Saturday, April 17, 2010 Journalist, counselor, painter, and US 2012 Presidential candidate Joe Schriner of Cleveland, Ohio took some time to discuss his campaign with Wikinews in an interview. Schriner previously ran for president in 2000, 2004, and 2008, but failed to gain much traction in the races. He announced his candidacy for the...
MuchMusic Video Awards this Sunday in Toronto, Canada; Wikinews will be there
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Hilary Duff appeared at MuchMusic on April 23, 2007 to promote her music on their program Live@MUCH. Duff will appear at the 2007 MMVAs, with dozens of...
Wikinews interviews specialists on Russian intervention in Ukraine
1 2 3 Map of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and of Sevastopol, Ukraine. Image: PANONIAN. People in Ukraine protesting against Russia’s intervention “Crimea is Ukraine”. Image: ?? ???????. A Crimean self-defense group with shields painted as the flag of the autonomous republic. Image: E. Arrott. Wednesday, March 5, 2014 In the past few...
Ontario college teachers begin strike
Tuesday, March 7, 2006 All across the Canadian province of Ontario, college teachers have gone on strike, leaving more than 150,000 students in 24 colleges without classes. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union rejected the final offer from college management, after negotiations at the Delta Chelsea Hotel in downtown Toronto. This strike comes just...
Paul the ‘psychic’ octopus dies in Germany
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Paul the Octopus correctly predicts a win by Germany over Uruguay in the third place play-off of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Paul the Octopus, the octopus who became famous for correctly predicting the winner of Germany’s seven matches at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as well as the final,...
Fall ’08 styles at New York Fashion Week: the ’70s are back
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 The fourth day of New York Fashion Week debuted few daring designs even from designers known for such work. With few exceptions, the overwhelming theme was “old is new” and that the ’70s were even more in fashion than the shows on Sunday suggested. Among the designers to unveil their...
U.S. Supreme Court upholds health care mandate
Thursday, June 28, 2012 U.S. Supreme Court building. Image: Kjetil Ree. In a decision today, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the controversial healthcare law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010. The Supreme Court also upheld the individual mandate provision of the law, which would require most U.S. citizens to...
India, China to jointly construct Buddhist temple in Henan Province
Monday, April 18, 2005 The governments of India and China have declared in an official memorandum on April 11 their intention to jointly construct an Indian-style Buddhist temple on the western side of the historic White Horse Temple, in Luoyang, Henan Province, China. The project is planned as part of an ongoing effort to...
Surgeons reattach boy’s three severed limbs
Tuesday, March 29, 2005A team of Australian surgeons yesterday reattached both hands and one foot to 10-year-old Perth boy, Terry Vo, after a brick wall which collapsed during a game of basketball fell on him, severing the limbs. The wall gave way while Terry performed a slam-dunk, during a game at a friend’s birthday...
UK government loses personal information of 25 million people
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Alistair Darling Image: Antonio Cruz/ABr. British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced to a shocked House of Commons today that two password-protected — but not encrypted — computer disks containing the entire Child Benefit database have been lost in transit between the offices of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs...