Thursday, July 10, 2008 Flag of the Principality of Vikesland Over the past few months, Wikinews reporter Joseph Ford has held several interviews with Kevin […]
Month: February 2023
DiCaprio finally wins Oscar for Best Actor
Monday, February 29, 2016 Yesterday Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar, for Best Actor, at the 88th Academy Awards. The award ended DiCaprio’s long wait […]
Asbestos discovery triggers evacuation and closure of New Jersey middle school
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 The discovery of the presence of airborne asbestos in a middle school in Montclair, New Jersey Friday prompted the evacuation of […]
Thousands rally in Columbus, Ohio, for undocumented immigrants’ rights
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 On March 26, thousands rallied outside the Columbus, Ohio statehouse, advocating rights for undocumented immigrants. This was one of a series […]
Health organisations respond to Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sunday, September 16, 2007 Location of DRC within Africa. Image: Rei-artur.. The World Health Organization (WHO), non-governmental aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the […]
Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs
Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall […]
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 […]
Swiss mountaineer Erhard Loretan dies in climbing accident
Saturday, April 30, 2011 Mount Grünhorn Image: johnw. Acclaimed Swiss mountaineer Erhard Loretan died Thursday on his 52nd birthday when he fell in a climbing […]
Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur pleads guilty to eight murders
Friday, February 1, 2019 Bruce McArthur, from Toronto, Canada, on Tuesday admitted his guilt in eight murders. McArthur pleaded guilty to each crime at the […]
Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101
Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed […]