Sunday, July 1, 2007 A young woman was killed Friday night after an accident occurred on a gyrating ride at the Playland amusement park in Rye, New York in the United States. The woman, Gabriela Garin, was a worker at…
Satellite imagery shows viewing stand for North Korean nuclear test
Sunday, May 8, 2005 According to American and foreign officials, White House and Pentagon officials are closely monitoring spy satellite imagery of North Korea, also known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). Preparations seem to be made for…
Wikinews interviews 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor Candidate Wayne Tseng
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Thursday, October 22, 2020 2020 Melbourne Lord Mayor candidate Wayne Tseng answered some questions about his campaign…
Taliban resurgent in Pakistan on enforcement of Sharia law
Friday, May 4, 2007 “Pakistan was un-affected by Talibans and al-Qaeda (in my opinion) until the US flushed them out of Afghanistan. So 9/11 and WTC and the post WTC attacks by the ISAF (read American, for the locals) forces…
IndyCar driver Justin Wilson dies aged 37
Wilson in Toronto in 2007. Image: Midgrid. Tuesday, August 25, 2015 Yesterday, 37-year old IndyCar Series driver Justin Wilson died of injuries sustained on Sunday during the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway. With about twenty laps remaining in the…
Indian Supreme Court: unconstitutional to bar women of certain age group from entering Sabarimala temple
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 On Wednesday, the Indian Supreme Court declared that preventing women of age 10–50 from entering the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala was “arbitrary” and unconstitutional. The Supreme Court began on Tuesday the hearing for the public interest…
68 pieces of luggage found behind Texas pet store
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 luggage. At least 68 different pieces of luggage has been found behind a pet store inside a garbage dumpster in Houston, Texas. The luggage came from several different international flights and authorities do not know how…
Wikinews interviews organiser of New Zealand’s Rock2Wgtn festival Phil Sprey
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 File photo of KISS, who headlined night one. Image: Wok. Across Easter weekend Wellington, New Zealand was host to Rock2Wgtn, an international two-day hard rock festival. Large crowds showed up at Westpac Stadium to see the…
Wikinews interviews biologist Chris Simon about periodical cicadas
Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Chris Simon Image: Stephen Chiswell. In May, periodical cicadas with 17 years life cycle emerged on the East Coast of the USA after underground development as juveniles since 1996. Researchers and scientists worked to map and…
Remote Assistance service of Windows OS vulnerable to attack
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 Until a patch is issued, Microsoft recommends that users close or block TCP port 3389, the port opened when the Remote Assistance service of its Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) is enabled. The Remote Assistance feature…