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Orphans in Remote Russia Cheered by Moscow Deliveries
"Children pour out of orphanage No. 72, laughing and waving, and hurry to help unload the cars, stacked with boxes of toys, sports equipment,...
From Russia with Love: Orphan Sisters are Reunited
Two teenage sisters who had been pulled from an abusive home in Russia were united with their two younger sisters who'd already been adopted...
Russia Forgives Debt of Developing Nations
(June 9) Russia said Friday it plans to write off about $700 million in debt owed by the poorest countries - a move...
Good News in History, November 18
Happy 49th birthday to David "Big Papi" Ortiz. The Dominican-American slugger spent nearly his whole career at the Boston Red Sox where he played...
Indian Soldiers Swap Candy with Chinese After Diplomacy Deescalates Troops at Diwali
In an ad-hoc ceremony reminiscent of the famous Christmas Truce of the First World War, Chinese and Indian troops along a disputed border region...
Good News in History, November 11
203 years ago today, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow. Numerous literary critics consider him the greatest novelist in all world history. Most...
Good News in History, November 3
119 years ago today, the prolific African-American painter Lois Mailou Jones was born. With her best works exhibited in a half-dozen fine arts museums...
Good News in History, November 2
This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—November 2.
Good News in History, October 30
51 years ago today, the Bosphorus Bridge was completed, linking mainland Europe with Anatolia over the Bosporus Straits for the first time. It's a...
Good News in History, October 28
62 years ago today, the whole world breathed a sigh of relief as the Cuban Missile Crisis ended with Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev...
Good News in History, October 27
62 years ago today, one man in the right place, at the right time, did the right thing, saving the world from probably nuclear...
Good News in History, October 25
23 years ago today, Microsoft released Windows XP, one of the most widely-used operating systems in the history of personal computing. Released to critical...
The Medicinal Value of Chaga Mushrooms as a Nutraceutical for Good Health
In an updated review of the medicinal value of the Siberian native fungus called chaga, international researchers underscored the almost unbelievable value of this...
Good News in History, October 18
894 years ago today, Zhu Xi, a revolutionary Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty, was born. His shifting of the emphasis from the I...
Good News in History, October 17
21 years ago, the pinnacle was secured in place on the Taipei 101 making it the highest building on Earth, surpassing the Petronas Twins...
True Peace Advocates Use their Hiroshima Memories to Win the Nobel Prize
Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors from Nagasaki and Hiroshima, has won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fierce campaigning to end the threat...
Good News in History, October 14
157 years ago today, Masaoka Shiki, considered one of Japan's four masters of haiku, was born. He wrote more than 20,000 stanzas of this...
Mercury Pollution From Human Activities is Declining–With a 10% Drop in Emissions, Say MIT Scientists
MIT researchers have some good news for the environment: “Mercury emissions from human activity have been declining over the past two decades, despite global...
Good News in History, October 10
61 years ago today, the second, and often considered best film starring James Bond, was released as From Russia With Love. In the film, Bond,...
Good News in History, October 6
113 years ago today, Beatrix de Rijk became the first female licensed Dutch aircraft pilot. This pioneering aviator was born in Surabaya, modern-day Indonesia...