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Saudi Arabia's clean-energy pipeline hits 63.8 gigawatts Green Tech News Middle East · 2026-09-28 · Saudi Arabia A nearly $1 billion promise to Delaware's children Delaware Online (USA Today network) · 2026-10-02 · United States 30 years, 63,000 homes: Bangladesh's housing lender marks a quiet milestone The Business Standard (TBS News) · 2026-09-27 · Bangladesh Oman ranks third in the world for quality of life Arabian Times Online · 2026-08-08 · Oman A 13-cent lunch is keeping 3 million Nepali children in school New Kerala · 2026-07-10 · Nepal 88,000 visitors in a month: Nepal's tourism surges 12% as Asia travels Travel and Tour World · 2026-10-01 · Nepal Sri Lanka drops visa fees for 40 countries to welcome more visitors Travel and Tour World · 2026-05-25 · Sri Lanka World Bank-backed plan aims to turn 1,000 rural Bangladeshis into agri-entrepreneurs World Bank · 2026-07-06 · Bangladesh 1.4 million Michigan kids get free school meals again this year Detroit Free Press · 2026-08-22 · USA New Jersey has effectively ended veteran homelessness Route Fifty · 2026-08-12 · USA For the first time, the sun outpowered coal across America Fast Company · 2026-09-29 · USA America added clean power at a record pace this spring PV Magazine USA · 2026-09-09 · USA Good food is proving to be good medicine The Shelby Report · 2026-07-08 · USA 95% of New York's biggest buildings now meet tough climate limits NYC Mayor's Office · 2026-09-23 · USA A gentler crop protector wins its first stamp Morningstar · 2026-09-29 · Brazil Germany's economy may grow twice as fast as feared, says Bundesbank Reuters · 2026-10-02 · Germany Sardinia's organic bio-district — 2,600 farms strong — wins EU honors European Committee of the Regions · 2026-09-23 · Italy A Cork farmer just won Europe's top organic award — with zero calf losses Teagasc · 2026-09-25 · Ireland Foreign students in the Netherlands pay for themselves — and then some ICEF Monitor · 2026-09-10 · Netherlands Europe's startup scoreboard is in — and the little countries are winning The European Sting · 2026-06-01 · Estonia A Manchester payments startup just raised €23 million to take on the giants EU-Startups · 2026-09-17 · UK The French startup behind AI's library just became a $12.9 billion success story TechXplore · 2026-09-03 · France Guimarães opened its year as Europe's Green Capital European Commission · 2026-01-09 · Portugal Sydney is building the Southern Hemisphere's biggest CBD solar farm ABC News (via Solar Now) · 2026-09-07 · Australia Malaysia climbs from 23rd to 15th in world competitiveness rankings Business Today Malaysia · 2026-06-24 · Malaysia Vietnam's economy just grew 9.95% — its fastest in four years Reuters · 2026-10-03 · Vietnam BYD's September was its biggest yet: 463,561 cars, exports up 154% La Post (via Reuters) · 2026-10-01 · China Liberia crosses $1 billion in domestic revenue for the first time Analyst Liberia · 2026-09-15 · Liberia Kenya's solar cold-storage inventor wins Global Citizen Prize Ameyaw Debrah · 2026-04-30 · Kenya Ethiopia's exports under Africa's free-trade deal hit $23.6 million Horn Economic Review · 2026-09-26 · Ethiopia South Africa tops a million tourists in a single month South African Government · 2026-09-30 · South Africa Ethiopia's coffee earns a record $3 billion Coffee Geography Magazine · 2026-09-09 · Ethiopia Tanzania's economy set to grow 6.1%, World Bank says Traders Union · 2026-10-02 · Tanzania A 62-cent school meal lifts Ghana attendance from 55% to 82% CARE · 2026-09-08 · Ghana Nigeria launches a $300 million clean-energy fund Reuters · 2026-09-21 · Nigeria Africa's startups crossed $2 billion in 2026 funding Further Africa · 2026-10-02 · Nigeria A young Kenyan's soil-first farm just won him $96,000 to feed more children PanAfrican Agriculture · 2026-09-25 · Kenya Paris just won the world title for turning concrete back into nature AIPH · 2026-09-16 · France 75,000 Vietnamese firms took up AI this year — and most say it's paying off TechRepublic · 2026-10-02 · Vietnam The world's biggest battery farm just got bigger — in Gujarat IANS · 2026-10-01 · India Nigeria's gas milestone: 2 billion cubic feet a day at home Reuters · 2026-10-02 · Nigeria Sri Lanka among the world's fastest-improving tourism economies Lanka Leader · 2026-09-28 · Sri Lanka Germany's economy may grow twice as fast as thought Reuters · 2026-10-02 · Germany Thailand ties $750 million to nature itself Asian Development Bank · 2026-10-02 · Thailand Africa's biggest refinery bet broke ground in Lamu Citizen NewsNG · 2026-09-30 · Kenya Minas Gerais is about to matter a lot more BNamericas · 2026-10-01 · Brazil 127 new jobs, and one of them fights cancer Michigan Business Network · 2026-10-01 · USA Northern Ontario's $20-million vote of confidence Government of Canada · 2026-10-01 · Canada