Saturday, October 14, 2006 Example "TWELV" time display with translationAn American inventor has patented a pair of new time formats with a footprint less than 50% of that of conventional four-digit time. The more unusual of the two new formats,…
Monday, September 2, 2013 Radiation at Japan's damaged Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant yesterday spiked to lethal levels around a leaking tank. Today the national Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said contaminated water may be pumped into the sea. Tanks holding contaminated…
Monday, July 30, 2012 Olympic rider Hawley Bennett-Awad is in hospital after being thrown from her horse during an Olympic equestrian competition today. Bennett-Awad, 35, is in a stable condition in the Royal London Hospital. The Canadian rider fell reportedly…
Monday, December 31, 2007 What would you tell your grandchildren about 2007 if they asked you about it in, let's say, 20 year's time? If the answer to a quiz question was 2007, what would the question be? The year…
Friday, March 3, 2006 Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe is reported to be feeling much better after suffering from chest pain for some time. The Olympic gold medalist was due to swim in the 100m and 200m freestyle and in three…
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Friday, March 14, 2008 Jimmy Wales at a Wikimania event in 2007. Image: EvgenyGenkin.Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales…
Monday, January 8, 2018 Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, from file. Image: US White House.On Thursday, eleven princes were arrested in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; authorities announced in a statement on Saturday. The princes were reportedly arrested for participating…
Thursday, August 30, 2007 Vancouver Canucks players model the team's new uniforms at General Motors Place, August 29, 2007. Image: The Buckey Hermit.The Vancouver Canucks, hockey team to Vancouver, British Columbia, unveiled it's new home and away uniforms today. Keeping…
Saturday, February 23, 2008 Wikinews held an exclusive interview with James Burns, one of the candidates for the Libertarian Party nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Burns, the former chairman of the Nevada Libertarian Party, was asked if he…
Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10…