Grand National winning horse ‘Comply or Die’ dies, aged 17
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Comply or Die, the racehorse who won the 2008 Grand National has died at the age…
Reserve Bank of Australia considers interest rate rise
Monday, November 5, 2007 The Australian Prime Minister John Howard is bracing himself for the probable interest rate rise on…
Koreas hold joint training session for Olympics
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 On Sunday, female ice hockey players from North and South Korea joined one another for a…
Moto GP rider Marco Simoncelli dies in 2011 Malaysia Grand Prix
Monday, October 24, 2011 Italy’s Marco Simoncelli, 24, has died after a crash during the second lap of the 2011…
PETA protests Burberry in White Plains, NY
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 Today, at 12:00 p.m. EDT (UTC-4) the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of…
English court jails policeman over insurance fraud
Thursday, July 1, 2010 A court in England, UK has jailed a policeman for ten months after he was convicted…
Disney animator Ollie Johnston dies at 95
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 American animator Ollie Johnston, the last of Disney’s so-called “Nine Old Men”, has died at the…
Drug-resistant infections on the rise in American hospitals
April 9, 2005 A rise in flesh-eating staph infections has worried doctors about the possible spread of drug resistant bacteria….
Australia: Victorian government to trial driverless vehicles on public roads
Saturday, August 12, 2017 Yesterday, the state government of Victoria, Australia announced their decision to trial self-driving vehicles on two…
Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her…