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Southern California Ports Clean up Polluting Trucks
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, comprising the busiest U.S. cargo complex, launched a landmark clean-air program Wednesday banning some 2,000 older...
African Leaders Move to Limit Conflicts
African leaders have approved a plan to create a super peace council with the goal of limiting the number of conflicts within the African...
Lessons in Success from a Rare S. African Entrepreneur
Hard work. Courage. Divine intervention. These are some of the factors that helped a boy in South Africa transform from a student without shoes...
Girls’ Team Returns from Africa with Opened Eyes
Traveling abroad for a teen, especially to Africa, can "jump-start a lifetime of social and moral awareness." For a D.C. girls' soccer team, a...
Huge Wildlife Migration Discovered in Africa
"More than a million animals, including elephants, buffaloes, ostriches, lions, giraffes and a rare type of stork, have been unexpectedly seen living and migrating...
World Bank Gives Africa $164.5 Million for Internet Connections
The World Bank approved a financing package of US$164.5 million in grants and credits for Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar to establish high-speed connectivity to...
Sea Turtles Nesting in Record Numbers on African Coast
Loggerhead nestings have reached record high levels in South Africa, a positive sign for the endangered marine turtle. There were over 2,000 loggerhead nestings...
Guns for Bikes Program in Africa Expanding
This program should be administered throughout the world! ... Gunmen in the Democratic Republic of Congo are given bicycles in exchange for their weapons....
HERO Youth Ambassadors to Serve African Orphans, Schools Hit by AIDS
The HERO campaign is enhancing the lives of children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Today it launched...
In Southern Sudan, 250 demobilized child soldiers trade weapons for textbooks
UNICEF officials, parents, and local and military leaders celebrated the demobilization of 250 youngsters from armed forces and groups in Southern Sudan last week....
Prince Harry Continues Diana’s AIDS Work in Africa
Prince Harry is launching a charity in Lesotho to support children orphaned by Aids, in memory of his mother Diana. The Charity will support...
Largest Growth Rate in 30 Years for Sub-Saharan Africa
South African Broadcasting Corporation reports on a six percent growth rate for 2006 in sub-saharan Africa, the highest rate in 30 years. Economists...
Rival Gangs in Cape Town Agreed to An Unprecedented Truce—and Together Bring Food to the Poor
Since violent crime has fallen by 75% amidst the COVID-19 outbreaks, a recent hunger project uniting 2 South African gangs is being hailed as a “miracle”.
Elon Musk’s First Ultra-Fast Underground Transit Tunnel Will Open to the Public in December
The South African CEO and his construction company believe that the tunnel system will help to alleviate traffic jams in California.
Good News in History, May 17
124 years ago today, L. Frank Baum's first children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was published in the US. The first edition was printed and...
Good News in History, May 10
200 years ago today, the National Gallery opened its doors to the public in Trafalgar Square, Westminster. It houses a collection of over 2,300...
Good News in History, May 6
70 years ago today Roger Bannister, a 25-year-old British medical student, became the first man to run a mile in under four minutes—significant because...
Good News in History, May 2
60 years ago today, Shishapangma was summited for the first time as the last of Mother Earth's 14 peaks above 8,000 meters to be...
Good News in History, April 27
6 years ago today, the Panmunjom Declaration was signed by President Moon Jae-in and Chairman Kim Jong-un, declaring the intention to end the Korean...
Pyrite May Be Known as Fool’s Gold, but It Actually Contains a Kind of Green Gold: Lithium
Appalachian mining country seems an unlikely place to find a potential breakthrough in renewable energy, but samples of mine tailings in West Virginia have...