Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account. Friday, April 3, 2009 London — “Protest”, says Ross Saunders, “is basically theatre”. It’s seven a.m. and I’m on a mini-bus heading east on the M4 motorway from Cardiff toward London. G20 protests: Inside a labour march
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Sunday, January 27, 2008 Viktor Schreckengost, the father of industrial design and creator of the Jazz Bowl, an iconic piece of Jazz Age art designed for Eleanor Roosevelt during his association with Cowan Pottery died yesterday. He was 101. Schreckengost was born on June 26, 1906 in Sebring, Ohio, United States. Schreckengost’s peers included the Viktor Schreckengost dies at 101
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010 At least nine people have died in northern Italy after a landslide caused the derailment of a passenger train. A further 25 people were injured, according to emergency services. The incident occurred earlier this morning near the border with Austria, in a mountainous region near Merano, a city around 300 kilometres Landslide causes train derailment in Italy; nine dead
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Here’s An Opinion On: Online Mental Healthcare For Students In Usa Use Of Probiotics Supplements In Treating Various Health Conditions by Carlton Mansour Conventionally, people are used to the concept of fighting the harmful effects of bacteria by taking antibiotics. The idea of using microorganisms like bacteria or yeasts for improving health conditions might seem Read more »
Thursday, May 13, 2010 Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald has performed an interview with Dr Isabella Margara, a London-based member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). In the interview Margara sets out the communist response to current events in Greece as well as discussing the viability of a communist economy for the nation. She also KKE: Interview with the Greek Communist Party
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Saturday, February 10, 2007 Russian President Vladimir Putin heavily criticized the United States in a speech at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy Saturday for what he called its “almost uncontained” use of force in the world. Putin also criticized US plans for missile defense systems and NATO’s expansion. Putin said that nations are Putin blasts US foreign policy
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Friday, May 22, 2020 A study published in journal Astronomy & Astrophysics last month reported astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and elsewhere discovered a black hole in the Telescopium constellation. The study stated the black hole is about 1010 ± 195 light years (310 ± 60 parsec) away from the Solar System, meaning Astronomer tells Wikinews about discovery of closest black hole known so far
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Here’s An Opinion On: Best Tax Preparation Services For Startups Ca Holiday Homes Dare to be Different by SeanH-9584 Everyone seems to be talking about holiday homes nowadays. The idea of buying a holiday home sounds really tempting. But prices for the normal type of holiday home seem to have gone through the roof. Does Read more »
Monday, July 11, 2011 China’s National Bureau of Statistics released data Saturday showing that the consumer price index (CPI) for June climbed 6.4% from a year ago. That compares with a 5.5% rise in May, which was the largest since a 6.3% increase in July 2008. The major factor contributing to this figure was the China’s consumer prices rise to a three-year high in June as food prices soar 14.4 percent
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A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, May 15, 2009. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed budget cuts and layoffs for California yesterday. Californian education budgets would be cut by $3 billion USD for the next five years if California voters gave a yes votes to the budget-related measures for May 19’s special election. Schwarzenegger is Wikinews Shorts: May 15, 2009
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