Canada to legalise marijuana to ‘make it more difficult for kids to access’
Canada to legalise marijuana to ‘make it more difficult for kids to access’

Sunday, April 16, 2017 In order to put the cannabis drug (marijuana) out of reach of minors, the Canadian federal government announced a bill to legalise cannabis for the age group of eighteen and above, on Thursday. The bill would allow adults to possess cannabis publicly, previously a criminal offence. Canada’s health minister Jane Philpott […]

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Jury acquits three in Politkovskaya murder trial
Jury acquits three in Politkovskaya murder trial

Friday, February 20, 2009File:Anna Politkovskaya byZelenskaya.jpg On Thursday three individuals accused of involvement in the October 2006 killing of journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya were acquitted by a 12-person Russian jury. Not present for the trial nor among the defendants was Rustam Makhmudov, the accused trigger man, suspected to be hiding out abroad. […]

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Wikinews Shorts: June 4, 2007
Wikinews Shorts: June 4, 2007

A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, June 4, 2007. MediaCorp Radio in Singapore has been fined 15,000 Singaporean dollars (US$9,800) over an on-air stunt in March in which female guests on a radio show were asked to remove their brassieres, and pose for video that was to be posted on the station’s website and […]

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