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Tornado touches down in Joplin, Missouri

Monday, May 23, 2011 A tornado touched down yesterday in Joplin, Missouri, causing widespread damage. At least 89 were killed….

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Oil spill reported in Gulf of Mexico

Tuesday, December 26, 2006 At least 21,000 gallons of crude oil has spilled into the Gulf of Mexico near the…

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Retired U.S. vets sue Donald Rumsfeld for excessive service cutbacks

Tuesday, May 31, 2005 One thousand residents of the Defense Department-managed Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C. filed a…

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Nearly 25% of Iceland’s voters petition for veto of Icesave bill

Sunday, January 3, 2010 Nearly a quarter of Iceland’s voters have signed a petition calling for President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson…

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Samoa looking ahead to Rio Paralympics with eye on powerlifting

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 London, England — In an interview with Samoa’s Chef de Mission at the London Paralympics, Julie…

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President-elect Sarkozy promises change for France

Monday, May 7, 2007 After winning the presidential election on Sunday, President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy immediately began to lay out his…

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Wikinews interviews Joe Schriner, Independent U.S. presidential candidate

Saturday, April 17, 2010 Journalist, counselor, painter, and US 2012 Presidential candidate Joe Schriner of Cleveland, Ohio took some time…

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Archbishop of Canterbury: Church’s attitude to same-sex marriage considered ‘wicked’ by the young

Thursday, August 29, 2013 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, stated yesterday that he thought the Church of England’s view…

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Europe hit by storms, 45 deaths reported

Sunday, January 21, 2007 Europe has been hit by fierce wind and storms, with gusts over 150 kilometers per hour…