Compassion
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Channel crossings: Keir Starmer faces Labour revolt over stance on refugees
Sir Keir Starmer is facing a revolt from his supporters over Labour’s stance on refugees, amid claims that the party…
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‘He looked so sad’: the new mum who welcomed a refugee into her home
When yoga teacher Natalie Le Sueur, 49, read of his plight, she welcomed him into her home and family. Susan…
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A Beautiful Mind: It’s okay to not feel okay
I felt overwhelmed by emotions, confused and my brain was constantly overthinking. It’s great to hear positive and uplifting messages…
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Greek Australian Samaritan hands out $100 to each person at Centrelink
The lawyer entrepreneur from Karies, Laconia, handed out a total of $10,000 because he felt “sick to his stomach” after…
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Coronavirus: Italian priest dies after giving his respirator to younger patient he did not know
An Italian priest who contracted coronavirus has died after donating his respirator to a younger patient who was also battling…
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Africa has the world’s most under-reported humanitarian crises — but why are we turning a blind eye?
Thirty-five-year-old Julienne collapsed from hunger after going three days without eating anything — a day-to-day reality for her and her…
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Barack Obama praises Melbourne environmental activist’s different approach to bushfire recovery
But in a repurposed shipping container in Oakleigh, in Melbourne’s south-east, a group of women are stirring, bottling and chatting…
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Always Be Grateful For What You Have No Matter How Hard Life Gets
We often have to face unbearable challenges, and that crushes our spirits. Not because these difficulties are so terrifying, but…
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It’s elementary: The Holmes woman buying homes for the homeless
And by a strange twist of fate the first recipient of a house bought by Debbie Holmes is called Tanya…
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Why being kind could help you live longer
Give you a warm glow perhaps, or a feeling of well-being? Lauren Turner BBC News While that may be true,…
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The last reunion?
‘Now I can die quietly,’ says Melpomeni Dina, as she unites with the dozens of descendants of the Mordechai family,…
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How a philanthropist gave a new life to a man without a country
An Australian philanthropist has changed all that. Tim Elliot The Age Fadi X has no new friends yet; he left…
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She started helping Detroit’s impoverished community in her house. Now, her nonprofit has reached 250,000 people.
In 1996, she was working as a nurse when she visited an Iraqi refugee family to help care for their…
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Deportation of Tamil asylum seeker family interrupted midair by last-minute injunction
The injunction was granted over the phone by a judge. ABC News A plane carrying the family and their two…
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Fears asylum seekers transferred from Manus to Port Moresby will be ‘homeless, destitute’
Asylum seekers being transferred from Manus Island to Port Moresby are at risk of becoming homeless, destitute and left without…
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Sydney’s homeless accommodation reaches ‘crisis point’
Accommodation for homeless people is almost at capacity in Sydney’s CBD, new data shows. AAP – SBS SBS News The…
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