Elizabeth II annuls Fred Goodwin knighthood
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Queen Elizabeth II, the British monarch, has today withdrawn and annulled a knighthood given to Fred Goodwin in 2004, heeding the advice given to her by a forfeiture committee. Goodwin is the former chief executive at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) and was awardedContinue Reading
News briefs:February 04, 2008
Contents 1 Wikinews News Brief February 04, 2008 1.1 Introduction 2 Events of worldwide notability, military action, disasters etc. 2.1 Tribunal considers role of Canadian minor in alleged war crimes 2.2 Tadi? re-elected President of Serbia 2.3 Egypt seals border with Gaza after 11 days 2.4 Sentences handed down overContinue Reading
Category:Science and technology
This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 5 March 2019: SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docks with International Space Station 23 February 2019: Zebra stripes may ‘dazzle’ pathogen-packing horse flies, say scientists 11 February 2019: Pioneering oceanographer Walter Munk dies of pneumoniaContinue Reading
G20 protests: Inside a labour march
Wikinews accredited reporter Killing Vector traveled to the G-20 2009 summit protests in London with a group of protesters. This is his personal account. Friday, April 3, 2009 London – “Protest”, says Ross Saunders, “is basically theatre”. It’s seven a.m. and I’m on a mini-bus heading east on the M4Continue Reading
Category:Bruce, Australian Capital Territory
This is the category for Bruce, a suburb of Canberra, Australia. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 16 July 2012: Australian Centre for Paralympic Excellence unveiled 22 June 2012: At Australian gymnastic team announcement, media turns out for Tony Abbott 21 June 2012: Kate Lundy and Tony AbbottContinue Reading
Defendant shoots Judge, three others at Atlanta courthouse
Friday, March 11, 2005 A defendant on trial for rape in Atlanta, Georgia reportedly stole a deputy sheriff’s handgun and used it to shoot the judge, court reporter, and two deputies Friday morning. Three people were killed and one was wounded. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rowland W. Barnes hasContinue Reading
Associated Press will charge for online content in 2006
Tuesday, April 19, 2005 The Associated Press (AP) announced yesterday that it will charge its members for online content, starting on January 1, 2006. The decision occurred at its annual board meeting. Until the new pricing arrangement takes place, news sites that purchase AP content for their print editions haveContinue Reading
Spanish town council electee proposes nudist pool, marijuana field in park
Friday, June 1, 2007 A former mailman who proposed to paint the town hall pink, turn the local town square into a nudist pool, and to plant a marijuana field in the local park has been elected to the Reus, Spain town council. Ariel Santamaria promised to show up toContinue Reading
18 dead after multiple twisters strike US Midwest
Monday, April 3, 2006 High winds and multiple tornadoes caused destruction across the American Midwest yesterday, killing 18 people when they hit five states in the early evening, although that figure is expected to rise. In Dyer County, Tennessee alone, 12 people were killed, and in Gibson County, Tennessee, aContinue Reading
Eric Bogosian on writing and the creative urge
Thursday, April 17, 2008 Eric Bogosian is one of America’s great multi-dimensional talents. “There’s sort of three different careers, and any one of them could exist by itself, on its own two feet. There was that solo stuff, and then I started writing plays in the late seventies.” Although hisContinue Reading