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A Japanese company has invented a green battery that runs using cotton.

It follows weeks of positive developments, in AIA computer programme that has been designed to think.  law, health and farming. But newspaper headlines are focusing on the negative, such as the war in Gaza.

Japanese firm PJP Eye has developed a backup battery that works when all else fails. It works by burning a small amount of waste cotton at high temperature.

The battery might help us to save the planet. There have been many other positive stories lately, from a reduction in dengueA debilitating viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes. and a European UnionA political and economic union of 27 countries. plan to halve pesticidesPoisons used for destroying insects and plants. .

Yet the newspaper headlines only focus on the bad: Bombing and hunger in GazaThe smaller of two Palestinian territories, home to two million people. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, bordered by Israel and Egypt. . Stalemate in Ukraine. Collapse in MyanmarThe largest country in mainland south-east Asia, formerly known as Burma. It is an ethnically diverse place, something that has often resulted in fierce conflict.. Trump polling high.

Some think this presents a false picture. Life is getting better for most people. We are living longer. Fewer people face extreme poverty. Medicine is always advancing. We just tend to focus on the bad over the good.

Others believe that war and climate change are far more important than a few good stories. Lives may be improving for now. But if we do not change course there will be no world to live in. The news' negative focus is correct.

Is there more good news than bad?

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Yes! People are doing remarkable things all the time and news reporters should pay more attention to them.

No! The world is facing climate collapse and dangerous wars that might cost us our future.

AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think. 

Dengue - A debilitating viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes.

European Union - A political and economic union of 27 countries.

Pesticides - Poisons used for destroying insects and plants.

Gaza - The smaller of two Palestinian territories, home to two million people. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, bordered by Israel and Egypt.

Myanmar - The largest country in mainland south-east Asia, formerly known as Burma. It is an ethnically diverse place, something that has often resulted in fierce conflict.