Category: GoodNews


  • The year of the trophy-drought enders: Crystal Palace, Newcastle, Tottenham, Bologna

    Most recent trophy won: 2008 League Cup Like Newcastle, Tottenham are another underachieving team who have flirted with major honours in recent years without quite being able to get over the line. But Spurs – the club with the ninth-highest turnover in the world, external – ended their 17-year wait for a trophy when they…

  • GNN Writer Andy Corbley to Speak in Basel This June at the Future of Humanity Conference

    Future of Humanity Experience and Andrew Corbley ยฉ GNN managing editor and lead writer Andy Corbley will be speaking at the Future of Humanity Experience in Basel, Switzerland, held between June 15th and June 22nd. Andy will present the talk entitled โ€˜To Travel is to Live Intentionally, to Travel Intentionally is to Live Transcendentallyโ€™ which…

  • Liverpool ‘glory’ descends into ‘horror’

    Dominating Tuesday’s front pages is the “horror” in Liverpool after a car was driven into the crowd during Liverpool FC’s Premier League victory parade. The Guardian leads their coverage with an image of two paramedics carrying an injured Liverpool supporter after the incident in Water Street on Monday evening. The paper says a “53-year-old white…

  • Young Adults Joining ‘Offline Clubs’ Across Europeโ€“to Replace Screen Time with Real Time

    โ€“ credit The Offline Club via Instagram Not everyone pines for the days without cell phones, but what about social media? Would you erase social media from the history books if you could? If you said yes, you share the feelings of a staggering 46% of teenage respondents to a recent survey from the British…

  • The rise and fall of Michelle Mone: A self-created fairy story

    Craig Williams BBC Scotland News Wattie Chung Michelle Mone started Ultimo with her then husband in 1996 Michelle Mone spent 25 years building her business empire and public profile through the British media. A brilliant self-publicist, she was regularly described as one of the UK’s most successful businesswomen. She was the plucky underdog who, through…

  • Good News in History, May 26

    99 years ago today, jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis, was born. One of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century, Davis broke long-held musical rules and helped popularize jazz fusion with his 4-time platinum 1959 album, Kind of Blue. From 1944 to 1948, Davis played in Charlie Parkerโ€™s revolutionary hard pop…

  • EU needs until 9 July for US trade talks, chief says

    The EU’s chief has said she is ready to move “swiftly” to agree a trade deal with the United States, but says the bloc needs until 9 July to agree a “good deal”. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said she had a “good call” with US President Donald Trump on Sunday…

  • This Common Fungus Found on Human Skin Wipes Out Deadly Superbug Staph Infections

    University of Oregon researchers have uncovered a molecule produced by yeast living on human skin that showed potent antimicrobial properties against a pathogen responsible for a half-million hospitalizations annually in the US. Itโ€™s a unique approach to tackling the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. With the global threat of drug-resistant infections, fungi inhabiting human skin…

  • Russia launches largest overnight air attack yet on Ukraine

    James Waterhouse BBC Ukraine correspondent Jaroslav Lukiv and Jemma Crew Reuters A resident looks at an apartment building that was damaged in a Russian drone strike on Kyiv Russia has intensified strikes on Ukraine, with the highest number of drones and missiles launched in a single night yet. At least 12 people, including three children,…

  • Good News on this Day in History

    39 years ago today, the Hands Across America fundraising event was held, hoping to create a human chain across the entire country. Hosted over Memorial Day weekend, the hope was to raise tens of millions to fight hunger and homelessness, with volunteers encouraged to donate for a space in the chain. This seemingly fanciful goal…