Friday, April 9, 2021 On Tuesday, North Korean government announced it would not participate in the delayed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics “to protect players from the world public health crisis caused by COVID-19”, the Associated Press reported. It is North Korea’s first official withdrawal from Olympics since their boycott of the 1988 Summer Olympics held…
Blown for Good author discusses life inside international headquarters of Scientology
Friday, November 13, 2009 Wikinews interviewed author Marc Headley about his new book Blown for Good, and asked him about life inside the international headquarters of Scientology known as “Gold Base“, located in Gilman Hot Springs near Hemet, California. Headley joined the organization at age seven when his mother became a member, and worked at…
Irish firm issues free energy challenge to scientists
Friday, August 18, 2006 Irish firm Steorn has placed an advertisement in The Economist magazine asking for 12 scientists to test their “free energy” invention. The Dublin based firm, founded in 2000, says it has developed technology that takes a small amount of mechanical energy and returns a bigger amount, using magnetic fields. The company’s…
Poorly Fitted Saddles Are Bad For Your Horse
Read An Opinion On: Brisbane Country Clothing Poorly Fitted Saddles are Bad for Your Horse by Josie Amani If you are a horse rider, the saddle is an essential everyday piece of equipment, and yet so many of us take for granted how much of a powerful tool it can be. A correctly fitted horse…
Category:Cannabis
This is the category for cannabis, a drug with recreational and medicinal uses. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 16 February 2018: United States: Berkeley, California declares itself a sanctuary city for recreational cannabis 16 April 2017: Canada to legalise marijuana to ‘make it more difficult for kids to access’ 20 January 2017:…
Illinois high schools now required to buy insurance for athletes
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 This past Sunday, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill known as “Rocky’s Law” that requires Illinois high schools, through the local school district, to buy catastrophic injury insurance up to US$3 million or medical costs for up to five years, whichever one comes first, that covers student athletes….
Benefits And Requirements Of Closed Captioning
Read An Opinion On: Caudate Nucleus Mri Anatomy Closed captioning services are those sub titles that you see at the bottom of a movie, and sometimes in videos. If you are seeking information about closed captioning services, than you have come to the right place. Every file that you receive is secure, and of very…
U.S. superbug expected to emerge in Canada
Wednesday, January 3, 2007 An infectious superbug spreading in the United States is to “emerge in force” in Canada, doctors fear. The bacteria have been reported popping up in day care centers and locker rooms across the U.S. Usually elderly or very ill hospital patients get the disease. More than 2 million U.S. residents are…
West Papuans refugees forced to fly 4000ks despite tuberculosis fears
Friday, January 27, 2006 West Papuan asylum seekers, who arrived in Australia last week, were forced to make a 4000 kilometre journey to Christmas Island despite suspicions they had tuberculosis. The West Papuans were flown to Christmas Island on an RAAF Hercules last week. Two of the group, a man and his child, have now…
Sweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend
Monday, June 21, 2010 Sweden’s first royal wedding since 1976 took place Saturday when Crown Princess Victoria, 32, married her long-time boyfriend and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, 36. The ceremony took place at Stockholm Cathedral. Over 1,200 guests, including many rulers, politicians, royals and other dignitaries from across the world, attended the wedding, which…