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2019 C.E. October 23
Murder rate in India drops steadily to lowest since 1963
The murder rate in India in 2017 was the lowest it has been in the last 54 years. With the exception of 1963, it has never been lower since 1957, the earliest year for which data on this rate is available.
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2019 C.E. October 23
California plans to end ‘lunch shaming’ with a new bill that guarantees meals for all students
SB 265 will require that all public school students have a "state reimbursable" meal provided by the school "even if their parent or guardian has unpaid meal fees."
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2019 C.E. October 22
McDonald’s tests plant-based burger in Canada
McDonald’s and Beyond Meat have teamed up to bring a new plant-based burger to North America. Announced in September, McDonald’s is conducting a 12-week test of their new plant-based burger called the P.L.T.
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2019 C.E. October 22
Macy’s will stop selling fur by end of 2020 fiscal year
Macy's and Bloomingdale's will stop selling the animal product by the end of the 2020 fiscal year, including its "off-price" stores" — Macy's Backstage and Bloomingdale's The Outlet.
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2019 C.E. October 22
JPMorgan to hire more people with criminal backgrounds
"When someone cannot get their foot in the door to compete for a job, it is bad for business and bad for communities that need access to economic opportunity," said JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon.
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2019 C.E. October 21
NASA astronauts successfully complete first ever all-woman spacewalk
Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed the first spacewalk with an all-women team. Since cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to do a spacewalk in 1984, women have participated in 42 spacewalks.
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2019 C.E. October 21
Global renewable power capacity to grow by 50% in next five years
The International Energy Agency (IEA) new forecast finds that the world’s total renewable-based power capacity will grow by 50 per cent between 2019 and 2024.
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2019 C.E. October 14
Google Maps adds location of 57,000 public toilets in India
This according to the company will allow the Ministry to monitor visits, ratings, reviews and more, which can then be used by the Ministry to take necessary action to maintain and upgrade toilets.
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2019 C.E. October 8
New drugs improve late-stage melanoma survival rate in the U.K. from 5% to 52%
Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the UK and kills nearly 2,300 people each year. Doctors said this new intervention marked an extraordinary and rapid transformation in care.
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2019 C.E. October 8
Dunkirk, France makes all public transportation free
The free bus service started in September of 2018. Since then, there has been an increase in ridership, rising 57% during the week and 115% on weekends.
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2019 C.E. December 13
Over 500 B Corps commit to being net zero by 2030
Over 500 companies have committed to to reach the net zero target by the year 2030 - 20 years ahead of the 2050 targets set in the Paris Agreement.
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2019 C.E. December 13
Cambodia to teach LGBT+ issues in schools to tackle discrimination
Children in Cambodia will receive lessons on LGBT+ issues from 2020 in a bid to wipe out bullying and discrimination in the socially conservative country.
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2019 C.E. December 12
‘World’s first’ fully-electric commercial flight takes off
An all-electric powered seaplane has taken flight in Vancouver, Canada, in what the operators describe as a "world first" for the aviation industry.
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2019 C.E. December 12
World’s first community of 3D printed homes is set to house poor families in Mexico
The 50 built-to-last homes located in rural Tabasco, Mexico will be granted to local families currently living in extreme poverty and makeshift, unsafe shelter.
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2019 C.E. December 11
IKEA to present path to become ‘climate positive’ at COP25
“Becoming climate positive and a fully sustainable business means a transformational change for IKEA. It means rethinking every aspect of how we do business."
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2019 C.E. December 11
‘They’ is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year
Defined as "a pronoun of choice for someone who doesn’t identify as either male or female," searches for the definition of the non-binary pronoun rose by 313% in the last year.
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2019 C.E. December 10
The state of New York sees first drop in opioid deaths since 2009
After years of rising opioid-related overdoses deaths among state residents, 2018 finally saw a drop, from 2,170 deaths in 2017, to 1,824 deaths - a 15.9 percent decrease.
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2019 C.E. December 10
France bans two US pesticides, citing risk to bees
A court banned the products from US group Dow AgroSciences, on the grounds that their containing sulfoxaflor was harmful to bees' nervous systems.
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2019 C.E. December 9
Ireland unveils plan for 70 per cent renewable energy by 2030
Ireland has published its long-awaited Renewable Electricity Support Scheme, unveiling details on how the country will increase its share of renewable energy to 70% by 2030.
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2019 C.E. December 9
Helsinki and Valladolid join dozens of cities worldwide committed to net zero buildings
By signing the Commitment, the cities pledge that all buildings in their cities will meet the target by 2050.