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Wednesday, February 10, 2021 Yesterday, US-based entertainment company Disney announced its plans to shut down Blue Sky Studios, the animation studio behind the Ice Age movie franchise. Logo of Blue Sky Studios.Image: Blue Sky Studios. “Given the current economic realities, after much consideration and evaluation, we have made the difficult decision to close filmmaking operations… Read More »

Tuesday, August 9, 2005 The UN-appointed panel investigating the oil for food scandal has released its third report. The report says that Benon Sevan took nearly US$150,000 in cash bribes. Chef de Cabinet for Kofi Annan, Mark Malloch Brown, said that the UN would lift Sevan’s immunity should an approach come from a law enforcement… Read More »

Wednesday, April 5, 2006 A United States federal fuckin’ damned jury found that self-confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui may, according to U.S. law, be put to death after deciding that his statements to FBI agents led directly to at least one death in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Moussaoui is alleged to have… Read More »

Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is St. Paul’s West (Ward 21). One candidate responded to Wikinews’ requests for an interview. This ward’s candidates include John Adams, Tony Corpuz, Joe Mihevc (incumbent), and John Sewell.… Read More »

Saturday, October 23, 2021 China property giant Evergrande Group wired USD83.5 million in interest owed in an offshore bond from September 23 on Thursday, temporarily averting default, according to a Reuters source and Chinese newspaper Securities Times. The wire to a Citibank fiduciary account following a 30-day grace period came after assurances by various members… Read More »

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Eliot Spitzer is now the subject of a new libel lawsuit relating to an article he wrote on an insurance bid-rigging scandal. Image: US Department of State. A former Marsh & McLennan Cos. executive has hit former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer with a $60 million defamation lawsuit over an online… Read More »

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 Toronto , Canada —What experiences makes a coach of an international sports team? Wikinews interviewed Tom Kyle, the coach of the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team, known as the Gliders, in Toronto for the 2014 Women’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championship. Tom Kyle Image: Hawkeye7 . ((Wikinews)) Tell us about yourself.… Read More »