Pakistani women are breaking barriers with motorcycles, embracing independence through free training programs like Women on Wheels, while innovative solutions like safety Abayas redefine mobility and empowerment.
What's right: flaura and fauna discoveries 2024
Discoveries of new species, from pirate spiders to a crocodile-like newt, reveal nature’s wonders - yet highlight the urgent need to protect fragile habitats.
What's right: free public transport for Belgrade
Belgrade will offer free public transport from January, aiming to ease congestion, but can its ageing system handle the surge in passengers?
What's right: Brazil's succesful poverty fight
Brazil’s bold fight against poverty lifts 8.7 million people in a year, thanks to innovative policies like Bolsa Família and economic recovery efforts.
What's right: Miss Netherlands beauty pageant ends
Miss Netherlands ends its run, paving the way for a bold new platform redefining beauty, inclusivity, and empowerment in modern society.
What's right: AI camera's to catch drunk motorists
A pioneering AI camera is being tested to catch motorists driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, helping police stop dangerous drivers before accidents happen.
What's right: Hope for the Aral Sea region
From a vanished sea to a desert reborn—discover how bold restoration efforts are bringing hope to the Aral Sea region.
What's right: gay men to donate blood in Luxembourg
Luxembourg updates its blood donation rules, allowing gay men to donate, marking a major step toward equality and modernized health practices.
What's right: Fighting childhood obesity
The UK bans junk food ads on TV before 9 pm and online anytime from 2025, aiming to tackle childhood obesity. Get all the details on today’s “What’s right with the world”.
What's right: Revolutionary asthma treatment
A new injection could revolutionize asthma and COPD treatment, significantly reducing flare-ups, improving symptoms and quality of life. The results of the study were recently published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
What's right: maternity leave for Belgian sex workers
Belgium leads the way in labor rights by granting sex workers maternity leave, pensions, and formal contracts under a groundbreaking new law.
What's right: Australia's social media ban
Australia has passed a law banning social media for children under 16, sparking debate over mental health, privacy, and youth access to support networks.
What's right: Nanobots fighting cancer
Swedish researchers have developed cancer-fighting nanobots that target tumors with precision, offering a promising alternative to traditional treatments with fewer side effects.
What's right: cash for the homeless
UK researchers are testing whether cash transfers can more effectively reduce homelessness than traditional aid in a groundbreaking large-scale study.
What's right: Redefining economic growth
The UK is redefining economic growth with Gross Inclusive Income (GII), a new measure that includes sustainability, well being, and non-monetary factors beyond traditional GDP.
What's right: Norway apologizes to Sami people
Norway’s parliament has apologized to the Sami for decades of forced assimilation, marking a historic step. Alongside the apology, new measures will protect Sami culture, language, and land rights. While welcomed by the Sami, critics question economic impacts, and implementation remains under scrutiny. Get all the details on today’s “What’s right with the world”.
What's right: Paris protects babies from pollution
Paris is launching an inspiring initiative to support new parents and protect babies from pollution. Starting mid-2025, eco-friendly gift bags will be provided, including stainless steel baby cups, wooden toys, reusable cotton wipes, and non-toxic cleaning items. This effort aims to give infants a healthier start in life while promoting sustainable practices
What's right: no more cracks in concrete?
A research team at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia has combined civil engineering and their wish to cut back on textile waste by using textile waste and carpet fibres to create sustainable concrete. Their approach not only diverts clothing and carpet waste from landfills — which is urgently needed when it’s estimated that the world produces 92 million tons of textile waste every year — but it also makes for stronger concrete, reducing early-age shrinkage cracking in concrete by up to 30%.
What's right: Young Scientist Challenge
A fourteen-year-old has won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge. Sirish Subash created a device called Pestiscand. It is a handheld device for at-home use to detect pesticide residue on produce without damaging the food. It measures the wavelength of light reflecting off of fruits and vegetables and uses a machine-learning model to analyse the data. Users download a phone app, point Pestiscand at the produce, tap the scan button and voilà, they see if their apple or spinach needs another rinse.
What's right: one far-right conspiracy platform less
There is one far-right conspiracy platform less in the United States. The satirical media outlet The Onion has acquired the site Infowars.com. For years, the owner Alex Jones distributed lies and fake news to the public, earning millions of dollars by selling conspiracy theory merchandise like vitamins, diet pills, and gear for a supposed civil war.