Monday, January 11, 2010 United Airlines Flight 634 made an emergency landing yesterday morning when only two of the three landing wheels on the Airbus A319 deployed as the plane was making its final approach into Newark, New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport. After multiple attempts to fix the problem failed, the pilot decided that…Continue reading
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…Continue reading
Wikinews Shorts: April 27, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Friday, April 27, 2007. Contents 1 Stephen Hawking goes weightless 2 Saudi Arabia arrests 172 militants 3 Abdullah Gül does not get presidency in first round 4 Chinese cat reportedly gives birth to ‘poodle’ 5 Top al-Qaeda operative reported in US custody 65-year-old scientist Stephen Hawking took a ride…Continue reading
Horse Breeds: American Creme And White, American Walking Pony, Andalusian, Andravida, Anglo Kabarda
Click Here To Know More About: Trex Sunshine Coast By Phillipe Wiskell *AMERICAN CREME AND WHITE* Also referred to as the American Albino breed, the American Creme and White, is colored true white, with pink skin and dark brown eyes. The first was born in 1908, named “Old King”, in Illinois. A very stocky horse,…Continue reading Horse Breeds: American Creme And White, American Walking Pony, Andalusian, Andravida, Anglo Kabarda
“Woofstock” dog festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Tuesday, June 12, 2007 North America’s largest outdoor dog festival came back to Toronto last weekend for its fifth year. It ran from the 9th of June to the 10th of June at Toronto’s historical St. Lawrence Market. A Wikinews reporter was there on Sunday to report on some of the events that happened on…Continue reading
The 24th Shin Kong Life Tower Run Up will promote Bananas of Taiwan
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 The 24th Shin Kong Life Tower Run Up, the oldest building run up competition in Taiwan, organized by Shin Kong Life Insurance Co., Ltd., will be held on July 28, 2007 and promote “Bananas of Taiwan” as its main theme. At noon of July 11, the main organizer held a pre-match…Continue reading
On the campaign trail in the USA, October 2020
Monday, November 2, 2020 The following is the sixth and final edition of a monthly series chronicling the 2020 United States presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. This month’s spotlight on the campaign trail: the Free and Equal Elections Foundation holds two…Continue reading
Modular Home Pricing
Click Here To Know More About: Scaffold Hire Prices By Michael Zenga Indeed you can save money by choosing a modular home, but how much are the savings? It depends on your design complexity, the size, and the number of options that are added to your modular home plan. Compared to a site-built home, savings…Continue reading Modular Home Pricing
Saturn moon Enceladus may have salty ocean
Thursday, June 23, 2011 NASA’s Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered evidence for a large-scale saltwater reservoir beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The data came from the spacecraft’s direct analysis of salt-rich ice grains close to the jets ejected from the moon. The study has been published in this week’s edition of the journal…Continue reading
Listening to you at last: EU plans to tap cell phones
Monday, October 19, 2009 A report accidentally published on the Internet provides insight into a secretive European Union surveillance project designed to monitor its citizens, as reported by Wikileaks earlier this month. Project INDECT aims to mine data from television, internet traffic, cellphone conversations, p2p file sharing and a range of other sources for crime…Continue reading