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Tesco Grocers to Offer Unsold Fresh Food to British Charities

June 9, 2015

The giant British supermarket Tesco is launching a pilot program to give away the fresh food it can’t sell to those in need. Tesco officials...

Lives Changed as Charities Give Away More than 400,000 Hearing Aids

June 8, 2015

A woman cries, children smile, and old men hug everyone around them as they experience the joy of hearing once again – some, for...

Man Flies 1200 Miles to Donate Stem Cells to Save 7-year-old Girl

June 7, 2015

Priya Shah was fighting a losing battle with a rare disease and was forced to drop out of school when none of her family...

14 Years After Decriminalizing Heroin, Here’s What Portugal Looks Like

June 3, 2015

The total number of people using drugs in Portugal has actually fallen by more than a third since the country began focusing on treatment...

Aided by the Sea, Israel Overcomes an Old Foe: Drought

May 31, 2015

As California and other western areas of the United States grapple with an extreme drought, a revolution has taken place in Israel over the...

Solar Is Lighting the Way for Recovery in Nepal

May 31, 2015

Renewable energy companies have formed a coalition to re-power the country after its massive earthquake. After the natural disaster on April 25, Gham Power, a...

Dramatic Video Shows Crowd Lifting Double-decker Bus Off Unicyclist

May 30, 2015

Incredible video footage has captured the moment up to 100 bystanders in London lifted a double-decker bus to save the life of a unicyclist...

Saudi Arabia Prepares to Phase-out Fossil Fuel This Century

May 24, 2015

The world’s largest oil exporting country is considering an end to the use of fossil fuels by the middle of the century. Saudi Arabia’s oil...

New Law Bans French Grocers From Throwing Out Leftover Food

May 22, 2015

France's National Assembly this week voted on a new zero-waste policy that will require all supermarket chains to convert leftover food into animal feed,...