Friday, August 21, 2009
Stock indexes worldwide rose on Friday, after US bank chief Ben Bernanke said that the US economy was starting to recover from the recession.
Addressing a conference in Wyomi...
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Report urges Kenya to ban plastic bags
Wednesday, March 9, 2005File:Plastic bag stock sized.jpg
They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre ...
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Will Wikimedia “run on Sun”?
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.
An internal Wikimedia co...
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On the campaign trail, March 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
The following is the fifth in a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2012 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after a ...
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Neanderthals ‘knew what they were doing’: Archæologist Dr Naomi Martisius discusses her findings about Neanderthals’ behaviour with Wikinews
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Last month, a study conducted by archæologist Dr. Naomi Martisius and other researchers concluded Neanderthals living in Europe tens of thousands of years ago were more sophist...
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England: Multi-storey carpark in Liverpool gutted by fire, 1,300 vehicles destroyed
Thursday, January 4, 2018
A fire on Sunday night in the seven-storey carpark for the Echo Arena in Liverpool, England destroyed almost all the vehicles parked inside and led to cancellation of the f...
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Oil for food scandal: UN releases third report
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 ...
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Sweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend
Monday, June 21, 2010
Sweden's first royal wedding since 1976 took place Saturday when Crown Princess Victoria, 32, married her long-time boyfriend and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, 36. ...
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Google may shut down Chinese operations due to censorship and cyber attacks
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
The U.S.-based multibillion dollar online search engine, Google Incorporated, has announced Tuesday in a public statement on its official blog that the company has been t...
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Senate unanimously confirms Michael Griffin as new NASA head
Saturday, April 16, 2005 The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed on Wednsday the nomination of Dr. Michael Griffin to head the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), making him the 11th...
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