The Rest of the World Report | July 12, 2026 — Good News Edition

A rescue dog with one blue eye and one brown just retired as a national hero. White rhinos are back in Mozambique. A church has been quietly cancelling medical debt for 24 years. And the ocean just gave us a shark that walks.Tsunami the border collie was found malnourished on the streets of Caracas in 2017. Last month he worked his final mission in the Venezuela earthquake rubble — his last before retirement. He saved at least 13 people. One had been buried for nearly six days. Nine white rhino females were transported to Mozambique's Zinave National Park this month — the first viable breeding population the country has seen in a century of decline. A male was already waiting. Since 2002, Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem has been buying medical debt at collector rates and cancelling it entirely. They've erased $2.2 million worth. No strings. Just: it's gone. Scientists discovered a new species of shark off Papua New Guinea. It walks. On the ocean floor. Using its fins. "New shark species don't come along that often." A Swedish study found that people at elevated biological risk for Alzheimer's who follow a low-inflammatory diet have up to a 30% lower risk of developing the disease. What you eat may change what comes next."Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government." — Thomas Jefferson, 1789 Get full access to The Rest of the World Report at www.restoftheworldreport.com/subscribe