Good News Lions is the Nation & World section’s bi-weekly news segment, highlighting positive news in the country and around the world. The theme of this article is highlighting different governmental actions around the globe that have the youth’s best interest at heart.
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The Democratic House Oversight Committee recently released emails from the notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in which he claimed Donald Trump “knew about the girls” he abused, according to AP News.
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The longest government shutdown in United States history has come to a close after 43 days, following a long negotiation in Congress over the funding of healthcare subsidies.
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Democrats had a victorious election season, with the party winning major elections nation-wide on Nov. 4.
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In this most recent election season New York finally gained a new mayor, with Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani winning the New York City mayoral race, taking office at 34-years-old and becoming the first Muslim to hold the position.
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The Supreme Court has decided that it will not take on an appeal to overturn its 2015 landmark ruling Obergfell V. Hodges, which codified same-sex marriage into federal law.
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A UPS Plane crashed in Louisville, Kentucky on Nov. 4, claiming the lives of at least 12 individuals, according to NBC News.
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The Trump administration has permitted $40 billion of financial aid to Argentina as it deals with a macroeconomic crisis. Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has grown a close working relationship with President Trump and they consider each other allies.
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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane on Oct. 28, claiming the lives of over 30 individuals across the Caribbean according to NBC News.
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Over 104 people have been killed in one of the deadliest attacks that Israel has conducted on Gaza after the ceasefire was settled.
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The Philippines was struck by a deadly typhoon this week, leaving at least 114 dead and 127 missing. The country declared a state of emergency as the storm swept through low-lying areas, leaving communities vulnerable to the typhoon, according to the Washington Post.
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At least 121 drug gang members were killed by the police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct. 28, according to Reuters. The brutality has sparked protests in Brazil as well as international condemnation of the Brazilian government’s actions.
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The International Court of Justice, the United Nations top legal body, stated that Israel must grant “The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East” or UNRWA to provide humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory.
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President Donald Trump’s 90,000 square foot, $300 million revamp of the East Wing is now underway, with this being the first construction on the historic building since President Harry Truman.
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The Land of the Rising Sun has chosen Sanae Takaichi as the nation’s first female prime minister. However, not all women are celebrating this historic milestone.
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For as long as humans have known, mosquitoes never ventured past the chilly Icelandic borders. Now, for the first time, three of them made it a home. Three mosquitos were discovered by a man named Bjorn Hjaltason according to the New York Times.
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Eight items were stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris on the morning of Oct. 19, marking one of the most audacious museum heists in recent history.
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After Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) banned Russia from playing in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup only four days later.
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The United States carried out its fifth bombing on Caribbean waters, killing six people according to the New York Times.
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The Trump administration recently proposed banning Chinese flights from Russian airspace when traveling to and from the United States. Chinese airline companies have protested vocally against such proposals, however, and have emphasized the costs and disruption of such flight paths.
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