Monday, January 24, 2005 TAIPEI, Taiwan — Members of the Taiwanese cabinet—the Executive Yuan Council—have resigned en masse to pave way for the new cabinet. It is not expected to cause any major change on Taipei’s policy toward Mainland China. “The cabinet has tendered its resignation,” Chen Chi-mai, spokesman for the cabinet, told a news […]

Monday, June 13, 2016 The following is the first edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: a former Republican congressman briefly joins the Libertarian Party and […]

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 A European Union-United States summit held in Slovenia produced a draft declaration outlining the groups’ future cooperation on climate change, energy security and financial stability. Yesterday was the final day of the summit, the last EU-US summit that US President George W. Bush will attend in his current role. Hopes of […]

This is the category for frogs. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 26 March 2020: Florida frog skull survey shows spikes, say scientists 17 December 2018: Fire breaks out at Chester Zoo, England 29 March 2013: Wikinews interviews American zoologists about pirate perches’ chemical camouflage 29 August 2010: Japanese researchers create smell sensor […]

Saturday, April 10, 2010 Embattled Canadian junior cabinet minister Helena Guergis has resigned her cabinet post and has been ejected from caucus today in Ottawa amid recent scandals involving herself and her husband, disgraced former Member of Parliament (MP) Rahim Jaffer. Guergis, Conservative MP for Simcoe-Grey, held the position as Minister of State for the […]

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 According to media reports, a Colombian air force AC-47 (registration FAC1670) spy plane carrying five people has crashed near the Colombian city of La Dorada, in the department of Caldas. All on board the plane are believed to have been killed, according to Colombia Reports. Among the dead, according to Monsters […]

Thursday, September 18, 2008 According to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), pirates have seized a Greek bulk carrier en route to Kenya with 25 crew on board in the Gulf of Aden some 370 kilometers from Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Noel Choong, who represents the International Maritime Bureau, advised ships traveling through the gulf […]