Syria celebrates end of Assad dictatorship, Ghana elects first female vice president, poetry pharmacies
Pakistan’s solar revolution, US cervical cancer deaths plummet by 60%, Argentine jail ends recidivism
Car fuel from seaweed, invisible fences protecting wildlife, school plays unlocking student potential
UK launches cash trial for homeless, Mexico’s civilian-led cartel strategy, deforestation’s health impact in Brazil
Denmark to plant one billion trees, Minnesota’s largest coal plant switches to solar, ending corporal punishment
World’s largest offshore solar farm, Latin American poverty hits 33-year low, AI model spots overlooked tumours
Colombia outlaws child marriage, reducing homelessness to “functionally zero”, matchmaking for teens and elders
First anti-slavery commissioner in Australia, cross-border power sharing, demountable timber sports hall
Free public transit for job seekers, deforestation in Brazil falls, magic tricks in climate education
Smoking ban in England, world’s first wooden satellite, Bookbanks, men’s sheds movement addresses loneliness
Historic regime change in Botswana, Indigenous voices in the UN, reparative justice for Black farmers
October recap: More ocean protection, revolutionary children’s hospital, reforestation with tree islands
In vivo gene therapy breakthrough, Norway raises minimum age limit for social media, part-time farmers
Murder rate plummets in Argentinian drug hotspot, railway to connect East Africa, salmon back in Klamath Basin
Portugal launches Europe’s largest marine protected area, Ireland’s bottle deposit scheme, US expands PFAS ban
Egypt goes malaria-free, El Paso’s teen court offers alternatives to jail, wildlife crossings cut crash rates by 90%
Teen tobacco use at 25-year low, year off-curriculum changes teenage lives, frequent flyer tax could generate billions
Indian state goes 100% organic, app improves care for non-white infants, new cervical cancer treatment regime
America’s most polluted river makes a comeback, Latvia’s school smartphone ban, Zurich’s child-friendly hospital
India eliminates trachoma, urban crime sees record-breaking decline, Ottawa’s fresh approach to opioid treatment
Australia to lead world in ocean protection, rooftop solar surge, $90 billion plan for African energy access
Mexico’s first female president, California bans artificial dyes from school food, constructing with hops
Stem cells reverse type 1 diabetes in world first, Assam’s rhino population thrives, rewilding São Paulo
California bans plastic bags, US sees big drop in overdose deaths, Toronto tenants win historic rent strike
WHO greenlights first mpox vaccine, The Hague bans fossil fuel ads, California’s new marine sanctuary
Skin cancer cases falling in Sweden, Mexico City’s ‘tree army’, village transformed from no-go area to delight
Alaska protects 28 million acres of public land, early warning for cardio risks, medical respite for the unhoused
Philadelphia’s affordable housing, world’s largest air-to-water heat pump, global solar power breaks records
Millions of trees for Mauritanian desert, South Korea pilots 4.5-day workweek, pest control without chemicals
NHS 111 offers 24-hour mental health support, Berlin becomes “sponge city”, intergenerational housing
World’s first basic income for rainforest residents, commercial seaweed farm, renewable energy overtakes coal in US
World’s largest restoration project, 50% fewer teen mothers in Thailand, media literacy in English schools
Brain implant restores ALS patient’s voice, zigzag patterns cooling buildings, India’s silent cycling revolution
Global school attendance rate rises, ‘smart’ insulin, pink bus for Islamabad female students and teachers
Trend reversal in global resource consumption, millions of trees for Kenya, drones dispose trash from Mount Everest
Plastic bags disappear from UK beaches, global surge in EVs, grassroots housing campaign to beat private equity
Guinea worm disease nears eradication, study shows impact of guaranteed income, drop in low-wage workers
Global smoking rates plummet, US announces $4 billion in climate funding, Colombia outlaws bullfighting
Nasal spray for Alzheimer’s, low-cost mental health care, genetic test to end inherited blindness in dogs
Renewables to surpass coal, net-zero development in Minnesota, homes made from mushroom waste and weeds
Office sites become social housing, first fully hydrogen-powered ferry, white storks to return to London
Poverty in Indonesia drops to record low, solar rooftop revolution, the Oxford brewery supporting ex-convicts
The countries ditching the death penalty, Baltimore’s violent crime drops 36%, Denmark’s culture vitamins
Deforestation in Colombia hits record low, bionic legs for amputees, no more tuition for medical students
UK elects most diverse parliament in history, Chicago’s bike giveaway, breakthrough in type 1 diabetes
Denmark to impose first climate tax on livestock, Brazil decriminalises marijuana, world’s first epilepsy device implant
Paris sees 40% drop in air pollution, Massachusetts’ millionaire tax, microdosing addiction treatment
The island nation curbing plastic pollution, global call for climate action, lynx returns from brink of extinction
Maryland pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions, EU to restore 20% of land and sea, California’s free grocery store
Finland’s teen abortion rate plummets, South Australia moves to ban political donations, ozone layer recovery
Sign language ambulances, deaths from tetanus plummet, building a wildlife corridor in the world’s largest rainforest
Vermont’s oil companies to foot climate change bill, second-chance gun crime initiative, Chile’s coastal cleanup
Voluntary rent payments to First Nations communities, CAR receives first malaria vaccines, ending school meal debt
The school run by kids, free mental health apps, the bison offsetting the CO2 emissions of 43,000 cars
Antwerp’s free-tree initiative, tackling Amsterdam’s housing crisis, new blueprint for addiction recovery
Lessons on childhood obesity, US overfishing hits historic low, world’s largest carbon capture facility
Finland’s fight against fake news, new gene therapy restores hearing in deaf toddler, fencing over firearms
Australia cancels $3 billion of student debt, Germany’s suicide prevention strategy, social media detox benefits
Dutch city erases debt for low-income families, Queensland decriminalises sex work, nursing home nightclubs
Climate tax for fossil fuel firms, Mexico bans conversion therapy, innovations in homeless sheltering
400,000 solar balconies in Germany, simple cancer blood test, high-speed train between Las Vegas and California
World-first meningitis vaccine, new mosquito nets protect millions, California’s green energy milestone
Seven countries hit 100% green energy milestone, stopping whale collisions, using AI to prevent homelessness
Greece to ban bottom trawling, 40k coral plantings in the Carribean, therapy school for Indian slum children
