Australia to detain Burmese boatpeople on Nauru
Monday, August 21, 2006 Location of remote island of Nauru, where Australia is sending 8 Burmese refugees Eight Burmese boat people, who arrived off Western...
Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 In an opinion piece published by CNN on Tuesday, Georgetown University law student and women’s rights advocate Sandra Fluke insisted she...
Chinese animator Te Wei dies at age 95
Friday, February 5, 2010 Chinese animator Te Wei has died at the age of 95 in Shanghai. Te Wei in 2009 Image: Marie-Claire Kuo Quiquemelle....
Chinese restaurant closed in Toronto after rat photos published
Friday, October 10, 2008 The common brown rat Image: National Parks Service. Canadian authorities report that a Chinese restaurant in the Chinatown area of Toronto...
93-year-old Michigan man freezes to death after electric company limits his power usage
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Marvin Schur, a 93-year-old man from Bay City, Michigan has died after the electric company limited his electric use due to...
Canadian lawyer urges Prime Minister to repatriate Omar Khadr
Thursday, February 12, 2009 Edney addresses the media.Image: Joshua Sherurcij. The Coalition to Repatriate Omar Khadr held a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday, where...
Van Canto’s Stefan Schmidt on a capella metal, Wacken, Nightwish, piracy & more
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 van Canto’s logo “Five singers, one drummer. No guitars, no bass, no keyboards but nevertheless an unbelievable melodic metal experience.” That’s...
Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control
Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar...
Fitzgerald to announce new evidence against Libby
Sunday, May 14, 2006 Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald announced on Friday that he would introduce new evidence in the perjury and obstruction of justice case...
Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were...