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There are currently 157 featured articles. These are sorted by date of publication.

28 March 2023: "Avast ye scurvy file sharers!": Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge
13 March 2023: Sydney, Australia woman who "spontaneously" murdered boyfriend in "fatal explosion of emotion" sentenced
16 January 2022: GSK rejects three Unilever bids to buy consumer healthcare arm, says unit was "fundamentally undervalued"
25 December 2020: '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
28 June 2020: Neanderthals 'knew what they were doing': Archæologist Dr Naomi Martisius discusses her findings about Neanderthals' behaviour with Wikinews
14 April 2020: Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
27 January 2019: Male Magellanic penguins pine for pairings: Wikinews interviews biologist Natasha Gownaris
10 January 2019: Wikinews investigates disappearance of Indonesian cargo ship Namse Bangdzod
29 November 2018: Wikinews attends 2018 Bangalore ComicCon
27 November 2016: Judge jails 'monstrous' London serial killer Stephen Port
7 September 2016: Pop culture celebrated at Fan Expo Canada 2016 in Toronto
31 March 2016: Wikinews interviews Rocky De La Fuente, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
13 December 2015: Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
12 October 2015: Wikinews interviews painter Pricasso on his art and freedom of expression
1 September 2015: Biologist Nick Bos tells Wikinews about 'self-medicating' ants
25 June 2015: Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
14 March 2015: Reflections, Lichtenstein, two new exhibitions at Edinburgh's Modern One
28 December 2014: AirAsia jet vanishes over Indonesia, 162 missing
7 November 2014: Edinburgh's 'Million Mask March' flies distinctly Scottish colours
23 October 2014: Wikinews interviews Kristian Hanson, producer-director of indie horror film 'Sledge'
27 August 2014: Wikinews wanders the Referendum-year Edinburgh Festival Fringe
10 May 2014: 300 protesters greet Farage's return to Edinburgh
22 April 2014: Glasgow cannabis enthusiasts celebrate 'green' on city green
29 March 2014: Wikinews interviews Indiana State Senator Mike Delph
5 March 2014: Wikinews interviews specialists on Russian intervention in Ukraine
11 February 2014: Wiki loves the European Parliament in Strasbourg
28 January 2014: Warhol's photo legacy spread by university exhibits
21 January 2014: Cold as ice: Wikinews interviews Marymegan Daly on unusual new sea anemone
21 January 2014: UK media apparently conflict with Scots law in Mikaeel Kular case
16 December 2013: Glasgow's Common Weal launch; 'Not me first. All of us first'
16 November 2013: Wikinews interviews academic Simon Ličen about attitudes towards US Paralympics
13 November 2013: ONCE defeats Getafe 86-36 in Spain's top level wheelchair basketball league
14 October 2013: Wikinews interviews meteorological experts on Cyclone Phalin
23 September 2013: Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad
13 September 2013: Wikinews interviews Dr. Michael Mazilu on creating world's fastest spinning manmade object
8 September 2013: Wikinews interviews Scott Lucas, Eyal Zisser, Majid Rafizadeh about risks of US military intervention in Syria
4 September 2013: Wikinews interviews Dr Thomas Scotto and Dr Steve Hewitt about potential US military intervention in Syria
1 September 2013: Maroochydore win 2013 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Grand Final
1 July 2013: Pride in London 2013: in pictures
12 June 2013: Wikinews interviews biologist Chris Simon about periodical cicadas
4 April 2013: North Korea's rising tensions: Wikinews interviews Scott Snyder and Dr Robert Kelly
31 March 2013: Thousands take to streets protesting 'ratbag's Bedroom Tax
26 February 2013: Wikinews interviews Irene Villa
20 February 2013: Spain starts 2013 IPC Alpine World Championships with first and fifth place finishes
7 February 2013: Same-sex marriage in the UK passes second reading in Commons
24 January 2013: Wikinews interviews Aurélien Miralles about Sirenoscincus mobydick species discovery
19 January 2013: Wikinews interviews Spain's most decorated Paralympian, Teresa Perales
8 January 2013: Three cities submit bids for 2020 Summer Olympics
4 January 2013: Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic wheelchair basketballer Shelley Chaplin
11 December 2012: Wikinews interviews Australian Paralympic skiers Jessica Gallagher and Eric Bickerton
10 December 2012: Wikinews interviews Australian blind Paralympic skier Melissa Perrine
7 September 2012: Wikinews interviews Duncan Campbell, co-founder of wheelchair rugby
6 September 2012: Wheelchair rugby gets underway at London Paralympics
3 September 2012: Wikinews interviews winner of 55 Paralympic medals, Trischa Zorn
20 May 2012: Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama
10 May 2012: No surprises for sport in 2012/2013 Australian federal budget
30 March 2012: US Senator Rand Paul blocks synthetic marijuana legislation
15 March 2012: Wikinews interviews New York bar owner on Santorum cocktail
14 March 2012: Sandra Fluke insists she will not be silenced
25 February 2012: Syrian citizen journalists risk death, targeted; city of Homs facing starvation
11 February 2012: Attention drawn to high suicide rates in Scotland, Russia, Australia
26 January 2012: 'Davos man' versus 'Camp Igloo'; 42nd World Economic Forum convenes in Swiss alps
25 January 2012: One year on: Egyptians mark anniversary of protests that toppled Mubarak
13 January 2012: Observing the 2012 Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the US, and wider world
22 December 2011: Cypriot court clears all of wrongdoing in Greek air disaster
21 December 2011: Wikinews interviews former Salt Lake City mayor and 2012 presidential candidate Rocky Anderson
1 December 2011: A portrait of Scotland: Gallery reopens after £17.6 million renovation
1 October 2011: 'Fascinating' and 'provocative' research examines genetic elements of bipolar, schizophrenia
10 September 2011: Out of space in outer space: Special report on NASA's 'space junk' plans
4 September 2011: Military plane crashes in Chilean Juan Fernández Archipelago; reports say no survivors
29 July 2011: National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
30 June 2011: Wikinews interviews US National Archives Wikipedian in Residence
7 April 2011: ACLU, EFF challenging US 'secret' court orders seeking Twitter data
12 March 2011: Special report on Japanese tsunami emergency in Pichilemu, Chile
5 December 2010: UK Parliament to vote on tuition fee rise on Thursday
1 December 2010: Latest 'CableGate' disclosures hint at US diplomatic tactics in Spain and beyond
24 October 2010: Wikinews investigates the reconstruction of Pichilemu, Chile after February earthquake
10 September 2010: BP report into Gulf of Mexico disaster lays blame on other contractors
30 August 2010: Teachers at Australian school shocked at no warning over redundancies, can apply before 'externals'
8 June 2010: Strike ballot to go ahead despite British Telecom's belated new pay offer
15 May 2010: Colegio Preciosa Sangre, Pichilemu, amidst other Chilean schools celebrate Student's Day
3 May 2010: Chilean earthquakes in the O'Higgins Region: photoessay
10 April 2010: Polish President Lech Kaczyński dies as his plane crashes in Russia
31 March 2010: Wikinews discusses H1N1 with the WHO
18 March 2010: Chilean earthquakes: in pictures
29 January 2010: Tony Blair tells Iraq Inquiry he would invade again
15 January 2010: Haitian earthquake: in pictures
15 January 2010: Haiti relief efforts: in depth
31 December 2009: Icelandic government passes Icesave deal; €12,000 debt per citizen
16 December 2009: Payment pending; Canadian recording industry set for six billion penalties?
10 November 2009: Creator of website satirizing Glenn Beck on winning domain name case
8 November 2009: China offers Africa financial aid including $10 billion in loans
5 November 2009: Thirteen dead, several wounded in Fort Hood, Texas shooting
2 November 2009: Karzai declared winner of Afghan elections, runoff polls cancelled
1 November 2009: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah withdraws from elections
29 October 2009: AFL provides insufficient support for European leagues: Germany
19 October 2009: Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
19 October 2009: US free speech lawyer Marc Randazza discusses Glenn Beck parody
20 August 2009: Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi released on compassionate grounds
11 August 2009: Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide
14 July 2009: U.K. National Portrait Gallery threatens U.S. citizen with legal action over Wikimedia images
10 May 2009: Past Eurovision contestants give advice to this year's performers, speculate on who will win
29 April 2009: Swine flu outbreaks appear globally; WHO raises pandemic alert level to 5
14 March 2009: US, UK investigators seek 777 engine redesign to stop repeat of London jet crash
2 February 2009: Eurovision '82 winner Nicole talks about 'Ein bißchen Frieden', her success and the Contest today
7 December 2008: British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
22 November 2008: US Nazi leader talks about Barack Obama, the economy and more
22 October 2008: 2008-09 Wikipedia for Schools goes online
10 October 2008: Global markets plunge
18 July 2008: Searching for asteroids, extraterrestrial life a little more rocky: Budget cuts threaten to close Arecibo, world's largest radio telescope
8 July 2008: Philippines ferry disaster: ship owner sues over toxic cargo; recovery deadline set & more
24 June 2008: City to sue owner of partially collapsed 19th century livery in Buffalo, New York
21 May 2008: UK minor faces charges for calling Scientology 'cult' at protest
16 May 2008: Asbestos controversy aboard Scientology ship Freewinds
23 April 2008: Pope Benedict XVI visit to the United States begins
18 April 2008: YouTube accounts of Scientology critics suspended
13 April 2008: Teräsbetoni frontman J. Ahola on representing Finland at Eurovision 2008 & more
13 April 2008: Wikinews interviews team behind the 2,000th featured Wikipedia article
26 March 2008: Popular soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' celebrates 35 years on the air
12 March 2008: One year on: IFALPA's representative to ICAO, pilot and lawyer on ongoing prosecution of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 pilot
26 February 2008: Lobby groups oppose plans for EU copyright extension
13 February 2008: Billy West, voice of Ren and Stimpy, Futurama, on the rough start that shaped his life
9 January 2008: Shimon Peres discusses the future of Israel
13 December 2007: Interview with Reggie Bibbs on his life with neurofibromatosis
3 December 2007: Al Sharpton speaks out on race, rights and what bothers him about his critics
20 November 2007: Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, on animal rights and the film about her life
8 November 2007: Satanism: An interview with Church of Satan High Priest Peter Gilmore
30 October 2007: ACLU President Strossen on religion, drugs, guns and impeaching George Bush
14 October 2007: Sam Brownback on running for President, gay rights, the Middle East and religion
6 October 2007: Dr. Joseph Merlino on sexuality, insanity, Freud, fetishes and apathy
30 September 2007: Interview with gay marriage movement founder Evan Wolfson
16 August 2007: Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
2 August 2007: Highway bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses
14 May 2007: Smoke from massive warehouse fire in Buffalo, New York USA can be seen 40 miles away
6 May 2007: Kenya Airways jet with at least 114 on board crashes
12 April 2007: Violence in Uganda over forest clearing proposal
22 March 2007: Mass wedding held against racism in Belgium
8 March 2007: DUP and Sinn Féin make gains in Northern Ireland Assembly election
6 March 2007: Broken stormwater drain led to Guatemala sinkhole
23 February 2007: Virgin train crashes in England
7 February 2007: Furry fans flock to Further Confusion 2007
17 January 2007: In the land of the open source elves: Interview with "Battle for Wesnoth" creator David White
3 November 2006: U.S. military tribunal law faces first court challenge
14 October 2006: "Friday the 13" Buffalo, New York snow storm in pictures
30 May 2006: Keep your eyes peeled for cosmic debris: Andrew Westphal about Stardust@home
16 March 2006: Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal threatened by possible lawsuit
13 February 2006: New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws
8 February 2006: Wikinews investigates Wikipedia usage by U.S. Senate staff members
13 January 2006: Distributed computing to get "interstellar project"
12 December 2005: Major explosions at UK oil depot
19 November 2005: Australian man to be executed in Singapore
25 October 2005: Anniversary of Tak Bai incident marked with lawsuits
11 July 2005: Pope John Paul II dies
8 July 2005: Coordinated terrorist attack hits London
2 July 2005: Entrepreneur's RFID chip implant to open doors, start car

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