People, like you, who post good news stories are the BEST. Thank you!
this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
300 points (99.3% liked)
World News
39946 readers
2585 users here now
A community for discussing events around the World
Rules:
-
Rule 1: posts have the following requirements:
- Post news articles only
- Video links are NOT articles and will be removed.
- Title must match the article headline
- Not United States Internal News
- Recent (Past 30 Days)
- Screenshots/links to other social media sites (Twitter/X/Facebook/Youtube/reddit, etc.) are explicitly forbidden, as are link shorteners.
-
Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. The key points in 1-2 paragraphs is allowed (even encouraged!), but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. If you have to stop and think "Is this fair use?", it probably isn't. Archive links, especially the ones created on link submission, are absolutely allowed but those that avoid paywalls are not.
-
Rule 3: Opinions articles, or Articles based on misinformation/propaganda may be removed. Sources that have a Low or Very Low factual reporting rating or MBFC Credibility Rating may be removed.
-
Rule 4: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, anti-religious, or ableist will be removed. “Ironic” prejudice is just prejudiced.
-
Posts and comments must abide by the lemmy.world terms of service UPDATED AS OF 10/19
-
Rule 5: Keep it civil. It's OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It's NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
-
Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, misinformation, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.
-
Rule 7: We didn't USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you're posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
Lemmy World Partners
News [email protected]
Politics [email protected]
World Politics [email protected]
Recommendations
For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/
- Consider including the article’s mediabiasfactcheck.com/ link
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Not much good news going around at the moment is there. All the more reaaon to celebrate this, which can't have been easy or quick and can only have been achieved a result of hard work over many years.
Actually if u look at statistics humanity has been doing more good than bad over the last 100years ish it just doesnt drive clicks so bobody writes articles
Actually if u look at statistics humanity has been doing more good than bad over the last 100years ish
Where do you find statistics about something evaluative like that? Who gets to decide what's good or bad for the sake of the statistics, and what's the unit of measurement?
I'd add that a failure to appreciate the good is not only due to the media's fondness for what distresses us, but also because there is always some crisis to worry about, and the present is the only time that contains active worries for us. The past crises aren't active and don't distress us so much any more. So the present always feels uniquely problematic, but it's a kind of illusion of perspective.
That said, we are killing the planet, and we've never done that before. So perhaps we do have a different level of crisis right now.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Cape Verde has become the fourth country in Africa and the 44th in the world to eliminate malaria.
The WHO said on Friday the country’s “long journey” to elimination included free treatment and testing for all new arrivals and systematic surveillance and mapping of mosquito breeding sites throughout the year.
These structures will remain in place to help the country fight other mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever.
“I salute the government and people of Cape Verde for their unwavering commitment and resilience in their journey to eliminating malaria,” said WHO director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
“Cape Verde’s success is the latest in the global fight against malaria, and gives us hope that with existing tools, as well as new ones including vaccines, we can dare to dream of a malaria-free world.”
“The certification as a malaria-free country has a huge impact, and it’s taken a long time to get to this point,” said Cape Verde’s prime minister, Ulisses Correia e Silva.
The original article contains 370 words, the summary contains 163 words. Saved 56%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
Fuck yes Cabo Verde. Bring on number five
great news, but 6+ years of not having any cases of a disease that is spread by mosquitos - in an environment that is ideal for mosquitos to breed in - is a bit of a hollow victory. maybe check back in 44 years.