Wow, thanks for those links Minnie! It's heartening to know there are news services which focus on something other than whatever is most sensational (and usually negative)
I haven't had a TV or read a newspaper or listened to the radio for years. I haven't gone looking for news for a long time, apart from technology, science and other specialist sources. Yet I still hear about all the major events of the world, or things that happen locally, through many social avenues.
And as da1prophet said, there's a part you can play too. If you do what you can to make some positive impact in the world you'll be making others feel better, and that will undoubtedly make you feel better too!
As an illustration, recently we've had lots of train cancellations due to defective brakes on the trains. As a result many of the remaining services are even more packed than usual, resulting in many upset commuters. I heard that one girl decided to try to inject some humour into the situation this morning by saying, while standing sardined amongst many other passengers, "Sorry, I don't usually shove my breasts in someone's face until the third date." No doubt that got quite a few laughs and disrupted a few negative trains of thought. Who knows what positive carry-on effects that might have had.
The world is the way it appears only because we let it be that way.