Wednesday, June 28, 2017 On Sunday, police stopped Istanbul Pride, a yearly LGBT march in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul. Police officials reportedly used rubber and plastic bullets and sprayed tear gas to prevent the participants from parading, after the Istanbul Governor’s office ordered them on Saturday not to conduct the march, asserting security reasons. This […]
U.S. military confirms Qur’ans were kicked, stepped on and splashed with urine at Guantanamo
Saturday, June 4, 2005 Holy Qur’an On Friday, the U.S. military released the results of their investigation and confirmed that in 5 separate incidents, American guards at the Guantánamo Bay prison “mishandled” the Islamic holy book. However, they stress that guards were usually “respectful” of the Qur’an. One incident involved splashing a Qur’an with urine […]
Doctor robbed, car-jacked and locked in boot while car set alight
Monday, March 19, 2007 A 34 year old obstetrician from Forestville on Sydney’s Northern Beaches has escaped after he was robbed, car-jacked and locked in the boot (trunk) of his BMW, which was set alight. Police say the doctor was locked in the boot while his car was set alight, but was allowed to escape […]
Influential Croat poet Dragutin Tadijanovi? dies
Saturday, July 7, 2007 Dragutin Tadijanovi? at an event celebrating his 100th birthday. Image: Damir Jelic. Croatian poet Dragutin Tadijanovi? died last week in Zagreb, Croatia. He was 101 years old. Born on November 4, 1905 in Rastušje, Slavonia, Croatia, he was erudite cordially referred to as ‘Bard’ in Croatia. He published his first poem […]
Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]
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 for the upcoming election from Wikinews. The Lord Mayor election in the Australian city is […]
Wikinews Shorts: May 5, 2012
A compilation of brief news reports for Saturday, May 5, 2012. Contents 1 Dozens dead in the wake of Nigerian market attack 2 Munch’s The Scream sales for US$120 million in auction; sets record 3 Saturn V moon rocket damaged by bullets Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs or add a new one. A cattle […]
Wikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky Anderson
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Rocky Anderson in 2009Image: Don LaVange. Former Salt Lake City mayor and human rights activist Rocky Anderson took some time to discuss his 2012 U.S. presidential campaign and the newly-created Justice Party with Wikinews reporter William S. Saturn. Anderson served as mayor of Salt Lake City for eight years (2000–2008) as […]
Honolulu man dies after fall into sewage-contaminated harbor
Saturday, April 8, 2006 A Honolulu man who fell into the sewage-contaminated Ala Wai Yacht Harbor died Thursday night of a massive bacterial infection that caused the loss of one of his legs, septic shock, and ultimately organ failure. Oliver Johnson, 34, a Honolulu mortgage broker, died between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m. HST Thursday (0715-0730 […]
CoolBrands: New Zealand coolest place in the world
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 New Zealand has been voted the coolest place in the world by United Kingdom brand: CoolBrands. Coolbrands is owned by a consultancy firm in the UK, called Superbrands. It started in 2001, CoolBrands is a way of telling how ‘cool’ a brand is. Superbrands defines “brands that have become extremely desirable […]