42 Noteworthy ‘Uplifting News’ From 2023

We are exposed to negative news of war, poverty and death on a daily basis which can take a toll on our mental state of mind without our realisation. This is why it’s important to have a dose of good news to combat the mental strain of the darker things that happen around us.

#1 Top British universities offer Afghan women free courses until Taliban lift learning ban.

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#2 A door at a Swedish library was accidentally left open — 446 people came in, borrowed 245 books. Every single one was returned.

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#3 Minnesota House passes “universal” school meals, providing free breakfast, lunch to students.

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#4 Border Collie ejected from car during Sunday crash found on sheep farm, herding sheep.

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#5 First Navajo woman becomes Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council.

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#6 US Farmers win right to repair John Deere equipment.

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#7 Girl with deadly inherited condition is cured with gene therapy on NHS.

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#8 Companies can no longer silence laid-off employees in exchange for severance.

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#9 Taylor Swift gives bonuses totaling over $55 million to every person working on a massive Eras tour.

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#10 New state law prevents animal abuse offenders from owning pets.

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#11 World’s first whole eye and partial face transplant gives Arkansas man new hope.

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#12 Brazilian President Lula recognizes 6 new indigenous territories stretching 620,000 hectares, banning mining and restricting farming within them

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#13 Promising pill completely eliminates cancer in 18 leukaemia patients.

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#14 Brazil launches first anti-deforestation raids under Lula bid to protect Amazon.

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#15 Delaware bans smoking in vehicles with children.

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#16 Meta is now banned from using personal data for advertising in the EU.

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#17 New York man who broke into a school to shelter more than 20 people from deadly blizzard is awarded Super Bowl tickets by the Buffalo Bills.

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#18 Remote workers report saving $5,000 to $10,000 a year.

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#19 Utah legislature unanimously passes ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy.

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#20 Carmakers like VW are bringing back buttons because drivers loathe all the touch screens.

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#21 Fungi discovered that can eat plastic in just 140 days.

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#22 The first vaccine for honeybees could save billions of bees.

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#23 Woman who was walking to work because her car was broken finds $14k in a bag and turns it in to police, who return it to newlyweds who lost it. Crowdfund for a new car up to $14k so far.

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#24 Anonymous man in US walked into Turkish embassy and donated $30 million to quake victims, Pakistani PM says.

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#25 Biden orders 20-year ban on oil, gas drilling around tribal site in New Mexico.

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#26 Transgender health care is now protected in Minnesota.

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#27 Ohio voters enshrine abortion access in constitution in latest statewide win for reproductive rights.

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#28 Abandoned dog seen wandering Detroit streets with stuffed toy rescued, now receiving care.

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#29 Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines.

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#30 OnlyFans star earning £100k a month starts ‘affordable housing scheme’ for UK families.

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#31 A man from Arizona found the author of the famous “Rainbow Bridge” poem. Her name is Edna Clyne-Rekhy, an 82-year-old Scottish artist who wrote the poem 60 years ago in honor of her dog Major.

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#32 The first US commercial plant has started to pull carbon from the air. It’s able to suck out 1,000 tons annually and plans to expand.

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#33 Brendan Fraser wins Academy Award for best actor for ‘The Whale’.

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#34 Domino’s Pizza are sending free pizzas to the aid stations for all Icelanders who have been evacuated from Grindavik this week due to the imminent eruption.

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#35 An 83-year-old widow was left penniless because her husband only wanted to pass wealth down the male line. A UK court has just awarded her 50% of the full estate.

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#36 Scarborough, Yorkshire, cancelled their New Year’s fireworks so that Thor, the Arctic Walrus, could continue to sleep in the harbour. Chris Cook, from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue said that the creature needs to rest and recuperate before he continues his journey.

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#37 Michael Jordan donates $10,000,000 to Make-A-Wish for 60th birthday. It is the largest donation ever received from an individual in the organization’s 43-year history.

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#38 Australia’s new $5 banknote will feature Indigenous history instead of King Charles.

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#39 Biden restores protections to Alaska’s Tongass National Forest.

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#40 US cancer death rate falls 33% since 1991.

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#41 Gov. Whitmer signs bill expanding Michigan civil rights law to include LGBTQ protections.

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#42 US renames five places that used a racist slur for Native Americans.

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