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Melinda Murphy
- Jun 22, 2020
Law passed to protect nature
Courtesy Good News Network In a rare moment of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill, Democrats and Republicans in the Senate voted 73-25 to...
Melinda Murphy
- Jun 11, 2020
Singapore 4th safest nation during COVID-19
Courtesy Straits Times Singapore is among the safest places to live during the Covid-19 pandemic, a new study says, indicating that the...
Melinda Murphy
- Jun 11, 2020
Iceland adopts all of zoo's penguins to save it from closure
Courtesy Proper Manchester Thousands of people have shown support for Chester Zoo as it fights to survive the lockdown-induced closure....
Melinda Murphy
- Jun 8, 2020
New Zealand Covid free
Courtesy Axios There are no known novel coronavirus cases in New Zealand for the first time since COVID-19 arrived in the country on Feb....
Melinda Murphy
- Jun 8, 2020
New Zealand to provide free sanitary products in schools
Courtesy CNN The New Zealand government said Wednesday that it will provide free sanitary products in schools across the country in an...
Melinda Murphy
- Jun 3, 2020
South Korea donates masks to Navajos
Courtesy Good News Network When the South Korean government realized that the Navajo Nation had been suffered infection rates of COVID-19...
Melinda Murphy
- May 27, 2020
Detroit teachers get 33% raise
Courtesy Detroit Free Press Detroit has long battled teacher position vacancies as it struggled to recruit educators and often lost young...
Melinda Murphy
- May 24, 2020
Canada gives essential workers raises
Canada gives essential workers raises
Melinda Murphy
- May 15, 2020
Indigenous tribe wins lawsuit
Courtesy Megaphone Upworthy After more than two decades, the Amazon rainforest’s Ashaninka indigenous community has finally won a lawsuit...
Melinda Murphy
- May 14, 2020
Want a job? Plant a tree
Courtesy My Modern Met Though this period of uncertainty and loss has been challenging for people around the world, we’ve been able to...
Melinda Murphy
- May 12, 2020
Want a (practically) free trip to Sicily?
Courtesy The Insider The southern Italian island of Sicily has announced it will offer to pay half of visitors' flight costs and a third...
Melinda Murphy
- May 12, 2020
Is chicken poop the answer?
Courtesy CNN Travel Governments around the world have used laws, fines and advertising campaigns to encourage social distancing in the...
Melinda Murphy
- May 11, 2020
Portugal's solution
Courtesy Good News Network Spared from the ravages of COVID-19 suffered by her neighbor Spain, Portugal is aiming to leap, rather than...
Melinda Murphy
- May 2, 2020
Saving jobs and the Earth
Courtesy Good News Network Although the novel coronavirus pandemic has driven thousands of workers into unemployment, the Pakistani...
Melinda Murphy
- Apr 23, 2020
Flags in solidarity
Swiss village projects images of flags onto mountain in solidarity.
Melinda Murphy
- Apr 16, 2020
Worldwide truce in the works
Courtesy Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron said he has secured the agreement of three of the five permanent members of the United...
Melinda Murphy
- Apr 15, 2020
NZ PM takes
Courtesy The Guardian New Zealand’s prime minister has said she and other ministers will take a 20% pay cut lasting six months to show...
Melinda Murphy
- Apr 14, 2020
Women: the surprising link
Courtesy Forbes There's a surprising connection between the countries all doing the best job fighting COVID-19. All their leaders are women.
Melinda Murphy
- Apr 9, 2020
Singapore develops tracing app
Singapore develops app to trace where people have been.