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March 7, 2023
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New Zealand’s South Island and southern North Island struck by storms

Monday, January 2, 2006 New Zealand’s warm sunny New Year’s weather has come to a sudden end as gale force winds and rain assault southern New Zealand. In parts of the South Island New Year campers have finished their holiday early as winds averaging 120km/h (75 m/h), gusting at times up to 180km/h (112 m/h),

March 7, 2023
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Day of attacks continue in Israel and Lebanon

Thursday, July 13, 2006 Fighting continued in Israel and Lebanon as Israel attacked targets in Lebanon using aircrafts and ships. Rockets were fired from Lebanon and landed on the Israeli side of the border, Thursday. Israel called their military action “Operation Just Reward”. The clashes follow a Hezbollah raid into Israel which they called “Truthful

March 5, 2023
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Mary Barra appointed as General Motors chief

Tuesday, December 10, 2013 General Motors’ World Headquarters, the Renaissance Center, in Detroit, Michigan. The United States’s largest car manufacturer General Motors today named Mary Barra as its new chief executive. Barra, 51, will be the first woman to lead a firm in the American auto industry. She has been with General Motors for 33

March 5, 2023
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Caroline Kennedy drops bid for New York Senate seat

Thursday, January 22, 2009 Caroline Kennedy, considered to be among the front-runners for the United States Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, yesterday withdrew her name from consideration for the seat. New York state Governor David Paterson had been reported as intending to name her as Clinton’s replacement this Saturday. Kennedy at

March 2, 2023
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New Zealand Reserve Bank phone hacker not convicted

Thursday, September 28, 2006 Gerasimos Macridis, 39-years-old, left the court room discharged without conviction after hacking into the New Zealand Reserve Bank’s phone system and then asking for money for his services after pointing out these security flaws to both the Reserve Bank and Telecom New Zealand in May, 2006, and offering to fix them.

February 28, 2023
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Canada’s Parkdale—High Park (Ward 14) city council candidates speak

Wikinews This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Monday, October 30, 2006 On November 13, Torontoians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Parkdale—High Park (Ward 14). One candidate responded to Wikinews’ requests

February 27, 2023
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Drone smartphone app to help heart attack victims in remote areas announced

Monday, August 26, 2013 German non-profit organization Definetz announced on Friday the development of the ‘Defikopter’: a medical drone, launched by smartphone app, designed to be able to fly defibrillators to heart attack victims in remote areas quicker than an ambulance. File photo of an eight-armed drone. Image: Flying Eye. The Defikopter is to be

February 26, 2023
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North Korean veteran statesman Ri Yong Mu dies aged 97

Saturday, January 29, 2022 North Korean state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported yesterday that high-ranking political and military official Ri Yong-mu died of acute myocardial infarction on Thursday morning at age 97. Ri held positions in the State Inspection Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the Traffic Commission and in the General Political Bureau of the

February 26, 2023
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Mine explosion in northeastern China kills at least 42, dozens more trapped

Saturday, November 21, 2009 An explosion at a gas mine in northeastern China has killed at least 42 people today, state media reported. 66 more miners are feared to have been trapped as well. Another 400 were able to escape safely. The news agency Xinhua said that 528 workers were in the mine, located in

February 25, 2023
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McCain and Obama face off in U.S. presidential candidate debate

Sunday, September 28, 2008 The two major party presidential candidates in the US, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, faced each other yesterday in the first TV debate. Despite that McCain had asked to postpone the debate, both were present at the University of Mississippi. The debate, which was moderated by PBS‘ Jim Lehrer,

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