• In 1987, 30% of countries were classified as low-income and 25% as high-income. By 2024, these ratios shifted to 12% low-income and 40% high-income. World Bank.
• In the US, deaths attributable to heart attacks plummeted by 89 percent between 1970 and 2022. Journal of the American Heart Association.
• New York City recorded its fewest number of shooting victims in three decades — and the second-lowest murder rate — in the first half of 2025. NY Daily News.
• Poland’s clean energy usage overtakes coal for first time. Financial Times.
• Norway offered residents a chance to win a $1,000 prize for recycling; now 97% of all plastic bottles are returned. Good Good Good.
• Flint replaces most lead pipes 10 years after the Michigan water crisis. NBC News.
• About 1,000 lost pets are being found each month thanks to AI-powered facial recognition software. CNET.

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• Before the 1970s, most children affected by leukemia would quickly die from it. Now, most children in rich countries are cured. Our World in Data.
• In the US, drug overdoses killed more than 31,000 people under the age of 35 in 2021. That number plummeted to only 16,690 fatal overdoses in 2024. NPR.
• In the early 1980s, nearly 1,400 out of every 100,000 children under five died of pneumonia every year in Nepal. By 2021, the death rate dropped to only 75 per 100,000. Our World in Data.
• Suriname certified malaria-free. WHO.
• Homicide rates in Italy have dropped by 80% since 1990. Our World in Data.
• After peaking at more than 1.6 million Americans in 2009, the prison population was just more than 1.2 million at the end of 2023, and is on track to fall to about 600,000. The Atlantic.
• So far in 2025, solar power has accounted for 25% of Pakistan’s utility-supplied electricity, which makes it one of fewer than 20 nations globally that have sourced a quarter or more of monthly electricity supplies from solar farms. Reuters.
• In recent months, about 70% of all new passenger vehicles sold in Nepal were electric. Clean Technica.
• Amazonian scorpion venom can kill breast cancer cells. Science Alert.
• New Zealand scientists stumble upon way to reduce cow dung methane emissions by 90%. Bloomberg.

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• Ireland is Europe’s sixth country to end coal power generation. Irish Examiner.
• A cutting-edge cancer therapy offers hope for patients with lupus. The New York Times.
• Mexico’s conservation efforts spur dramatic recoveries for 20+ species of seabirds. All About Birds.
• Colombia declares child marriage unconstitutional. Co1ombia.

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• There are over 100 million fewer children in child labor today than in 2000, even as the child population increased by 230 million over the same period. UNICEF.
• Jamaica records significant decline in murders: 42 percent year-on-year reduction. NY Carib News.
• $105M reparations plan for descendants of 1921 Tulsa race massacre unveiled by mayor. ABC News.
• In the first quarter of 2025, the United States added 8.6 GW of solar manufacturing capacity, led by factories in Texas, Ohio, and Arizona. Wood Mackenzie.
• Once thought extinct, Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna has been rediscovered. Nature.

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• India’s extreme poverty rate has dropped from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23, lifting nearly 270 million people out of extreme poverty. Times of India.
• In 2001, an estimated 1.7 million girls were ‘missing’ from birth registries each year due to sex-selective abortions, mainly in South and East Asia. Today, that number has fallen to around 200,000. The Economist.
• UK cancer survival rate doubles since 1970s. The Guardian.
• Detroit, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Baltimore each reported fewer murders through May than any year since the 1960s, and New York City reported the fewest murders ever reported through May 2025. Jeff-alytics.
• Colombia reports 33% drop in deforestation in early 2025, with major progress in Amazon parks. AP.
• Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the HIV virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body. The Guardian.
• FDA clears Wildtype’s cell-cultivated salmon for US debut. AgFunder.

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• New mosquito nets saved an estimated 25,000 lives from 2019 to 2022. Gates Foundation.
• Since 1979, Bangladesh has reduced under-five mortality by 85% and increased life expectancy from 47 to nearly 74 years. Gavi.
• Poland’s GDP per capita has more than doubled since it joined the European Union in 2004. Our World in Data.
• Jamaica’s poverty rate for 2023 was estimated at 8.2 per cent, a decline from 16.7 per cent in 2021. Magnetic Media.
• Colorado cactus removed from endangered species list after nearly 50 years. KDVR.
• Vatican City has joined Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to become one of just eight countries in the world to generate 100% of its electricity from renewable sources. Clean Technica.
• South America sets historic benchmark: zero new coal plants planned. Clean Technica.
• Just over a decade ago, almost half of Greece’s power came from coal. This has now fallen to 6%. Our World in Data.
• California has nearly 50% more public EV chargers than gas nozzles. Green Car Reports.
• Infrared contact lens lets humans see in the dark. DW.

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• Measles vaccines save millions of lives each year. Our World in Data.
• Global suicide rates have declined by 29% since 2000. WHO (PDF link).
• Record decrease in Brazil deforestation in 2024. Hurriyet Daily News.
• The Brazilian state of Pará registers nearly 30% reduction in pollutant gas emissions over the last 20 years. Agência Pará.
• In India, the hargila, also known as the greater adjutant stork, is no longer endangered. Mongabay.
• Once the world’s most endangered feline, the Iberian lynx is now off the critically endangered list, thanks to re-wilding programs across Spain and Portugal. Portugal News.
• US doctors rewrite DNA of infant with severe genetic disorder in medical first. The Guardian.
• Scientists identify language-like chatter among dolphins. Oceanographic.

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• Fatal overdoses in the US fall to prepandemic levels. The Wall Street Journal.
• This year there have been zero deadly public mass shootings in the US. The Washington Post.
• The PKK Kurdish militant group will disarm and disband as part of a peace initiative with Turkey ending four decades of hostilities. AP.
• Over the decade running up to 2025, projects financed by the African Development Bank Group have provided breakthrough access to drinking water and sanitation for 96.2 million people. AFDB.
• Violent crime is falling rapidly across America. The Economist.

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