Five Reasons To Reduce Your Fast Food Consumption


Read An Opinion On: Lunchtime Website Lunchtime Site        By Kya Grace The fast food culture has totally plagued the society these days. Even though fast food is conveniently available, cheap and palatable but is not healthy. These reasons are not enough to intake a food that is unfit for human consumption. Listed below are five […]

Hotel fire kills at least seventeen in Karol Bagh, New Delhi


Wednesday, February 13, 2019 The Hotel Arpit Palace in the Karol Bagh area of the Indian capital, New Delhi, caught fire yesterday morning. At least seventeen people died and 35 were rescued, according to officials, some of whom were hospitalised. Many of the affected guests were Indian; the Myanma embassy confirmed two Buddhist pilgrims from […]

Stingray kills head diver of Underwater World Singapore


Friday, October 7, 2016 Following an accidental death at the closed Underwater World Singapore (UWS) aquarium in Sentosa on Tuesday, operations to relocate the facility’s animals have been suspended. Phillip Chan, 62, the head diver of the defunct facility, was moving stingrays in preparation for transfer to another aquarium when one of them stung him […]

Andrea Muizelaar on fashion, anorexia, and life after ‘Top Model’


Monday, November 26, 2007 In the 18 months since Andrea Muizelaar was crowned winner of the reality TV series Canada’s Next Top Model, her life has been a complete whirlwind. From working in a dollar store in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, to modeling haute couture in Toronto, she had reached her dream of becoming […]

Keep Your Pet Healthy Using Roswell Animal Hospitals


Read An Opinion On: Treatment For Acne Inversa Acne Inversa Surgery Cost Usa byadmin For most people their pet is considered to be another member of the family which means that they are concerned when that pet gets sick or injured. During times of crisis it is often difficult to decide where to turn when […]

Wikinews Shorts: February 6, 2009


A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, February 6, 2009. Contents 1 Clarkson calls British Prime Minister Gordon a ‘one-eyed Scottish idiot’ 2 U.S. gay spouses entitled to benefits, says judge 3 Royal Bank of Scotland fires non-execs 4 Icelandic retailer Baugur in trouble  Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs or add a new […]

Gastric bypass surgery performed by remote control


Sunday, August 21, 2005 A robotic system at Stanford Medical Center was used to perform a laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery successfully with a theoretically similar rate of complications to that seen in standard operations. However, as there were only 10 people in the experimental group (and another 10 in the control group), this is not […]

US unemployment rate reaches 9.8%


Friday, October 2, 2009 Companies in the United States are shedding more jobs, pushing the country’s unemployment rate to a 26-year high of 9.8%. The US Labor Department said on Friday that employers cut 263,000 jobs in September, with companies in the service industries — including banks, restaurants and retailers — hit especially hard. This […]

Nine jailed over sexual abuse in Bradford, England children’s home


Saturday, March 2, 2019 On Wednesday, nine men were jailed due to sexual abuse and rape of two teenage girls at a children’s home in Bradford, England. A tenth defendant was found not-guilty. The nine men were prosecuted for 22 different crimes. These included rape and inciting child prostitution. Judge Durham Hall QC said they […]

Man arrested in connection with Honolulu toddler death


Saturday, January 19, 2008 Matthew Higa, 23, has been arrested in connection with the death of a 23-month-old boy. Higa is alleged to have thrown the child from a pedestrian overpass into oncoming traffic on Honolulu’s H-1 Freeway. The local coroner’s office noted that the child died on impact after falling 30 feet (9 meters) […]