Michael Jackson died
According to many sources, Michael Jackson the king of pop is dead. »»
Air France flight 447 missing with 228 people on board
An Air France Airbus which was flying from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappeared on the night of Sunday to Monday with 228 people on board. »»
Last Titanic survivor Millvina Dean dies
The last survivor of the ocean liner Titanic, which sank on in April 1912 making hundred of victims, died at a nursing home near Southampton, England at the age of 97. »»
Wikileaks claims news organisations pressured to remove articles on billionaire fraudster
Documents recently made public by the Internet site Wikileaks reveal that several large newspapers have removed or censored content related to the Iraqi-British fraudster Nadhmi Auchi, who has been publicly linked to Barack Obama via payments to former fundraiser, Antino "Tony" Rezko . A Guardian article, which no longer exists, stated that Auchi is also linked to senior members of the UK Labour Party. »»
US pastors plan to defy law and endorse candidates
The Alliance Defense Fund has called on 35 pastors across the country to break IRS tax laws and endorse presidential candidates during sermons. The pastors will draw on Bible passages tomorrow in a protest organized by the group of conservative Christian lawyers. »»
McCain and Obama face off in U.S. presidential candidate debate
The two major party presidential candidates in the US, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, faced each other in the first TV debate. Despite that McCain had asked to postpone the debate, both were present at the University of Mississippi. The debate, which was moderated by PBS' Jim Lehrer, was planned to be focused on foreign policy, however due to concerns about the US financial crisis, the debate began focused on economy. »»
Sun Microsystems cuts 6,000 jobs
California based Sun Microsystems yesterday announced that it was shedding 6,000 jobs, in a move that Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun, said was designed to "align Sun's business with global economic realities." »»
Nokia scales back prediction for global mobile phone sales
Mobile telephone company Nokia, the world's largest manufacturer of mobile telephones, based in Finland, has today lowered its forecasts for the number of mobile handsets to be sold in 2008 by 1.5%, due to the current economic crisis. »»
Several businesses catch fire in Queens, New York
Sunday, a fire rushed through seven businesses at the Whitestone Shopping Center in Whitestone, Queens, New York, near the Cross Island Parkway in New York City. »»
Bing, the new Microsoft search engine can be transformed into a porn site.
The new Microsoft search engine, Bing, which has just been released this morning, can be transformed into a porn video site in few clicks. »»
India's flag landed on Moon
At 8:34 pm Indian time Friday night (1504 UTC), India became the fourth country to land its flag on the Moon. The unmanned lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 ejected its Moon Impact Probe, which hurtled across the surface of the Moon at 1.5 kilometres per second (3000 miles per hour), and successfully crash landed near the Moon's south pole. Besides carrying three important scientific instruments, the lunar probe also carried the image of the Indian national flag, painted on all sides. »»
SpaceX rocket successfully orbits on fourth attempt
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) successfully launched and sent into orbit a Falcon 1 rocket, which was launched yesterday at 23:15 UTC from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. »»
Scotland's First Minister does comedy sketch for charity
In a reprise of the dour Presbyterian Minister character the Reverend I.M. Jolly, created by the late comedian Rikki Fulton, Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, took part in the BBC's annual charity appeal for Children in Need. »»
Hollywood legend Paul Newman dies of cancer age 83
American actor Paul Newman died on Friday at age 83. The star had been battling lung cancer since June 2008. He pulled out of directing a stage production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men in Connecticut because of unspecified health problems. »»
Man pulls a 126,292-pound truck over 137 feet, sets world record
Canadian Reverend Kevin Fast has set a new record in the "heaviest vehicle pulled over 100 feet", beating his previous best. The record was set on "Live's Guinness World Record Breaker Week", an annual feature on the American talk show program Live with Regis and Kelly. »»
United Kingdom to introduce graphic images on cigarette packets
The United Kingdom is set to become the second European country to place graphic images on cigarette packets. 15 different images are to be placed on the packs of all brands of cigarettes. They will be introduced on October 1st. The images will be introduced onto all other forms of tobacco by 2010. »»
Contaminated baby's milk induces wave of child illness in China
Almost 13,000 children in China have fallen sick in a wave of sickness caused by baby's milk contaminated with melamine, a banned chemical which can cause kidney stones, irritation, and ulcers. Most of the sickened children are infants two years or younger, and four children have died from the chemical so far. »»
Dead body left in UK hospital alongside living patients for seven hours
A dead body was left in a ward in Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland for seven hours before it was removed. »»
Roland Garros Results: Federer Vs Soderling 6-1, 7-6, 6-4
Federer Won today the 2009 roland garros title by winning against Soderling 6-1, 7-6, 6-4. This is the first Roland Garros title for Roger Federer. »»
Roland Garros Women's Final: Kuznetsova Vs Safina 6-4, 6-2
Today, played in the women's final game in Roland Garros, world number 1 Dinara Safina against Svetlana Kuznetsova, both players are from Russia and it's their first Grand Slam final one against the other. »»
Roland Garros Results: Federer Vs Del Potro 3-6, 7-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
In the second semi final in roland garros today, Roger Federer faced today Juan martin Del Potro in the central court. »»
Internet video showing Kenyan witch-hunter blessing Palin
A embarrassing video showing the republican vice-president nominee being blessed by a Kenyan witch-hunter emerged this week on the internet. »»
Rumors of Oprah Winfrey's death a hoax
Internet users, as well as editors making edits on Wikinews and Wikipedia, have been the victims of a recent hoax that talk show host Oprah Winfrey has been found dead in her Chicago, Illinois home. The rumors are considered to be a hoax, connected with the online group known as Anonymous. Other reports say that the website 4chan.org is responsible for starting the rumor which began to spread quickly over the Internet. The rumors started after a statement Winfrey made on a recent show, defending a United States Senate bill against pedophiles and child rapists saying a pedophile group has "over 9,000 penises" harming children. She was referring to a comment left on her website by an anonymous person claiming to be a pedophile. Wikinews can confirm through anonymous sources that the rumor was started by the group Anonymous and the website 4chan. »»
Flight lands safely using mobile phone text message
In November 2007, a twin engine 30 year old Piper aircraft lost all electrical power on board shortly after departing from Kerry airport, Ireland for a flight to Jersey. Without any electrical power, the pilot was unable to use his radio to contact air traffic control. He was briefly able to re-establish contact with the tower using his cell phone, but that was also disrupted. »»