- UncategorizedVestas protesters sacked with immediate effect
Thursday, July 30, 2009 Eleven of the 25 workers at the Vestas factory in Newport, Isle of Wight, England who have been carrying out a sit-in since Monday July 20 have been sacked with immediate effect. According to one of…
- UncategorizedCanada, U.S. to tighten security between ‘cross-border’ library
Sunday, May 27, 2007 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the United States Border Patrol and local officials from both sides are looking into tightening security at a Quebec library. The library has been deliberately on the border of Canada…
- UncategorizedCommon Sense Advisory announces size of worldwide translation and localization market and ranking of top 20 language services companies
Saturday, July 16, 2005 Common Sense Advisory, Inc., an independent business globalization, internationalization, and localization and translation research and consulting firm, announces the release of its list of the top 20 language service providers (LSPs) and its estimate of the…
- UncategorizedNeanderthals ‘knew what they were doing’: Archæologist Dr Naomi Martisius discusses her findings about Neanderthals’ behaviour with Wikinews
Sunday, June 28, 2020 Last month, a study conducted by archæologist Dr. Naomi Martisius and other researchers concluded Neanderthals living in Europe tens of thousands of years ago were more sophisticated than previously thought. The now-extinct species used to carefully…
- UncategorizedWikinews interviews Stephen Murphy about the upcoming by-election in the Higgins electorate of the Australian parliament
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 With two by-elections coming up in Australia, many minor parties and independents will be looking to gain a seat in the House of Representatives. Stephen Murphy is one of the independents. Mr Murphy is a computer…
- UncategorizedTechnological University Dublin senior lecturer Dr Lorcan Sirr speaks to Wikinews on housing market in Ireland
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Wikinews correspondent J.J. Liu spoke with Technological University Dublin (TUD) senior lecturer at the School of Surveying & Construction Management, Dr Lorcan Sirr on Friday regarding the supply of housing in the Republic of Ireland and…
- UncategorizedLycos Europe ends its anti-spam campaign
Tuesday, December 7, 2004 EUROPE — Lycos Europe has ended its anti-spam operation: “Make Love Not Spam.” A company spokesperson said the objective of the time-limited campaign was to raise people’s awareness. The reasons why it ended the campaign was…
- UncategorizedFannie Mae forgives mortgage debt of 90-year-old woman who shot herself
Sunday, October 5, 2008 Fannie Mae, a housing mortgage lender, has forgiven the mortgage debt of Addie Polk, a 90-year-old woman from Akron, Ohio who attempted to kill herself when she was being evicted from her home on Wednesday. Polk…
- UncategorizedIndian Human Resources minister to reform technology sector
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Kapil Sibal, India’s Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) held a meeting Monday to present his reform plans for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) sector by increasing the entrance percentage to 80% and above in…
- UncategorizedWikinews interviews U.S. Libertarian presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Wikinews held an exclusive interview with Wayne Allyn Root, one of the candidates for the Libertarian Party nomination for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Root is the founder and chairman of Winning Edge International Inc., a…