Wednesday, April 21, 2010 The death toll from a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the Qinghai province in western China has surpassed two thousand. The official Continue Reading
Interview: Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 January’s second Interview of the Month was with Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on 23 January in IRC. Continue Reading
Former French president Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges
Saturday, October 31, 2009 A French magistrate has ordered former President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges dating back to the 1990s, when Continue Reading
Public smoking ban in Virginia snuffed out
Friday, February 24, 2006 The Virginia legislature’s House of Delegates voted unanimously in a sub-committee to kill a bill that would ban public smoking in Continue Reading
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with independent candidate Charles de Kerckhove, St. Paul’s
Monday, October 1, 2007 Charles de Kerckhove is running as an independent in the Ontario provincial election, in the riding of St. Paul’s. Wikinews’ Nick Continue Reading
Seattle shooting leaves seven dead
Monday, March 27, 2006Seven young people are dead with two more hospitalized in Seattle, Washington, after a murder-suicide shooting Saturday morning in the Capitol Hill Continue Reading
China prepared to support eurozone countries hit by financial crisis
Thursday, December 23, 2010 China has said it is prepared to support eurozone countries during the financial crisis that has hit the sixteen member states. Continue Reading
New method of displaying time patented
Saturday, October 14, 2006 An American inventor has patented a pair of new time formats with a footprint less than 50% of that of conventional Continue Reading
Australian Budget for 2006-2007 released
Tuesday, May 9, 2006The Australian Budget (Appropriation Bill No. 1) for 2006-2007 was released by the Australian Liberal Party–Australian National Party coalition government treasurer, Peter Continue Reading
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Communist Party candidate Johan Boyden, Toronto Centre
Friday, October 5, 2007 Johan Boyden is running for the Communist Party in the Ontario provincial election, in the Toronto Centre riding. Wikinews interviewed him Continue Reading