Wikinews’ overview of the year 2007 January 31, 2023 Monday, December 31, 2007 What would you tell your grandchildren about 2007 if they asked you about it in, let’s say, 20 year’s time?… Read More
Oil in Alberta spill may be carcinogenic January 30, 2023 Wednesday, August 10, 2005 The province of Alberta, Canada is considering legal action against Canadian National Railway for failing to warn that a derailment… Read More
Australian health workers to close intensive care units in Victoria next week January 26, 2023 Thursday, March 13, 2008 Members of Australia’s Health Services Union (HSU) will go on strike in Victoria next week in a dispute over stalled… Read More
World Cup qualifier may be affected by London Underground strike January 23, 2023 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 In the United Kingdom, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) began a work stoppage at 19:00… Read More
House fire in Bristol, England kills two January 23, 2023 Sunday, March 20, 2011 A house fire in Bristol, England has caused the deaths of two brothers, identified as Charlie, aged five, and seven-year-old… Read More
Altered HIV a potential cancer treatment? January 22, 2023 Wednesday, February 16, 2005 At UCLA, a team of researchers has developed a harmless version of HIV that is designed to seek out, and… Read More
Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control January 21, 2023 Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically… Read More
U.S. February budget deficit is largest on record January 20, 2023 Saturday, March 12, 2011 The U.S. Treasury Department reported the government posted a monthly budget deficit of US$222.5 billion in February, the largest monthly… Read More
Enron founder Ken Lay dies in Aspen, Colorado January 20, 2023 Wednesday, July 5, 2006 Kenneth L. Lay, the Enron ex-chief executive and ex-chair, died early Wednesday morning at his vacation home at the age… Read More
Somali pirates hijack Indonesian tugboat and Turkish container ship January 16, 2023 Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Two more vessels have been hijacked in Somalia. Pirates have captured an Indonesian tugboat with a barge that was working… Read More