Thursday, October 25, 2007
Satellite image of Lake Djoudj comparing the September 1979 drought (left) and the November 1999 flood (right).Image: NASA.The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has released a comprehensive report on the current state of the global environment. Climate change, food and water shortage and a decline in biodiversity threaten humanity's survival, so urgent action...
Monday, February 28, 2005
Charlotte, North Carolina — One of the biggest domestic banks in the United States, Bank of America, has admitted to losing computer tapes containing 1.2 million federal employee accounts, including the accounts of several U.S. senators, in a statement by the bank. According to the Pentagon, most of the accounts belong to staff and civilians in the Department of...
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
A study published on June 18 in the American Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found a link between the consumption of foie gras and other meat products and a number of diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus type 2, tuberculosis, and amyloidosis. The link exists in genetically susceptible individuals. Liver of a...
Friday, June 27, 2008
Map of IndonesiaA Casa-212 aircraft owned by the Indonesian air force disappeared while on a flight from the capital Jakarta to Bogor in West Java Friday morning.
The plane was carrying 12 Indonesian military personnel and 6 civilians including a British, Singaporean and Indian national.
The plane was tasked to test a new digital camera designed to conduct aerial mapping...
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 second floor at Taipei World Trade Center for world-wide participants with a better exchange atmosphere this year.
Not only local OBMs (Softstar Entertainment,...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
L. Alan Winters, CB. Image: University of Sussex.Earlier this month, Wikinews spoke with University of Sussex professor of economics L. Alan Winters regarding the decision of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union (EU) in the 2016 Brexit referendum and the subsequent negotiations leading up to and following the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement of December,...
Saturday, April 30, 2005
The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced a recall of foods containing banned dyes which increase the risk of cancer. The food products were sold at the Tesco, Waitrose, and Somerfield supermarkets.
A Bristol company called "Barts Spices" found the illegal Para Red substance in their Barts Ground Paprika, which was sold in 48g and 46g jars with a "Co-op"...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Philip Tisson, a member of the Saint Lucia national football team, has been killed by a gunshot wound to the head in New York. Tisson was in New York participating in the Digicel Caribbean Cup tournament.
Several members of the team were at Tropiks Bar and Grill in Brooklyn celebrating an earlier victory over Saint Kitts and Nevis. At 4.30am, Tisson entered a parked car...
Friday, December 21, 2012
Wikinews reporter LauraHale interviews United States Paralympic skier Jasmin BamburRecently, Wikinews spent time with with United States Paralympic skier Jasmin Bambur who was at Copper Mountain, Colorado for the IPC Nor-Am Cup.
((Wikinews)) We're interviewing Jasmin Bambur. He is a guy. He's from Serbia, right? Jasmin Bambur: Yes, ma'am, I am from Serbia but I race for...
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Logo of the Health Services UnionMembers of Australia's Health Services Union (HSU) will go on strike in Victoria next week in a dispute over stalled wage and career structure negotiations. Over 5000 physiotherapists, speech pathologists and radiation therapists will walk off the job next week, effectively closing the state's 68 largest health services.
The strike will...