Interview with Jimbo Wales
This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Saturday, December 10, 2005 While this wasn’t Interview with the Vampire, getting a live interview with Jimmy Wales of the Wikimedia Foundation is requiring more work and planning than ever. Four contributors […]
Continue Reading...Melbourne Victory clinch A-League premiership
Sunday, December 17, 2006 Melbourne Victory has won the 2006-07 A-League football (soccer) premiership after defeating New Zealand Knights 4-0 at Olympic Park, Melbourne. The win takes Melbourne to 41 points, 13 ahead of Sydney FC in second place, with only four games remaining in the regular season. This makes it mathematically impossible for the […]
Continue Reading...Wikinews interviews Steve Burke, U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate
Sunday, December 13, 2015 This article is a featured article. It is considered one of the best works of the Wikinews community. See Wikinews:Featured articles for more information. Macomb, New York Councilman Steve Burke took some time to speak with Wikinews about his campaign for the U.S. Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nomination. Burke, an insurance […]
Continue Reading...Serious Skin Care Get Rid Of Your Acne Today!}
Find Out More About: Nursing Scrubs For Men Near Me Submitted by: C Hunnter Acne is a term that covers pimples, blackheads, whiteheads and other skin blemishes. Though acne is known to be a common problem among young people, this skin condition can affect at any age. Though there are a lot of preventive measures […]
Continue Reading...Rosemary Cousin, Greens candidate in South Gippsland, Australia, speaks to Wikinews about democracy, transport, forests and other local issues
Sunday, October 3, 2021 Nominations were declared on September 21 for South Gippsland Shire’s upcoming council elections, to be held by post from October 5-22. A total of 24 people in the Australian council’s three wards have put themselves forward to stand as candidates. The shire has been governed by administrators appointed by the Victorian […]
Continue Reading...Kenya government fires health worker strikers over failure to ‘report back to work’
Saturday, March 10, 2012 The Kenyan government has dismissed 25,000 striking health workers, mostly nurses, citing failure to heed government orders to recommence work and concern for the welfare of hospital patients. Speaking on behalf of the government, Alfred Mutua stated the workers were dismissed “illegally striking” and “[defying] the directive … to report back […]
Continue Reading...Home destroyed by fire in Geneva, Florida
Wednesday, December 15, 2010 A mobile home in Seminole County, Florida burned down last night, leaving a man and his dog homeless. The cause of the blaze was determined as accidental. Firefighters were alerted to a fire in a wooded area of Geneva at around 11 pm local time (0400 UTC) last night. By the […]
Continue Reading...Reforming Health Care By Lowering Expenses
Find Out More About: Virtual Mental Healthcare For Students In College Submitted by: Jennifer Collins Those that keep on the news will certainly understand there is a lot of debate surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was signed into law by President Obama. Although the United States Supreme Court will ultimate decide […]
Continue Reading...Australian man to be executed in Singapore
Saturday, November 19, 2005 Supporters of convicted Australian drug trafficker, Van Nguyen, gathered outside the State Library in Melbourne yesterday to display thousands of messages of opposition to his death sentence. Callers to talkback radio in Melbourne were overwhelmingly against the death penalty of Nguyen, who immediately admitted his guilt and has cooperated with authorities […]
Continue Reading...Former Scottish Conservatives leader Annabel Goldie to stand down as MSP
Friday, June 26, 2015 Annabel Goldie, Scottish Conservative Party leader from 2005 to 2011, has announced she will stand down as an MSP at the next elections in 2016. Goldie, who has been an MSP for the West Scotland (previously West of Scotland) electoral region since the Scottish Parliament’s formation in 1999, said she intends […]
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