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The world is full of good news. The following are just a few ...
Despite crop losses from drought and wildfires that caused Russia to ban wheat exports, the
government announces a provisional lifting of the ban for foreign humanitarian aid, with
grains and flour to be sent in cases of emergency need.
Miss Australia 2010 Jesinta Campbell, also second runner up for the Miss Universe crown,
receives a box of vegan chocolates from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
in thanks for her caring choice to forego sheepskin and lamb’s wool clothing on her
national costume.
With the help of the UN World Health Organization, North Korea launches her first medical service
system connecting remote area hospitals for on-line support from the national Kim Man
Yu hospital in Pyongyang.
As part of a US$5.7 million donation, Egypt’s Ministry of Irrigation begins planning work
on a project to rehabilitate 16 Nile River gauge stations in Southern Sudan.
The Midwestern US state of Missouri joins a number of other states in imposing a ban
on the synthetic compound known as K2 which has been found to produce an effect similar
to marijuana when smoked or inhaled.
To further enhance their countries’ diplomatic relations, Iraq and Afghanistan announce the
mutual opening of embassies in Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad, Iraq, respectively.
A study by British researchers published in the Public Library of American Science Medicine
journal shows that physical exercise alone can reduce one’s genetic inclination toward
obesity by 40%.
In loving memory of her mother, popular British author of the Harry Potter book series, J.K.
Rowling, donates US$15.4 million for a new multiple sclerosis research center at the
University of Edinburgh in Scotland.
A recent report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Aulacese (Vietnamese)
government states that Âu Lạc (Vietnam) has made excellent progress in reducing both
child mortality and poverty rates.
The United Arab Emirates sends 500 tons of urgent food assistance to Somalia to help
the less fortunate with food needs during the holy month of Ramadan.
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