Category: GoodNews


  • World Indoor Athletics – Nanjing: Jakob Ingebrigtsen wins first indoor world title in 3000m final

    Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen overtakes Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi in the final stretch to win the 3000m gold medal – the first world indoor title of his career at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Nanjing, China. FOLLOW LIVE: World Indoor Athletics Championships – day two Available to UK users only. Source link

  • Your Weekly Horoscope from โ€˜Free Will Astrologyโ€™ by Rob Brezsny

    Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle,ย provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Robโ€™s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author ofย Pronoia Is the Antidote…

  • Tate brothers back in Romania to ‘prove their innocence’

    British-American influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have returned from the US to Romania, where they face human trafficking and other charges. Speaking to the press outside their house in Bucharest, the brothers said they were back because “innocent men don’t run from anything.” “We’ve come here to prove our innocence because we deserve…

  • Fun and Strange Customs People Follow in Celebration of the Vernal Equinox This Week

    As the vernal equinox heralds the first day of spring, all across the world, unique phenomena can be seen on this day alone. Bonn, Germany โ€“ Stefan Widua For thousands of years humans have known that around the day marked on the Gregorian calendar as March 20th (or 21st, but weโ€™ll get into that later)…

  • What we know so far

    EPA Flights around the world have been disrupted after Heathrow Airport closed due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation. Heathrow, the UK’s busiest airport, said it was experiencing “significant” disruption after the blaze at North Hyde substation in Hayes, west London. More than 1,300 flights have been affected, tracking website Flightradar24 said, and…

  • Harvard Tuition is Now Free for Families Earning Under $200,000โ€“and Includes Housing and Books for Those Below $100,000

    A free ride for Harvard College including housing will now be available for students from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or lessโ€”and tuition-free for undergrad students from families with annual incomes of $200,000 or less, beginning in the Fall of 2025. The significant expansion of financial aid announced this week will finally make Harvard…

  • ‘Starmer threatens Putin’ and ‘council tax soars’

    Several of Friday’s front pages cover plans for a future military deployment in Ukraine. “Starmer threatens Putin” is the I Paper’s headline, after the prime minister warned of “severe consequences” for the Russian president if UK troops were attacked, the paper reports. It comes as Sir Keir “steps up plans” for a “31-nation military force”…

  • An Unlikely Friendship That Captivated a Nation

    Photo by Anastasiya Dragun on Unsplash Now from Turkiye comes the story of an annual spring reunion that has captivated the hearts of a nation for 14 years. It involves a simple rural fisherman Adem Yilmaz, waiting in his boat for the return of a dear friend: a white stork named Yaren. Casting his lines…

  • Snow White film is both ‘bad’ and ‘captivating’ say critics

    Annabel Rackham Culture reporter Disney Rachel Zegler plays Snow White in the live-action remake British film critics have mostly panned Disney’s live-action remake of Snow White, while US reviewers have been somewhat more positive. Chief film critic for The Times, Kevin Maher, said: “Believe the anti-hype, it’s that bad”, although Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney called…

  • Good News in History, March 20

    10 years ago today, no doubt some lucky souls in the path of totality were able to see the 2015 solar eclipse that also fell on the date of the vernal equinox. Those able to watch the eclipse with their glasses would have noticed that the moon was 15% bigger, because this cosmic double turned…