Today's good news

November 3, 2026

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Christchurch, New Zealand

Full tuition for a Christchurch guitarist

Corban Blackwell, 17, opened the email at school. The scholarship

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Kampung Ongan Jaya, Jayapura

4,000 books back in Yapsi

Students from Bandung and neighbors in Kampung Ongan Jaya rebuilt

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Sydney, Australia

A cellist wins in Sydney

She played Elgar's cello concerto with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

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Choros Island

Petrels surge on Choros Island

A new count says breeding pairs of Peruvian diving petrels

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Heidelberg, Germany

Young ibises head for Andalusia

Ten birds from Heidelberg Zoo and four from Straubing are

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