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In Punjab, Sikhs and Hindus organized to rebuild mosques damaged in earlier violence, a grassroots interfaith repair effort.
Despite a scorching season that hurt other crops, Japan’s potato harvest delivered a banner year, easing some farm gloom.
Six newborn Irrawaddy dolphins bring the rare Mekong population to about 110 animals, a hopeful sign for a river species treated as sacred locally.
A stranger quietly paid a $420 barbecue tab for a disabled community group and their caregivers in South Korea.
Pioneering tests suggest coconut oil can be processed into a lower-carbon aviation fuel candidate.
A Japanese spacecraft lifted off toward Mars’ moons on a historic sample-return attempt for planetary science.
Care teams fitted a rescued Indian sloth bear with a prosthetic paw, saying they will do whatever it takes to help.
A sloth bear once exploited in the dancing trade is flourishing in sanctuary care after a high-profile rescue.
A progress digest noted Uzbekistan’s sharp one-year poverty drop alongside Norway unveiling its biggest-ever marine protected area.
A pay-per-picture scheme on Borneo pays former hunters to photograph animals instead of killing them, boosting protection.
Vietnam created new conservation coverage for forests and mountains that hold the last of a critically endangered monkey.
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