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Society Nigeria

13. November 2025

Smarter Irrigation Boosts Yields and Hope for Farmers

In Nigeria, where unpredictable weather has long made farming uncertain, new irrigation systems are transforming agriculture and helping farmers thrive.

Shpetim Draga, a young man from Shishtavec, Albania, in traditional Goran costume, walks with his wife and young son on a meadow full of daffodils. June 05 2022

Society Albania

12. November 2025

Women’s Participation Holds Key to Economic Prosperity

In Albania, steady economic growth has helped reduce poverty and boost employment, setting the stage for greater social progress.

A mother is using traditional Maldivian cooking utensils to prepare a meal for her children.

Health Maldives

11. November 2025

First-Ever Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Diseases

In the Maldives, health authorities have achieved a world first: eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B, a milestone validated by the World Health Organization.

Society Spain

10. November 2025

World’s Tallest Church Reaches New Heights After 143 Years

In Barcelona, Spain the iconic Sagrada Familia has become the world’s tallest church after workers placed a cross atop its central tower, bringing its height to 534 feet and surpassing Germany’s Ulm Minster for the first time since 1890.

Society Kazakhstan

7. November 2025

A Win for Women’s Rights: Forced Marriages Are Coming to an End

In a major step toward gender equality, lawmakers and activists in Kazakhstan are moving to outlaw bride kidnapping — a long-standing custom that has devastated countless women’s lives and families.

Muetaz Mhd Semir, the Syrian-born owner of Amerogn Chicken, has expanded his restaurant chain to eight branches in Ethiopia

Society Ethiopia

5. November 2025

New Work Rights Open Doors for Thousands of Refugees

In Ethiopia, a groundbreaking directive is transforming refugee lives by granting, for the first time, the legal right to work, run businesses, and earn fair wages.

Sri Lankan Women War Survivors Work As De-Miners After The Civil Conflict

Society Sri Lanka

4. November 2025

Landmines Cleared, Lives and Land Restored

In Sri Lanka, the clearance of 300,000 landmines marks a decisive step toward healing and renewal after decades of civil conflict.

Society Burkina Faso

3. November 2025

Marriage Equality for All: Legal Age Raised to 18

A landmark reform in Burkina Faso has set the legal age of marriage at 18 for both girls and boys, ending a long-standing gender gap and advancing child protection.

Society USA

1. November 2025

Gun Deaths Plunge to Record Low

For the first time in a decade, the United States is on track for its lowest number of shooting deaths since 2015.

Group of Vietnamese schoolboys, South Vietnam

Society Vietnam

31. October 2025

Education Lifts Millions Out of Poverty

Vietnam has achieved one of the most remarkable poverty reductions in modern history — cutting extreme poverty from over 45% in the early 1990s to about 1% by 2022, largely through decades of sustained investment in education and rural development.