Month: October 2019

Hurricane Isaac heads toward Atlantic Canada

October 31, 2019 By

Sunday, October 1, 2006 Forecasters are predicting that Hurricane Isaac could hit Atlantic Canada as early as next week. The provinces Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have been advised to monitor the progress of Isaac. Forecasters said Isaac should stay to the east of Bermuda, but the Canadian Maritimes and Newfoundland could feel the outer edges […]

Avoid Medical Debt During Lengthy Lawsuit With The Help Of A Lawsuit Loan

October 30, 2019 By

More On This Topic: Work Termination Policies Australia Employment Termination Australia Avoid Medical Debt during Lengthy Lawsuit with the Help of a Lawsuit Loan by Steven Medvin In a recent article by New York Times personal finance columnist Ann Carrns, she cited recent evidence that medical debt is steadily becoming a major factor in U.S. […]

News briefs:April 23, 2010

October 30, 2019 By

 Correction — August 24, 2015 These briefs incorrectly describe BP as ‘British Petroleum’. In fact, such a company has not existed for many years as BP dropped this name when becoming a multinational company. The initials no longer stand for anything.  Wikinews Audio Briefs Credits Produced By Turtlestack Recorded By Turtlestack Written By Turtlestack Listen To […]

U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images

October 18, 2019 By

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. The English National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London has threatened on Friday to sue a U.S. citizen, Derrick Coetzee. The legal letter followed claims that he had breached […]

Accused have denied guilt in suitcase murder case

October 17, 2019 By

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 Two men charged after the body of a Chinese student was stuffed into a suitcase and thrown into Auckland’s harbour on Good Friday would deny their guilt, a court was told today. One of them appeared in Auckland District Court today to be confronted with the charge of kidnapping a 19-year-old […]

Reflections, Lichtenstein, two new exhibitions at Edinburgh’s Modern One

October 15, 2019 By

Saturday, March 14, 2015 This weekend saw the opening of two new exhibitions at Edinburgh’s National Gallery of Modern Art. Wikinews attended Thursday’s press preview for the event where a full contingent of the capital’s press turned out to see the striking collection of paintings, photographs, and other works. Presented below are a selection of […]

UN carries out first review of US human rights record

October 13, 2019 By

Saturday, March 19, 2011 The United Nations has completed its first ever assessment of the United States human rights record, which began last November. They made 228 recommendations for improvements. On Friday, the U.S. accepted about 174 of these, agreeing to such recommendations as the humane treatment of terror suspects and repudiation of torture, but […]