Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. ‘Exceptional new normal’: IEA raises growth forecast for wind and solar by another 25%. – Source
2. President Joe Biden approves the nation’s first major offshore wind farm. – Source
3. “He was eager to see a virtual tour of the city, but there was nothing to see.” Zimbabwe wasn’t on Google Street View until Tawanda Kanhema volunteered to carry Street View gear across 2,000 miles of Zimbabwe, spending $5,000 of his own money to put his home country on Street View. – Source
4. A 10-year-old boy who once lived in a homeless shelter achieves a remarkable title: chess master. – Source
5. She just graduated from college. She said her Uber passenger made it possible. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Dracula’s castle in Transylvania, Romania offers tourists Covid vaccines in order to boost the number of jabs in the country. – Source
7. Minnesota boy with a prosthetic leg finds a best friend in a golden retriever puppy born without a paw. – Source
8. Iowa Cubs owner kept all full-time employees on full pay and benefits during a pandemic. “We lost $4 million, but they needed the money more than I did.” – Source
9. Zero Covid deaths recorded yesterday for England, Scotland, and NI. – Source
10. Talladega Superspeedway will let people drive around the track at the COVID-19 vaccine event. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. One dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine proves 99% effective against hospitalization and 100% against death among a sample of 37000 people in Italy. – Source
12. The US just authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for teenagers, making it the first COVID-19 shot OK’d for 12- to 15-year-olds. – Source
13. Vivian Cunningham, a great-grandmother of three, earned her undergraduate degree in liberal studies at Alabama’s Samford University at 78-years-old. – Source
14. Wales to launch pilot universal basic income pilot. – Source
15. 2 million doses of vaccines fundraised for the world’s poorest countries after Prince Harry and Meghan asked well-wishers to donate instead of sending gifts for their infant son’s birthday. – Source
