Thursday, October 16, 2008 NYMEX/WTI: $70.61/barrel $-3.93 (-5.27%) ICE/Brent: $65.43/barrel $-4.15 (-5.96%) 16:00, 16 October 2008 (UTC) Prices displayed in U.S. dollars. International oil prices sank on Thursday as investors worried that a looming global recession will lower demand. Crude oil for future delivery fell to below US$71 a barrel in electronic trading on the […]
Briscoe scores first NASCAR Xfinity win of season at Iowa
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Australia sends more troops to Afghanistan
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 The Australian government has confirmed it will send an extra 200 troops to Afghanistan as part of a security and reconstruction team. Prime Minister John Howard says troops will leave from late July and will spend about two years in Afghanistan separate from the Special Forces and commandos already serving there. […]
Wikinews interviews three figures from Donald Trump’s political past
Sunday, March 13, 2016 Wikinews spoke with three people associated with the early political career of U.S. businessman Donald Trump, the front-runner for the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Those interviewed include longtime political operative Roger Stone, a close associate of Trump and director of Trump’s 2000 presidential exploratory committee; journalist Dave Shiflett, co-writer of […]
Interview with U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Tom Tancredo has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1999, representing the 6th Congressional District of Colorado. He rose to national prominence for his strong stance against illegal immigration and his announcement that he was a Republican candidate in the 2008 Presidential election. David Shankbone recently […]
Tax evasion investigators raid Google’s Paris headquarters
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Dozens of tax investigators raided Google’s offices in French capital Paris yesterday as part of a probe into the company’s alleged tax evasion. The raid was conducted by investigators from the state financial prosecutor’s office assisted by 25 information technology (IT) experts, according to officials. “The investigation aims to verify whether […]
Petition pressures City of Edinburgh Council to review clause affecting live music scene
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Live music venues in Edinburgh, Scotland are awaiting a review later this year on the 2005 licensing policy, which places limitations on the volume of amplified music in the city. Investigating into how the policy is affecting the Edinburgh music scene, a group of Wikinews writers interviewed venue owners, academics, the […]
Cleveland, Ohio clinic performs US’s first face transplant
Thursday, December 18, 2008 A team of eight transplant surgeons in Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA, led by reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow, age 58, have successfully performed the first almost total face transplant in the US, and the fourth globally, on a woman so horribly disfigured due to trauma, that cost her an eye. […]
Cindy Sheehan arrested inside Rayburn Building in Washington DC
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Cindy Sheehan, an Iraq War protester, was arrested inside the Rayburn Building in Washington, D.C. in United States along with 45 to 50 other protesters for disorderly conduct on Monday. “The Democrats will not hold this administration accountable, so we have to hold the Democrats accountable. And I for one am […]
Culture of creativity features at Furnal Equinox 2018
Sunday, March 25, 2018 Visual art, fabric art, photography, performance, dance, virtual reality, and music were all the subject of sessions at Furnal Equinox 2018, a conference held from March 16 to 18 at Toronto’s Westin Harbour Castle. Canada’s largest furry convention by attendance, the annual event offers dozens of subculture-specific programs. The convention’s communications […]