Tuesday, January 26, 2010 The mystery of the location of a viewpoint used by English painter John Constable has been solved, after nearly 200 years. The Stour Valley and Dedham Church was painted in Suffolk, England, between 1814 and 1815, but changes to the landscape meant that the spot he chose was not known, despite […]
RuPaul speaks about society and the state of drag as performance art
Saturday, October 6, 2007 Few artists ever penetrate the subconscious level of American culture the way RuPaul Andre Charles did with the 1993 album Supermodel of the World. It was groundbreaking not only because in the midst of the Grunge phenomenon did Charles have a dance hit on MTV, but because he did it as […]
300 protesters greet Farage’s return to Edinburgh
Saturday, May 10, 2014 Roughly 300 protesters turned up yesterday for the return of Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party, to Edinburgh after last year’s disastrous attempt at a press conference in a pub at the foot of The Canongate. Unseen by protesters or public, Farage is believed to have left the venue […]
Cyclone Glenda intensifies to Category 5 storm
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Tropical Cyclone Glenda has intensified overnight. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Glenda was upgraded from a category 3 to a category 5 storm around 8 p.m WST Tuesday (1200 UTC). The Bureau of Meteorology predicts Glenda will approach the coast later today. The bureau is also warning about the […]
Greenpeace protest disrupts Tony Blair CBI speech
Tuesday, November 29, 2005 Two Greenpeace protestors entered the CBI conference at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London and delayed a speech being made by the Prime Minister Tony Blair, in which he was expected to announce the consideration of further nuclear power stations to offset the increasing gas prices being experienced by industry […]
Confusion over British cannabis status
Monday, January 26, 2009 The British Magistrates’ Association have voiced concern over the potential for confusion after the drug cannabis was reclassified by the government from Class C to Class B under the Misuse of Drugs Act. The confusion is said to arise from a new prosecution schedule for possession of the substance. Offenders will […]
United States authorities bust multimillion dollar drug ring in New Jersey
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Officials from the Drug Enforcement Authority (DEA) have arrested seven members of a drug trafficking and money laundering operation based in Manalapan, New Jersey. The arrests follow a joint investigation between the DEA and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, dubbed “Operation Unbounded”, which ran for 14 months following a tip-off received […]
US government files lawsuit against BP Exploration in Alaska
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 The United States government has filed a civil lawsuit against BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (BPXA) alleging that the company “violated federal clean air and water laws” by “illegally discharging” more than 200,000 gallons crude oil during two oil spills in 2006 on Alaska’s North Slope in Prudhoe Bay. BPXA previously pleaded […]
News briefs:May 16, 2010
Correction — August 24, 2015 These briefs incorrectly describe BP as ‘British Petroleum’. In fact, such a company has not existed for many years as BP dropped this name when becoming a multinational company. The initials no longer stand for anything. Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To […]
Iran reported to U.N. Security Council
Saturday, February 4, 2006 The IAEA board has passed a resolution to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council. The decision by the 35-nation board came on Saturday. The resolution was made without waiting for the director of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, to finish preparing a report on Iran’s civilian (and allegedly military) nuclear […]