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NYTIMES (Chico Harlan, Zia ur-Rehman and Asim Hafeez) - A Side Effect of the Iran War: Electric Motorcycles Are Soaring

With gas prices high, people in developing countries are racing to buy battery-powered bikes. The Iran war has made Trump “salesman of the year,” one executive in Pakistan said.

NPR (Jonathan Lambert) - Invasive species cause more harm in the Global South

Invasive species can wreak havoc on ecosystems. A new study in Science suggests low- and middle-income countries in the Global South experience greater harms.

NYTIMES (River Akira Davis, Catie Edmondson, Eshe Nelson, Peter S. Goodman and Suhasini Raj) - Global Supply Shortages Deepen as War Drags On, Risking Jobs and Growth

After three months, the fallout of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is spreading, with developing countries bearing the brunt of the shortfall.

NPR (Fatma Tanis) - "Lives will be lost": How the U.K.'s aid cuts may affect parts of Africa

In March, the UK announced it would trim its global aid budget and set new priorities in 2027. This has some countries and organizations worried that on top of the US aid cuts, this could be unsurvivable.

NPR (Gabrielle Emanuel) - He's one reason why aid cuts weren't as dire for the HIV population as predicted

Harerimana Ismail of Uganda is a community health worker who checks on kids with HIV. He lost his salary after the Trump administration's aid cuts but he keeps doing his job.

NYTIMES (Stephanie Nolen and Arlette Bashizi) - 4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way of Treating Their Disease

Health workers in developing countries know that isolating tuberculosis patients is an outdated and potentially harmful practice, but lack the resources to move away from it.

NPR (Rebecca Hersher) - 'Please inform your friends': The quest to make weather warnings universal

People in poor countries often get little or no warning about floods, storms and other deadly weather. Local efforts are changing that, and saving lives.