percent thanks to new 988 hotline. The New York Times.
• By reducing electricity prices, solar has saved Europe over €3 billion since March. Euronews.
• CATL claims 6-minute charge and 1,500km range for new electric vehicle batteries. Financial Times.
• High school student’s low-cost teabag solution for millions threatened by arsenic passes peer review. IFL Science.
• New research finds pressurized iron-rich brine beneath Taylor Glacier powers Antarctica’s mysterious Blood Falls. The Science Times.

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• The global suicide rate has fallen 40% since the 1990s. Our World in Data.
• In a first, renewables beat natural gas on US grid last month. Canary Media.
• Five “missing” bird species rediscovered in 2025. Mongabay.
• Researchers have found that even a short break from your phone yields substantial benefits: improved attention equivalent to erasing a decade’s worth of age-related cognitive decline and a more significant effect on depression than that produced by antidepressants. The Washington Post.

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• Argentina’s poverty rate dropped to just 28% at the end of 2025, down from 53% in early 2024. Semafor.
• Pedestrian deaths in the United States fell 10.9% in the first half of 2025, the biggest recorded drop since national tracking began 15 years ago. GHSA.
• Uruguay built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Forbes.
• Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality. Our World in Data.
• The ampurta, a blond or brown guinea pig-sized marsupial, once endangered, has made a big comeback. Mongabay.

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• Since 1990, global under-five deaths have fallen from 13 million to 4.9 million a year thanks to vaccines, oral rehydration, bed nets and safer births. Unicef.
• The youth literacy rate in South Asia has risen from 53% in 1985 to 93% in 2023. Our World in Data.
• Child labor drops 38.5 percent in the Philippines over last two years. Philstar.
• Virginia has passed 25 gun reform laws, including a ban on assault weapons. The Trace.
• After 1,400 years, the first female Archbishop of Canterbury is enthroned. The New York Times.
• Mexico’s monarch butterfly population jumps 64% year-over-year. The Guardian.
• Waymo self-driving cars were involved in 92% fewer crashes that cause serious or fatal injuries than human drivers, meaning they’re 13 times safer. Waypoint.
• Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality. Our World in Data.
• China approves brain chip to treat paralysis — a world first. Nature.

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• 6.2 million fewer people are experiencing hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2020. PAHO.
• Cancer death rates in the UK have fallen to their lowest level on record. The Conversation.
• 1.5 million people moved above the poverty line in Uzbekistan in 2025. Euro News.
• In Malawi, between 2016 and 2024, and maternal mortality declined from 439 to 224 deaths per 100,000 live births. Afro Barometer.
• Fentanyl-related overdose deaths fell by nearly 30 per cent in the space of a year in the US. NewScientist.
• A generation ago, Poland rationed sugar and flour while its citizens were paid one-tenth what West Germans earned. Today, the economy of the country has edged past Switzerland to become the world’s 20th largest with more than $1 trillion in annual output. AP.
• The Quapaw Nation brought one of America’s most contaminated mining landscapes back to life. The Guardian.
• Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20% since 2010. The Guardian.
• India’s second largest state is rolling out free rooftop solar for its poorest citizens. India TV.
• The whooping crane population has climbed from barely more than 20 individuals worldwide in 1941 to roughly 800 today after decades of habitat protection and captive breeding and release programs. The New York Times.
• Scientists discover how to turn plastic waste into vinegar. Good Good Good.

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• Maternal mortality in Oman has fallen by 53 per cent. Observer.
• An integrated primary health care model in northern Togo cut the risk of death before age five by 29%. Gavi.
• The proportion of girls married before the age of 18 in Cambodia dropped dramatically, from 26.3% to 9.5%, while marriage before age 15 declined from 2.5% to just 0.6% thanks to the Time to Act Project. Asia News Network.
• A record 1 in 3 U.S. workers now have access to paid leave. The 19th.
• In 2025, solar and wind produced more electricity than fossil fuels in the European Union. Our World in Data.
• BYD rolls out EV batteries with 5-minute flash charging. Tech Crunch.
• UK emissions fall 2.4% in 2025 as coal hits 400-year low. CarbonBrief.
• After being hunted to local extinction in the early 20th century, bearded vultures have returned to the Alps. BBC.
• Black soldier fly larvae show promise for safe organic waste removal. ACS.

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