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WHO–World Bank: 4.6 billion people lack essential health services
The 2025 monitoring report finds progress in service coverage but continued financial hardship for billions.
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WHO estimated 282 million malaria cases and 610,000 deaths in 2024
Prevention tools helped avert an estimated 170 million cases and one million deaths, yet total burden rose.
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WHO estimates 10.7 million people developed tuberculosis in 2024
The Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 shows a modest decline in burden while millions of cases remained undiagnosed.
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UNEP scenario: cooling emissions could reach 7.2bn tonnes by 2050
Business as usual projects demand more than tripling and cooling emissions reaching 7.2bn tonnes.
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Global semiconductor sales reached $75.3 billion in November 2025
SIA, citing WSTS data, said semiconductor sales hit a monthly record of $75.3 billion in November 2025, up 29.8% year over year.
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UNFCCC synthesis assessed new climate plans from 64 parties
The 2025 synthesis covers plans recorded by 30 September, representing about 30% of 2019 global emissions excluding LULUCF.
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WHO AMR surveillance report covers over 23 million cases from 104 countries
The 2025 report analyses laboratory data reported in 2023 across 93 pathogen–antibiotic combinations.
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NASA’s confirmed exoplanet count reaches 6,000
NASA’s tracked count of confirmed exoplanets reached 6,000 in September 2025. The agency does not designate a single planet as the 6,000th.
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TSMC third-quarter 2025 revenue grew 30.3%
TSMC reported third-quarter 2025 revenue of NT$989.92 billion, up 30.3% year over year. Advanced process technologies accounted for 74% of wafer revenue.
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U.S. online retail sales were $310.3 billion in 2025 Q3
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated seasonally adjusted retail e-commerce sales at $310.3 billion in 2025 Q3, up 5.1% year over year.
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ESA launches Biomass satellite to measure forest carbon
ESA launched its Biomass satellite from French Guiana on a Vega-C rocket on 29 April 2025. Its first signal arrived 72 minutes after liftoff.
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UN agencies estimate 260,000 maternal deaths in 2023
A joint report finds maternal deaths fell 40% from 2000 to 2023, but progress slowed.
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