Businesses and individuals worldwide to turn lights off as part of Earth Hour 2009

Friday, March 27, 2009 Earth Hour 2009 takes place Saturday, March 28, 2009 between 8:30 to 9:30 pm local time when communities will participate by turning out their lights starting in New Zealand and progressing along time zones around the world. Earth Hour began as a symbolic initiative against global warming by the World Wide […]

Fake impotence drugs linked to low blood sugar outbreak

Thursday, February 12, 2009 An article in the February 12 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reports on an unusual cause for an outbreak of low blood sugar among men in Singapore: illegal use of sexual performance enhancement drugs that were contaminated with a diabetes drug. Between January and May 2008, 149 men […]

Ease The Pain Without Addiction At The Back &Amp; Neck Care Center

Here’s An Opinion On: Best Sweaty Palms And Feet Cure byAlma Abell Back and neck injuries happen quite often. A fall or car accident can cause serious issues that can lead to long-lasting pain in the back and neck. Even poor posture can lead to serious issues in these areas. Far too often, these injuries […]

Australian Senator arrives at Parliament dressed as a beer bottle

Thursday, March 13, 2008 Family First Senator Steve Fielding arrived at Parliament today, dressed as a beer bottle to raise awareness of a bill he intends to move in the Senate today. Senator Fielding will introduce a bill to establish a nationwide refund scheme for bottles and cans. A similar scheme has operated in South […]

Chesapeake Bay Program issues first-ever water quality forecast

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 For the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States, a first-time-ever “water quality forecast” was issued Monday for the upcoming summer season by the Chesapeake Bay Program. The eastern mid-Atlantic region’s heavy spring rainfalls are predicted to increase nutrient levels in bay waters, leading to oxygen eating algae blooms […]

UN agency condemns new Afghan “Shia family law”

Wednesday, April 1, 2009 An act signed into law by Afghan President Hamid Karzai last month dramatically rolled back the rights of women in that country, according to human rights groups and a United Nations report on the bill by the United Nations Development Fund for Women. The Afghan government has not provided a copy […]

I Am In My 40s. Do I Need Financial Advice?

Here’s An Opinion On: Property Investment Tax Advice In Canberra Parents are getting older• Parents need to look at aged care; I don’t know where to start?• I’d like to help talking to my parents about their wills, I’m worried the arrangements they have in place aren’t optimal!• It’s likely I’m going to inherit a […]

Toronto’s Anime North 2019 brings thousands of fans together

Friday, May 31, 2019 Many thousands of anime and manga fans descended on the Toronto Congress Centre for Anime North, a fan-run convention launched in 1997. Spread between four venues over three days, May 24 to 26, the event featured J-pop maid idols, voice actors, writers, and more. Wikinews attended. Despite the ample indoor spaces, […]

Explosion in Turkey kills seventeen

Saturday, August 2, 2008 Reuters, AFP, the Associated Press are reporting that a gas explosion in a Turkish school killed at least seventeen girls Friday. Reuters reports the initial death toll at sixteen, with 27 injured. The number of deaths later rose to 17 when a body was removed from the rubble. Two survivors were […]

What Is Music &Amp; How Did Music Begin?

Here’s An Opinion On: Aria What Is Music & How Did Music Begin? by Duane Shinn Music has been defined in hundreds of ways, including: “An art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color.” “The art of arranging sounds in time […]