Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Juan Antonio Samaranch, former head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has died in Barcelona at the age of 89. A former diplomat and Spanish ambassador in Moscow elected to the IOC in 1980, Samaranch was largely credited with the renewal of the Olympic movement over two decades marked by boycotts, […]
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Wikinews interviews Mark Bunker, producer of anti-Scientology website ‘XenuTV’
Monday, February 18, 2008 Television producer and owner of the anti-Scientology website www.xenutv.com (XenuTV), Mark Bunker, also known as Wise Beard Man, chatted online with Wikinews for nearly three hours. More than 120 people followed the interview live (many from Project Chanology), which makes this exclusive Wikinews interview our most attended IRC interview to date. […]
G20 Summit plans to inject US$5tn into economy before 2011
Friday, April 3, 2009 The G20 Summit held in London, England concluded Thursday with an injection into the economy of US$5 trillion by the end of 2010. Global trade would be supported by $250 billion (169.5 billion pounds). “We are going to act decisively to kickstart international trade. We will ensure availability of at least […]
China Brazil Economic Complementarity Bring Great Investment Opportunities
Click Here To Know More About: Property Investment Advice In Canberra By Paul Hu Brazil, Latin America’s largest independent investment BTG Pactual Bo trillion asset management business, Mr Tang (Persio Arida) recently pointed out that the economic complementarity between China and Pakistan in various fields between the two countries will bring tremendous investment opportunities in […]
Quaker website editor launches music podcast programme
Friday, July 22, 2005 Simon Gray, Quaker website editor for the Friend and an organiser for the World Gathering of Young Friends today launched radio star one as a podcast linked to birmingham alive !, the Birmingham what’s on guide. “It’s an eclectic mix of jazz, world, electronic, classical, & folk”, he said, “perhaps in a […]
Corruption endangers Brazilian government
Sunday, May 29, 2005 Brazil —Denunciations of political corruption threaten the Brazilian government. The most recent case involves a deputy of the political party PTB (who supports the government of the Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) in a scandal of the services of post office. Lula’s government representatives said that they will investigate […]
Study finds burning your food could cause some cancers
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Dutch scientists have said in a study that burning your food may lead to certain types of cancer, particularly in women. Scientists also say that more research is needed to make a definite determination and that there are other factors that could be to blame. “This new study supports our current […]
Lap Band Vs Gastric Bypass Surgery
Click Here To Know More About: Gastric Sleeve Revision California Submitted by: Amy Nut There are many surgical procedures that are available to help you lose weight and combat any obesity problems that you might be having. The stomach stapling procedure is definitely one that has been in the news a lot, but it is […]
Apple unveils new MacBook Air laptops, iLife ’11 software suite
Saturday, October 23, 2010 In a Wednesday media event, Apple Inc. released a new lineup of MacBook Air laptops and the 2011 version of the company’s iLife software suite. The “Back to the Mac” event also included a preview of Apple’s forthcoming Mac OS X Lion operating system, to be released in mid-2011. Apple CEO […]
Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran. […]