Former Miss Austria Ena Kadic dies after mountain fall
Ena Kadić, an Austrian woman who won the 2013 Miss Austria crown, died early this week in hospital. She was 26 and fell...
Ena Kadić, an Austrian woman who won the 2013 Miss Austria crown, died early this week in hospital. She was 26 and fell...
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The Recorder of London, His Honour Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC, today set a provisional timetable in the case against St...
The Recorder of London, His Honour Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC, today set a provisional timetable in the case against St...
London serial murder accused Stephen Port makes firs...A London man charged on Sunday with drugging and murdering four men made his first court appearance yesterday. Stephen Port, 40, was remanded to appear before a higher court tomorrow. The revolving sign outside Metropolitan Police HQ. Image: "Man vyi". Port faces four counts of murder and four counts of "administering a poison with intent to endanger li...
Typhoon Koppu makes landfall in the Philippines, dis...Typhoon Koppu, known additionally as Lando, made landfall in the northern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least two and displacing at least 16,000 people. A satellite image of Typhoon Koppu, as of October 17. Image: United States Naval Research Laboratory. The deadly storm caused a concrete wall in a home in Subic, Zambales to topple over, killing a 6...
Searchers find wreckage of New Zealand fishing boat ...Searchers looking for New Zealand fishing boat FV Jubilee found the vessel on the sea floor overnight local time (UTC+13). The search was sparked by a mayday call from the three-man crew early yesterday morning. The three fishermen said they were abandoning ship in favour of a lifeboat. The search, which covered roughly 170 square km, earlier located an empty...
Police shut down Edmonton pizza restaurant for illeg...The alcohol was being delivered in paper bags and pizza boxes, with the same delivery vehicles used to deliver pizza. Curtis Hoople, a Sergeant in the Edmonton Police Service, says that alcohol was also being sold within the restaurant's premises. It is estimated that the seized alcohol was worth around CAD$4,000, Hoople said. Four of the restaurant's employ...
Scottish Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey 'critically i...The Royal Free Hospital in London yesterday said a nurse suffering with complications after Ebola, Pauline Cafferkey, is "critically ill" after her condition deteriorated. Cafferkey, 39, was readmitted to an isolation unit at the Royal Free on the night of October 8–9 where she had spent time earlier in the year after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone whilst t...
Iraelis killed, injured in Jerusalem bus attack; wav...ss="published">Tuesday, October 13, 2015 Palestine Related articles 13 October 2015: Iraelis killed, injured in Jerusalem bus attack; wave of violence continues 28 August 2015: Vatican to Palestinians: Remove us from your Draft Resolution to UN General Assembly 1 July 2015: Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan stops hunger strike, due to be released 29 May 2...
Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and ...Wikinews interviewed Australian painter Pricasso on his unique artwork created using his penis, and how his art relates to freedom of expression and issues of censorship. He is to be featured at the upcoming adult entertainment event Sexpo Australia in Melbourne this November 5 to November 8. File photo of Pricasso, 2012. Image: Eva Rinaldi. Background[...
Wikinews visits haunted attraction 'Doc Wilkes House...ss="published">Saturday, October 10, 2015 Human doll character. Image: Paul Budd. Clown character in hallway. Clown character in faux freezer. Texas Related articles 10 October 2015: Wikinews visits haunted attraction 'Doc Wilkes House of Horrors' 10 October 2015: Shooting kills one near Texas Southern University housing comple...
Shooting kills one near Texas Southern University ho...John Rudley, president of the university, identified the unnamed deceased victim as a freshman student. He was sent to hospital and subsequently pronounced dead, according to a press release from Eva Pickens, spokesperson of the university. I'm most definitely concerned. I did plan on moving here. It's really nerve-racking feeling that a person here could ...
Bernie Sanders embraces Black Lives Matter movementUnited States Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders discussed his understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement on Monday. "Many white people are not sensitive", Sanders noted, speaking with magazine Ebony, "to the kind of abuse that African-Americans, especially younger African-Americans, receive at the hands of police officers and police departments". T...
Civilian deaths as U.S. bombs hospital in AfghanistanTwenty two civilians, including three children, died, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported, on Saturday after a United States airstrike hit a hospital in the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. Amongst the fatalities were twelve charity staff working for MSF. MSF said there were about two hundred people in the building. Under the clear presumption t...
Several dead in Oregon college shootingsNine people were killed on Thursday by 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer on the campus of Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. By various reports seven or nine people were also injured. Officials said Mercer killed himself during the subsequent shootout with police. Mercer began the killing spree in a class where he was a student by shooting the class ...
Eleven Quebec locations to be renamed to remove raci...The Quebec Toponomy Commission, a Quebec public body which is responsible for naming places, cataloguing place names, and suggesting changes to their names, has announced in a press release on Friday that eleven locations in Quebec, whose names contain a racial slur, are to be renamed. The organization said they yet to decide on the locations' future names. A...
Independence debate as Catalonia holds regional elec...Source: Wikinews
Civilian government restored as Burkina Faso coup endsThe week-long coup d'état in Burkina Faso ended on Wednesday with the restoration of interim President Michel Kafando and the civilian government. By Friday the government announced that the presidential guard unit involved in the coup, the Regiment of Presidential Security, would be dissolved. This follows the intercession of regional leaders and the regular...
100th annual East Texas State Fair opensThe 100th annual East Texas State Fair opened in the city of Tyler, Texas yesterday. Equipment for rides and attractions for the fair began arriving at the fairgrounds earlier in the week. Several food vendors and artisans were also setting up their displays as early as Monday. The event is a highly publicised mainstay in the city of Tyler. Several days are ...
Mecca stampede kills hundredsss="published">Thursday, September 24, 2015 Saudi Arabia Related articles 24 September 2015: Mecca stampede kills hundreds 16 September 2015: Kuwaiti court sentences seven to death for June mosque bombing 12 September 2015: At least 107 killed in Mecca crane collapse 2 September 2015: Fire kills eleven at oil worker housing in Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia 11 Se...
Volkswagen CEO resigns after emissions scandalMartin Winterkorn, Volkswagen AG’s CEO, resigned yesterday after it was discovered the German motor vehicle company has been rigging emissions tests for their diesel vehicles. The company has not announced who his successor will be, but plans to discuss the issue tomorrow. Winterkorn has said that he was "shocked" by the rigging of the emissions tests. "Above...
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