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There are currently 157 featured articles. These are sorted by date of publication.
17 February 2025:
Sydney, Australia woman who "spontaneously" murdered boyfriend in "fatal explosion of emotion" sentenced
17 February 2025:
GSK rejects three Unilever bids to buy consumer healthcare arm, says unit was "fundamentally undervalued"
17 February 2025:
'Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres': MIT professor Dr Seager tells Wikinews about her research on organisms thriving in oxygen-less environment
17 February 2025:
Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
17 February 2025:
Neanderthals 'knew what they were doing': Archæologist Dr Naomi Martisius discusses her findings about Neanderthals' behaviour with Wikinews
17 February 2025:
Wikinews attends 2018 Bangalore ComicCon
17 February 2025:
Male Magellanic penguins pine for pairings: Wikinews interviews biologist Natasha Gownaris
17 February 2025:
Wikinews investigates disappearance of Indonesian cargo ship Namse Bangdzod
17 February 2025:
Judge jails 'monstrous' London serial killer Stephen Port
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Rocky De La Fuente, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
17 February 2025:
Pop culture celebrated at Fan Expo Canada 2016 in Toronto
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression
17 February 2025:
Biologist Nick Bos tells Wikinews about 'self-medicating' ants
17 February 2025:
Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
17 February 2025:
Reflections, Lichtenstein, two new exhibitions at Edinburgh's Modern One
17 February 2025:
AirAsia jet vanishes over Indonesia, 162 missing
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Kristian Hanson, producer-director of indie horror film 'Sledge'
17 February 2025:
Edinburgh's 'Million Mask March' flies distinctly Scottish colours
17 February 2025:
Wikinews wanders the Referendum-year Edinburgh Festival Fringe
17 February 2025:
300 protesters greet Farage's return to Edinburgh
17 February 2025:
Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate 'green' on city green
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Indiana State Senator Mike Delph
17 February 2025:
Wiki loves the European Parliament in Strasbourg
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews specialists on Russian intervention in Ukraine
17 February 2025:
UK media apparently conflict with Scots law in Mikaeel Kular case
17 February 2025:
Cold as ice: Wikinews interviews Marymegan Daly on unusual new sea anemone
17 February 2025:
Warhol's photo legacy spread by university exhibits
17 February 2025:
Glasgow's Common Weal launch; 'Not me first. All of us first'
17 February 2025:
ONCE defeats Getafe 86-36 in Spain's top level wheelchair basketball league
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews academic Simon Ličen about attitudes towards US Paralympics
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews meteorological experts on Cyclone Phalin
17 February 2025:
Pride in London 2013: in pictures
17 February 2025:
Maroochydore win 2013 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Grand Final
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Dr Thomas Scotto and Dr Steve Hewitt about potential US military intervention in Syria
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Scott Lucas, Eyal Zisser, Majid Rafizadeh about risks of US military intervention in Syria
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Dr. Michael Mazilu on creating world's fastest spinning manmade object
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews biologist Chris Simon about periodical cicadas
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Irene Villa
17 February 2025:
Thousands take to streets protesting 'ratbag's Bedroom Tax
17 February 2025:
North Korea's rising tensions: Wikinews interviews Scott Snyder and Dr Robert Kelly
17 February 2025:
Spain starts 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships with first and fifth place finishes
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketballer Shelley Chaplin
17 February 2025:
Three cities submit bids for 2020 Summer Olympics
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Spain's most decorated Paralympian, Teresa Perales
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Aurélien Miralles about Sirenoscincus mobydick species discovery
17 February 2025:
Same-sex marriage in the UK passes second reading in Commons
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Australian blind Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic skiers Jessica Gallagher and Eric Bickerton
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews winner of 55 Paralympic medals, Trischa Zorn
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews Duncan Campbell, co-founder of wheelchair rugby
17 February 2025:
Wheelchair rugby gets underway at London Paralympics
17 February 2025:
No surprises for sport in 2012/2013 Australian federal budget
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama
17 February 2025:
US Senator Rand Paul blocks synthetic marijuana legislation
17 February 2025:
Syrian citizen journalists risk death, targeted; city of Homs facing starvation
17 February 2025:
Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews New York bar owner on Santorum cocktail
17 February 2025:
Attention drawn to high suicide rates in Scotland, Russia, Australia
17 February 2025:
Observing the 2012 Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the US, and wider world
17 February 2025:
'Davos man' versus 'Camp Igloo'; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
17 February 2025:
One year on: Egyptians mark anniversary of protests that toppled Mubarak
17 February 2025:
A portrait of Scotland: Gallery reopens after £17.6 million renovation
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky Anderson
17 February 2025:
Cypriot court clears all of wrongdoing in Greek air disaster
17 February 2025:
National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
17 February 2025:
Military plane crashes in Chilean Juan Fernández Archipelago; reports say no survivors
17 February 2025:
Out of space in outer space: Special report on NASA's 'space junk' plans
17 February 2025:
'Fascinating' and 'provocative' research examines genetic elements of bipolar, schizophrenia
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews US National Archives Wikipedian in Residence
17 February 2025:
Special report on Japanese tsunami emergency in Pichilemu, Chile
17 February 2025:
ACLU, EFF challenging US 'secret' court orders seeking Twitter data
17 February 2025:
Latest 'CableGate' disclosures hint at US diplomatic tactics in Spain and beyond
17 February 2025:
UK Parliament to vote on tuition fee rise on Thursday
17 February 2025:
Wikinews investigates the reconstruction of Pichilemu, Chile after February earthquake
17 February 2025:
Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before 'externals'
17 February 2025:
BP report into Gulf of Mexico disaster lays blame on other contractors
17 February 2025:
Colegio Preciosa Sangre, Pichilemu, amidst other Chilean schools celebrate Student's Day
17 February 2025:
Strike ballot to go ahead despite British Telecom's belated new pay offer
17 February 2025:
Polish President Lech Kaczyński dies as his plane crashes in Russia
17 February 2025:
Chilean earthquakes in the O'Higgins Region: photoessay
17 February 2025:
Tony Blair tells Iraq Inquiry he would invade again
17 February 2025:
Wikinews discusses H1N1 with the WHO
17 February 2025:
Chilean earthquakes: in pictures
17 February 2025:
China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans
17 February 2025:
Creator of website satirizing Glenn Beck on winning domain name case
17 February 2025:
Payment pending; Canadian recording industry set for six billion penalties?
17 February 2025:
Icelandic government passes Icesave deal; €12,000 debt per citizen
17 February 2025:
Haiti relief efforts: in depth
17 February 2025:
Haitian earthquake: in pictures
17 February 2025:
Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
17 February 2025:
US free speech lawyer Marc Randazza discusses Glenn Beck parody
17 February 2025:
AFL provides insufficient support for European leagues: Germany
17 February 2025:
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah withdraws from elections
17 February 2025:
Karzai declared winner of Afghan elections, runoff polls cancelled
17 February 2025:
Thirteen dead, several wounded in Fort Hood, Texas shooting
17 February 2025:
Swine flu outbreaks appear globally; WHO raises pandemic alert level to 5
17 February 2025:
Past Eurovision contestants give advice to this year's performers, speculate on who will win
17 February 2025:
U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
17 February 2025:
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi released on compassionate grounds
17 February 2025:
Eurovision '82 winner Nicole talks about 'Ein bißchen Frieden', her success and the Contest today
17 February 2025:
US, UK investigators seek 777 engine redesign to stop repeat of London jet crash
17 February 2025:
Global markets plunge
17 February 2025:
2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
17 February 2025:
US Nazi leader talks about Barack Obama, the economy and more
17 February 2025:
British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
17 February 2025:
Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world's largest radio telescope
17 February 2025:
Philippines ferry disaster: ship owner sues over toxic cargo; recovery deadline set & more
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews team behind the 2,000th featured Wikipedia article
17 February 2025:
Pope Benedict XVI visit to the United States begins
17 February 2025:
YouTube accounts of Scientology critics suspended
17 February 2025:
Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
17 February 2025:
UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest
17 February 2025:
City to sue owner of partially collapsed 19th century livery in Buffalo, New York
17 February 2025:
Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide
17 February 2025:
Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life
17 February 2025:
Lobby groups oppose plans for EU copyright extension
17 February 2025:
One year on: IFALPA's representative to ICAO, pilot and lawyer on ongoing prosecution of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 pilot
17 February 2025:
Popular soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' celebrates 35 years on the air
17 February 2025:
Teräsbetoni frontman J. Ahola on representing Finland at Eurovision 2008 & more
17 February 2025:
Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
17 February 2025:
Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel
17 February 2025:
Interview with gay marriage movement founder Evan Wolfson
17 February 2025:
Dr. Joseph Merlino on sexuality, insanity, Freud, fetishes and apathy
17 February 2025:
Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion
17 February 2025:
Interview with Reggie Bibbs on his life with neurofibromatosis
17 February 2025:
ACLU President Strossen on religion, drugs, guns and impeaching George Bush
17 February 2025:
Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore
17 February 2025:
Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, on animal rights and the film about her life
17 February 2025:
Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
17 February 2025:
Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses
17 February 2025:
Kenya Airways jet with at least 114 on board crashes
17 February 2025:
Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away
17 February 2025:
Virgin train crashes in England
17 February 2025:
Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole
17 February 2025:
DUP and Sinn Féin make gains in Northern Ireland Assembly election
17 February 2025:
Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium
17 February 2025:
Violence in Uganda over forest clearing proposal
17 February 2025:
Furry fans flock to Further Confusion 2007
17 February 2025:
"Friday the 13" Buffalo, New York snow storm in pictures
17 February 2025:
U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge
17 February 2025:
"Avast ye scurvy file sharers!": Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge
17 February 2025:
Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris: Andrew Westphal about Stardust@home
17 February 2025:
In the land of the open source elves: Interview with "Battle for Wesnoth" creator David White
17 February 2025:
New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws
17 February 2025:
Wikinews investigates Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff members
17 February 2025:
Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal threatened by possible lawsuit
17 February 2025:
Anniversary of Tak Bai incident marked with lawsuits
17 February 2025:
Australian man to be executed in Singapore
17 February 2025:
Major explosions at UK oil depot
17 February 2025:
Distributed computing to get "interstellar project"
17 February 2025:
Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
17 February 2025:
Pope John Paul II dies
17 February 2025:
Entrepreneur's RFID chip implant to open doors, start car
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"Friday the 13" Buffalo, New York snow storm in pictures
'Davos man' versus 'Camp Igloo'; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
'Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres': MIT professor Dr Seager tells Wikinews about her research on organisms thriving in oxygen-less environment
'Fascinating' and 'provocative' research examines genetic elements of bipolar, schizophrenia
2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
300 protesters greet Farage's return to Edinburgh
A portrait of Scotland: Gallery reopens after £17.6 million renovation
ACLU President Strossen on religion, drugs, guns and impeaching George Bush
ACLU, EFF challenging US 'secret' court orders seeking Twitter data
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah withdraws from elections
AFL provides insufficient support for European leagues: Germany
AirAsia jet vanishes over Indonesia, 162 missing
Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
Anniversary of Tak Bai incident marked with lawsuits
Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
Attention drawn to high suicide rates in Scotland, Russia, Australia
Australian man to be executed in Singapore
"Avast ye scurvy file sharers!": Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge
Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life
Biologist Nick Bos tells Wikinews about 'self-medicating' ants
BP report into Gulf of Mexico disaster lays blame on other contractors
British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole
Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal threatened by possible lawsuit
Chilean earthquakes in the O'Higgins Region: photoessay
Chilean earthquakes: in pictures
China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans
City to sue owner of partially collapsed 19th century livery in Buffalo, New York
Cold as ice: Wikinews interviews Marymegan Daly on unusual new sea anemone
Colegio Preciosa Sangre, Pichilemu, amidst other Chilean schools celebrate Student's Day
Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
Creator of website satirizing Glenn Beck on winning domain name case
Cypriot court clears all of wrongdoing in Greek air disaster
Distributed computing to get "interstellar project"
Dr. Joseph Merlino on sexuality, insanity, Freud, fetishes and apathy
DUP and Sinn Féin make gains in Northern Ireland Assembly election
Edinburgh's 'Million Mask March' flies distinctly Scottish colours
Entrepreneur's RFID chip implant to open doors, start car
Eurovision '82 winner Nicole talks about 'Ein bißchen Frieden', her success and the Contest today
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Furry fans flock to Further Confusion 2007
Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate 'green' on city green
Glasgow's Common Weal launch; 'Not me first. All of us first'
Global markets plunge
GSK rejects three Unilever bids to buy consumer healthcare arm, says unit was "fundamentally undervalued"
Haiti relief efforts: in depth
Haitian earthquake: in pictures
Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses
Icelandic government passes Icesave deal; €12,000 debt per citizen
In the land of the open source elves: Interview with "Battle for Wesnoth" creator David White
Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, on animal rights and the film about her life
Interview with gay marriage movement founder Evan Wolfson
Interview with Reggie Bibbs on his life with neurofibromatosis
Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
Judge jails 'monstrous' London serial killer Stephen Port
Karzai declared winner of Afghan elections, runoff polls cancelled
Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris: Andrew Westphal about Stardust@home
Kenya Airways jet with at least 114 on board crashes
Latest 'CableGate' disclosures hint at US diplomatic tactics in Spain and beyond
Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
Lobby groups oppose plans for EU copyright extension
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi released on compassionate grounds
Major explosions at UK oil depot
Male Magellanic penguins pine for pairings: Wikinews interviews biologist Natasha Gownaris
Maroochydore win 2013 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Grand Final
Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium
Military plane crashes in Chilean Juan Fernández Archipelago; reports say no survivors
National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
Neanderthals 'knew what they were doing': Archæologist Dr Naomi Martisius discusses her findings about Neanderthals' behaviour with Wikinews
New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws
No surprises for sport in 2012/2013 Australian federal budget
North Korea's rising tensions: Wikinews interviews Scott Snyder and Dr Robert Kelly
Observing the 2012 Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the US, and wider world
ONCE defeats Getafe 86-36 in Spain's top level wheelchair basketball league
One year on: Egyptians mark anniversary of protests that toppled Mubarak
One year on: IFALPA's representative to ICAO, pilot and lawyer on ongoing prosecution of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 pilot
Out of space in outer space: Special report on NASA's 'space junk' plans
Past Eurovision contestants give advice to this year's performers, speculate on who will win
Payment pending; Canadian recording industry set for six billion penalties?
Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
Philippines ferry disaster: ship owner sues over toxic cargo; recovery deadline set & more
Polish President Lech Kaczyński dies as his plane crashes in Russia
Pop culture celebrated at Fan Expo Canada 2016 in Toronto
Pope Benedict XVI visit to the United States begins
Pope John Paul II dies
Popular soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' celebrates 35 years on the air
Pride in London 2013: in pictures
Reflections, Lichtenstein, two new exhibitions at Edinburgh's Modern One
Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion
Same-sex marriage in the UK passes second reading in Commons
Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced
Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore
Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world's largest radio telescope
Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel
Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away
Spain starts 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships with first and fifth place finishes
Special report on Japanese tsunami emergency in Pichilemu, Chile
Strike ballot to go ahead despite British Telecom's belated new pay offer
Swine flu outbreaks appear globally; WHO raises pandemic alert level to 5
Sydney, Australia woman who "spontaneously" murdered boyfriend in "fatal explosion of emotion" sentenced
Syrian citizen journalists risk death, targeted; city of Homs facing starvation
Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before 'externals'
Teräsbetoni frontman J. Ahola on representing Finland at Eurovision 2008 & more
Thirteen dead, several wounded in Fort Hood, Texas shooting
Thousands take to streets protesting 'ratbag's Bedroom Tax
Three cities submit bids for 2020 Summer Olympics
Tony Blair tells Iraq Inquiry he would invade again
U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge
UK media apparently conflict with Scots law in Mikaeel Kular case
UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest
UK Parliament to vote on tuition fee rise on Thursday
US free speech lawyer Marc Randazza discusses Glenn Beck parody
US Nazi leader talks about Barack Obama, the economy and more
US Senator Rand Paul blocks synthetic marijuana legislation
US, UK investigators seek 777 engine redesign to stop repeat of London jet crash
Violence in Uganda over forest clearing proposal
Virgin train crashes in England
Warhol's photo legacy spread by university exhibits
Wheelchair rugby gets underway at London Paralympics
Wiki loves the European Parliament in Strasbourg
Wikinews attends 2018 Bangalore ComicCon
Wikinews discusses H1N1 with the WHO
Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide
Wikinews interviews academic Simon Ličen about attitudes towards US Paralympics
Wikinews interviews Aurélien Miralles about Sirenoscincus mobydick species discovery
Wikinews interviews Australian blind Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine
Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic skiers Jessica Gallagher and Eric Bickerton
Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketballer Shelley Chaplin
Wikinews interviews biologist Chris Simon about periodical cicadas
Wikinews interviews Dr Thomas Scotto and Dr Steve Hewitt about potential US military intervention in Syria
Wikinews interviews Dr. Michael Mazilu on creating world's fastest spinning manmade object
Wikinews interviews Duncan Campbell, co-founder of wheelchair rugby
Wikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky Anderson
Wikinews interviews Indiana State Senator Mike Delph
Wikinews interviews Irene Villa
Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama
Wikinews interviews Kristian Hanson, producer-director of indie horror film 'Sledge'
Wikinews interviews meteorological experts on Cyclone Phalin
Wikinews interviews New York bar owner on Santorum cocktail
Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression
Wikinews interviews Rocky De La Fuente, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
Wikinews interviews Scott Lucas, Eyal Zisser, Majid Rafizadeh about risks of US military intervention in Syria
Wikinews interviews Spain's most decorated Paralympian, Teresa Perales
Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad
Wikinews interviews specialists on Russian intervention in Ukraine
Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
Wikinews interviews team behind the 2,000th featured Wikipedia article
Wikinews interviews US National Archives Wikipedian in Residence
Wikinews interviews winner of 55 Paralympic medals, Trischa Zorn
Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
Wikinews investigates disappearance of Indonesian cargo ship Namse Bangdzod
Wikinews investigates the reconstruction of Pichilemu, Chile after February earthquake
Wikinews investigates Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff members
Wikinews wanders the Referendum-year Edinburgh Festival Fringe
YouTube accounts of Scientology critics suspended
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