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Road Deaths Fell 21% Worldwide, Even as a Billion More Cars Hit the Road
The WHO says global road deaths dropped 21% between 2011 and 2025, despite over a billion more vehicles on the road. Progress is wildly uneven.
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A Fisherman Vanished Into an Underwater Cave. 15 Days Later, They Found Him Alive.
Erasto Crisanto Valdez followed a fish into a Mexican cave and got lost. Fifteen days and 100 metres underwater later, divers heard him call back.
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New York's 'War on Rats' Is Actually Working
NYC rat sightings are down 22% this year. The city's answer wasn't poison or traps, it was getting trash off the sidewalk and into sealed bins.
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3,000 People Got Their Sight Back in a 12-Day Surgical Marathon
A hospital in Trinidad ran cataract surgeries nonstop for 12 days. By the end, 3,000 people who couldn't afford the wait could see again.