Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. The world’s most premature baby has celebrated his first birthday after beating 0% odds of surviving. – Source
2. Rodhe Island makes financial literacy a required class for all high school students. – Source
3. A man traveled cross-country to mine the diamonds for his girlfriend’s engagement ring — he dug up a 2.2-carat beauty. – Source
4. Vietnam Circus decides to end bear performances and surrenders 4 moon bears to animal rescue. – Source
5. European Parliament overwhelmingly backs ban on caged animal farming. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Spain to launch a trial of the four-day working week. – Source
7. Scotland fans clean up litter after crowds gathered in central London. – Source
8. Sex without consent is finally defined as rape in Slovenia. – Source
9. Maine becomes the first US state to divest from fossil fuels. – Source
10. Mr. Trash Wheel is gobbling up millions of pounds of trash | Trash interceptors are becoming more common in large cities, helping to stop garbage as it floats down waterways. Mr. Trash Wheel is the pride of Baltimore, helping to make a cleaner, more beautiful city waterfront. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Gay and bisexual men are now allowed to donate blood in England, Scotland, and Wales. – Source
12. More police departments are adding social workers to respond to crisis calls. – Source
13. US honors a 98-year-old Irish woman whose weather forecast of an impending storm in 1944 resulted in the fortuitous postponement of the D-Day landings, changing the course of WWII. – Source
14. Native American youth fight for a greener, cleaner future. – Source
15. “I know how it feels to not have food:” A 14-year-old girl who grew up in a homeless shelter herself is feeding Charlotte’s homeless in North Carolina. – Source
