BDSM as business: An interview with the owners of a dungeon
Sunday, October 21, 2007 “If you get in here,” says Bill, “and say, ‘Listen. I want to suspend this girl, and I want to spank her until she’s black and blue, and I have a girl that wants to do that, I probably–when I met her and interviewed her, I probably would have told her, […]
Continue Reading...Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal
Monday, January 26, 2009 Half a million participated in anti-China demonstrations on October 25, 2008 (“1025 demonstration”) in Taiwan.Image: MiNe. On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people’s court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal which killed at least six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 others. […]
Continue Reading...Eleven children injured in Scottish school shooting; two teenagers detained
Thursday, February 24, 2011 Two individuals are in custody after eleven secondary school students were injured in a firearms incident near a school Auchinleck Academy, in East Ayrshire, Scotland, yesterday afternoon. Police have said they are carrying out “extensive enquiries” into the incident, which reportedly involved an air gun or BB gun. I wasn’t really […]
Continue Reading...Spokesman: Saudi government donating US$50 million to Haiti
Monday, January 25, 2010 According to a Saudi Arabian foreign ministry spokesman, his country’s government is donating US$50 million worth of aid to Haiti to help the victims of the January 12 earthquake there, which killed at least 150,000 people and left hundreds of thousands without homes. The donation, which is said by Agence France-Presse […]
Continue Reading...50 Italian parliamentarians call for global summit for “a new financial architecture”
Thursday, March 17, 2005 Italian parliamentarians call for global summit A letter and motion to be debated by Italian Parliament this week calls for action to address speculative bubbles and potential future financial crashes in the global economy. The motion asks for a global summit similar to the 1944 Bretton Woods United Nations Monetary and […]
Continue Reading...Pakistan security forces airstrikes kill several Taliban militants
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 File photo of Ashfaq Kayani, Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. Image: U.S. Navy. Pakistan security forces attacked Taliban strongholds in northwest Pakistan yesterday. Aided by fighter jets and gunship helicopters they claim to have killed 21 Taliban militants in Kurram and Bajaur. The offensive targeted the remote town […]
Continue Reading...Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Family Coalition Party candidate Bob Innes, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
Monday, October 1, 2007 Robert (Bob) Innes is running for the Family Coalition Party in the Ontario provincial election, in the Hamilton East—Stoney Creek riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign. Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect […]
Continue Reading...MG Rover sold to Nanjing Auto
A popular MG model: The TF. Friday, July 22, 2005 Administrators PriceWaterHouseCoopers (PWC) have announced that the British car company MG Rover and its engine manufacturer Powertrain Ltd has been sold to Chinese company Nanjing Automobile for an unknown sum of money. The company beat bids from Shanghai Automotive (SAIC), despite being the smaller of […]
Continue Reading...Airborne sedan smashes into dental office in Santa Ana, California, US
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 A car accident involving the car occupants and a dentist’s office happened on Sunday night in Santa Ana, California. A white Nissan sedan which was apparently driving too fast hit the raised concrete median on the road, after which it was launched into the air, slamming straight into the wall of […]
Continue Reading...Gay Talese on the state of journalism, Iraq and his life
Saturday, October 27, 2007 Talese at home: “You must have a human spirit unmatched since Billy Graham made his first speech! I mean you have to have a real conscience, social conscience, to care [about the Iraq war]. Where are the protests coming out of the Ivy League or the University of Alabama? They’re not […]
Continue Reading...