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…
NASA to launch Discovery despite crack in insulation foam
Tuesday, July 4, 2006 Space Shuttle Discovery is rolled out to the pad, for mission STS-121. NASA officials decided late Monday to go ahead with the planned launch at 2:38 p.m. EDT on July 4 of the space shuttle Discovery.…
International participants showcase different industry cultures at 2008 Taipei Game Show
Friday, January 25, 2008 B2B Trade Area moved to 2nd floor this year. Image: Rico Shen. B2B Trade Area of Taipei Game Show, criticized by trade buyers last year, but accompanied with 2008 Taiwan Digital Content Forum, moved to the…
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 rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10…
Study says to clean your sponge, microwave it
Thursday, January 25, 2007 A bathing sponge. Studies done on germs and bacteria performed by researchers at the University of Florida show that a dirty kitchen sponge can be cleaned and “sterilized” by microwaving it for 2 minutes, but researchers…