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A packed trivia night in Narrabri, Australia raised funds to give young children free books through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. The program ensures every child receives a book each month from birth until school, regardless of family income.
Athens is asking residents to donate backpacks, notebooks, and school supplies to ensure every child starts the new school year with what they need. The city's one-day collection event happens this Saturday, with year-round donations also welcome.
When severe storms battered Belle Isle Park, the community didn't wait for cleanup crews. Volunteers are gathering to help restore Detroit's beloved island park after nature's fury left debris scattered across its grounds.
Scientists created toxic-free solar panels that survive moisture and air for months, not days. The breakthrough brings safe, efficient solar power closer to your rooftop.
Women with advanced breast cancer now have a powerful new weapon against tumors that resist treatment. The FDA just approved Etcamah, the first therapy designed to fight back when cancer mutates to escape standard drugs.
The United Nations just endorsed a new world map that finally shows Africa at its real size, 14 times larger than Greenland. After decades of distorted maps making Africa look smaller, 164 countries voted to encourage using accurate projections in classrooms and newsrooms worldwide.
From making soccer balls out of plastic bags in a Kenyan refugee camp to representing Australia at two World Cups, Awer Mabil's journey shows the power of sport to transform lives. Now the 30-year-old star is returning home to inspire the next generation.
India and Japan are pairing Indian scale with Japanese precision in a massive new partnership. The two nations are launching a 500,000-person talent exchange while fast-tracking $64 billion in investments.
After floods killed over 1,000 in Nepal, urban planner Dikshu Kukreja is pushing India to redesign how it builds across the fragile Himalayan region. Nearly 50 million Indians live in these young, unstable mountains, where current development treats them like flat plains.
For 31 years, Ujjwala Wadekar has taught students real-world skills by taking them to puncture shops, kitchens, and ponds instead of keeping them behind desks. Her approach in rural Pathri has boosted attendance and confidence while strengthening the bond between families and schools.
In Assam, India, conservationists just released 15 pygmy hogs into grasslands where the species vanished nine years ago. The tiny animals came from a breeding program that started with just six hogs captured in 1996.
In Madhya Pradesh, gunny sacks and earthen pots replace professional equipment at a unique Olympics celebrating the traditional games of the Baiga community. Since 2015, this tribal sporting festival has kept ancient skills alive without a single synthetic track or branded jersey.
A seven-year-old girl in rural India hopped 400 meters to school every day on one leg because she refused to give up on learning. Her viral video brought her not just a tricycle, but a community rallying to help.
Nigeria's electoral commission is offering to share its biometric technology with the country's university entrance exam board, marking a breakthrough in inter-agency cooperation. The partnership could help protect thousands of students from exam fraud.
The United Nations just adopted Vietnam's proposal for an International Decade of Culture for Sustainable Development. This global initiative recognizes that preserving cultural heritage and sustainable growth go hand in hand.
A 66-year-old man just became the first person to live dialysis-free for nine months after receiving a genetically modified pig kidney. This medical milestone could help millions of patients waiting for life-saving organ transplants.
A forgotten medical hero treated the first documented patients with penicillin in 1930, years before it became the lifesaving drug we know today. Sheffield is finally honoring Cecil George Paine, whose groundbreaking work helped transform medicine forever.
An 18th-century masterpiece stolen by Nazis from a Jewish art dealer has finally been ordered returned to his family after being discovered hanging in an Argentine home. The painting had been missing for eight decades before a newspaper spotted it in a real estate listing.