Month: February 2017

The time is 17:00 (UTC) on June 7th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 11,000 evacuated in Indonesia as Mount Merapi threatens to erupt 1.2 Gunmen Seize 50 in Iraq 1.3 U.S. Senate defeats bill banning gay marriage 1.4 Australian PM announces nuclear taskforce 1.5 EPA block massive West Australian energy project 1.6 “Ten Commandments” judge loses Alabama gubernatorial primary 1.7 20 percent of Victorians drive on worn tyres 1.8 Body found in the Christchurch, New Zealand Avon River 1.9 Real body found at…

Thursday, February 19, 2015 Peter Oborne, former chief political commentator at British broadsheet newspaper the Daily Telegraph, has alleged the paper suppressed and under-reported stories involving banking giant HSBC so as to avoid a loss of advertising revenue. In a public resignation from the paper published on the openDemocracy website on Tuesday, the veteran journalist and columnist alleges the division between advertising and editorial had not been kept watertight and that editors were committing a form of “fraud” on readers of the newspaper. In Oborne’s article, he details how he…

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 Veteran White House journalist Helen Thomas, 89, announced her retirement yesterday with immediate effect, ending her fifty-seven year career, amid criticism over controversial remarks. Thomas has been a correspondent for over fifty years and has covered every president from John F. Kennedy to Obama. Thomas, the daughter of Lebanese immigrants, who blazed a trail for female reporters in politics in the United States, has ended her career after apologizing for saying that Israel should “get the hell out of Palestine.” In retiring, Thomas stated: “I deeply…

Friday, June 17, 2011 Anthony Weiner announced his resignation yesterday afternoon as a Democratic representative from New York to the U.S. House of Representatives, a position he has filled for twelve years. He has been under pressure from politicians within his own party after a sex scandal engulfed his life and that of the Democratic party. Weiner told reporters it was “impossible” to continue in his role after the events of the last few weeks, including revelations that he was involved in sexual relationships with a number of young women…

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 A bomb exploded near the house of the Greek Culture Minister,Georgios Voulgarakis, in Lycabettus Hill, Athens, wrecking a number of cars. The device, which the police said consisted of 2-3 kg (4-7lb) of dynamite, had been placed on a bike left between two cars. The explosion at 7:42am (GMT +2), close to the home of Minister Voulgarakis, is the second time the former Minister for Public Order has been the target of a bomb attack. While the perpertrators are not yet known, Giorgos Voulgarakis, who had…

Sunday, July 17, 2016 The following is the second edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: the effect of the Brexit vote on the US presidential election is examined; a well known businessman and sports team owner pitches his candidacy for vice president; and Wikinews interviews the winner of the American Independent Party California primary. Contents 1 Summary 2 Brexit’s impact…

Tuesday, May 15, 2007 According to the Christian Post, Don Levine, the creator of the G.I. Joe, will be creating a line of action figures based on characters from the Old Testament. Released this month are action figures of Samson, David, Noah, Moses, and dolls of Queen Esther and Deborah the Warrior. The toys come with their own Bible storybook. By the fall, the line will expand to 35 products. Levine has began developing a DVD series and television show. While certainly not the first action figures, dolls, or animated…