A CAL FIRE air tanker drops Phos-Chek slurry on the Crown FireImage: Thomas Hays (Flickr). Sunday, August 1, 2010 Antelope Valley, California —The Crown Fire that has burned through 13,980 acres in the High Desert of Southern California since 2:32…
Death toll from tsunami in Southeast Asia increases
Correction — May 8, 2018 This headline incorrectly locates the tsunami in Southeast Asia; it was in the South Pacific, as stated in the lede. Thursday, October 1, 2009 A tsunami that was generated in the South Pacific by a powerful…
Bucharest to be ‘rebranded’ for 800 million euro
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 Bucharest, Romania — The city centre of Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is set to get a major facelift due to a real estate project called Esplanada (The Esplanade), which will be constructed by TriGranit Development…
Suicide bomber attacks Indian Embassy in Kabul, killing at least 41
Monday, July 7, 2008 Map of Afghanistan with Kabul in bold A car bomb was used in an attack on the Indian embassy in central Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday morning. The bombing killed 41, and injured at least 141. It…
UK fighters confront Russian bombers over international waters
Sunday, May 13, 2007 An RAF Tornado F3 Last week, RAF Leuchars in Fife scambled two Tornado F3 interceptors, when radar detected two Tupolev Tu-142 Bear Bombers and the alarm was sounded “Bears in the Air”. The RAF would not…
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green candidate Andrew McAvoy, Windsor-Tecumseh
Monday, September 24, 2007 Andrew McAvoy is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Windsor-Tecumseh riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further…
Kimi Räikkönen wins 2009 Belgian Grand Prix
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 File photo of Kimi Räikkönen Image: Mark McArdle at flickr. Kimi Räikkönen at Spa (2007), his third consecutive win at this circuit Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen won the FIA Formula One 2009 ING…
14,000-acre Southern California ‘Crown Fire’ at 82% containment, evacuation orders lifted
A CAL FIRE air tanker drops Phos-Chek slurry on the Crown FireImage: Thomas Hays (Flickr). Sunday, August 1, 2010 Antelope Valley, California —The Crown Fire that has burned through 13,980 acres in the High Desert of Southern California since 2:32…
U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to…
Israel to webcast al-Aqsa mosque excavations
Thursday, February 15, 2007 Israel’s administration press-service has said that webcams are being installed at the holy site of the Al Aqsa Mosque–Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem, to enable people to watch excavations at the site over the Internet. Users…