Thursday, November 8, 2007 What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the literary elite in New York, […]
Interview with Innocent Watat, City Council candidate for Wards 3 & 4 in Brampton, Canada
Saturday, October 21, 2006 The upcoming 2006 Brampton municipal election, to be held November 13, features an array of candidates looking to represent their wards in city council or the council of the Peel Region. Wikinews contributor Nick Moreau contacted many of the candidates, including Innocent Watat, asking them to answer common questions sent in […]
Two Key Reasons To Take Machine Alignment In Fort Worth Seriously
Read An Opinion On: Recovery Gear Geelong byAlma Abell It can take many hours and plenty of specialized skills and tools to set up a large industrial machine properly. Quite a bit of time, effort, and other resources will often even be invested in preparing the spot where the equipment will eventually sit. While these […]
IMF: World on brink of recession; prepares special loan program
Thursday, October 9, 2008 The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the world is on the brink of a global recession but predicts the economy will begin to recover by late 2009. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the IMF, stressed nations must work together to avert a global recession and warns there is […]
Singapore and Brunei issue joint banknote
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 That Singapore and Brunei are today marking 40 years of currency interchangeability with a special banknote might come as a shock to some. And it’s not the part about the special banknote, it’s that the two small southeast Asian countries have had interchangeable currencies for 40 years. Singaporean Senior Minister Goh […]
China: ‘the Dalai Lama is scheming to take the Beijing Olympics hostage’
Monday, March 24, 2008 File:Tenzin Gyatzo foto 1.jpg The government of China has claimed that the Dalai Lama is cooperating with Islamic extremists as part of a plot to bring the country into crises before the Olympic Games, which are due to be half in Beijing this Summer. The official newspaper of the government of […]
Tonneau Covers Benefit Your Truck During Winter}
Read An Opinion On: Forklifts Hire Melbourne Tonneau Covers Benefit Your Truck During Winter by Rich MarsigliaTrucks are always on the move with huge loads of cargo. Parking on the way at different locations, during the day and also the night is an issue that cannot be avoided. You definitely need a hardcover that can […]
Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran. […]
CanadaVOTES: Animal Alliance (AAEVPC) candidate Marie Crawford running in Toronto—Danforth
Thursday, October 2, 2008 On October 14, 2008, Canadians will be heading to the polls for the federal election. Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada candidate Marie Crawford is standing for election in the riding of Toronto—Centre. Marie is a Director of Animal Alliance of Canada, a separate but related organization. She volunteers her […]
Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau
Thursday, August 16, 2007 The name Robert Cailliau may not ring a bell to the general public, but his invention is the reason why you are reading this: Dr. Cailliau together with his colleague Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, making the internet accessible so it could grow from an academic tool to […]