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Violence and discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people are widespread, including at school, where 45 per cent of LGBT youth report being bullied.

Reproductions of works by Monet, Picasso and Van Gogh are being hung in town centres to bring art closer to communities The post Monet for nothing: the famous artworks cheering up UK high streets appeared first on Positive News.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are moving forward with their climate plan despite the loss of state support and federal funding.

Rescuers raced to save a stranded penguin after a jogger spotted it and called for help. Two weeks ago, wildlife veterinarian Catherine Hauw was alerted that there was an African penguin lying helplessly on a beach with its head buried in the sand. The 35-year-old medic rushed to the scene at Brento...

20 years ago, the US Navy created what would become known as “The Great Carrier Reef,” after the USS Oriskany, a long-unused aircraft carrier commissioned after World War II was deliberately sunk to create the world’s largest artificial reef from a single vessel. It’s now ranked by the Times of Lond...

A dog’s carefree day, bounding over the moors in North Yorkshire, led to a six-hour scramble by dedicated rescuers determined to save her. The Staffordshire bull terrier fell into a narrow crevice last week and became trapped 21 feet underground. Her frantic owner called emergency services who sent...

Brightly coloured nicotine pouches promoted through social media influencers, music festivals and youth-oriented advertising are driving a rapid rise in nicotine use among young people worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.

At least six million people in Somalia are going days without enough food, UN aid teams warned on Friday, highlighting that nearly two million of this number are young children “at high risk of illness or death”.

Nearly 20 million people across Sudan are facing acute hunger and more than 800,000 children risk severe malnutrition this year, UN agencies warned on Friday, as civil war, mass displacement and collapsing food and health systems deepen one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and push parts of...