Saturday, May 26, 2018 On Wednesday, South African cricketer AB de Villiers announced his retirement from international cricket. The 34-year-old batsman uploaded a video message on Twitter saying it was a “tough decision” and he was “tired”. De Villiers joined the national team, the Proteas, in 2004, featuring in a test match against England. Since then, the South African talisman […]
Professional Ranges Make Cooking A Joy
Submitted by: Smith Shelley Professional ranges help people have more fun in their kitchen. In some homes, the kitchen is the most important room in the house. Other people look on and dream. They are either very occupied with other life pursuits, or they have never developed their cooking skills. A professional range not only is exciting to try, but […]
ACLU, EFF challenging US ‘secret’ court orders seeking Twitter data
Thursday, April 7, 2011 Late last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed objections to the United States Government’s ‘secret’ attempts to obtain Twitter account information relating to WikiLeaks. The ACLU and EFF cite First and Fourth amendment issues as overriding reasons to overturn government attempts to keep their investigation secret; and, that with […]
Woman returns home with Christmas turkey, a month after setting out
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper’s cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in December. She was heading to Inverness on a shopping trip. […]
Owner and manager of Moroccan factory arrested over 55-fatality fire
Sunday, April 27, 2008 Police have arrested the owner of a mattress factory in Hay Hassini, Casablanca, Morocco which burned down in a disaster that claimed 55 lives. His son, who was the factory’s manager, was also arrested. Those killed — 35 of whom were women — were trapped inside by locked fire exits, which were barricaded to stop theft […]
Israel launches airstrikes against Gaza Strip, kills Hamas commander
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Israel has launched a series of airstrikes against military targets inside the Gaza Strip, killing a senior Hamas leader. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) launched the offensive named ‘Operation Pillar of Defense’ in response to over 100 rockets fired into Israel from Gaza over the past few days. “The IDF has begun a widespread campaign on […]
Man calls for seizure of Justice Souter home, under eminent domain ruling
Friday, July 1, 2005 In the wake of a United States Supreme Court ruling in Kelo v. New London on eminent domain last week, a California man has proposed that Justice David Souter‘s New Hampshire home be seized by the state and a hotel be built on the site. Logan Darrow Clements faxed a letter to town officials in Weare, […]
New Zealand Police car involved in collision
Friday, November 3, 2006 A New Zealand police car landed on its roof after colliding with a truck in Upper Hutt at 9am NZDT (2100 UTC) today, closing State Highway 2. The highway patrol car flipped, and its siren-lights ripped off, during a collision with two other cars at an intersection of River Road and Gibbons Street. The police officer […]
News briefs:May 24, 2006
The time is 17:30 (UTC) on May 24th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Major fire breaks out at Istanbul airport 1.2 East Timor descends into further violence: Downer 1.3 Former chaplain at Guantanamo tells about abuse and underage prisoners 1.4 The Australia Institute identifies ideal sites for nuclear power stations 1.5 Sir Edmund […]
British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
Sunday, December 7, 2008 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikinews has learned at least six of the United Kingdom’s main Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have implemented monitoring and filtering mechanisms that are causing major problems for UK contributors on websites operated by […]