Messi speaks of Argentina exit after losing Copa América Centenario over penalties
Thursday, June 30, 2016 Argentina’s football captain Lionel Messi spoke of retirement from international football after losing 4–2 to Chile in the penalty decider in Copa América Centenario final on Sunday. Since then, many players including his present FC Barcelona teammate Luis Suárez, former teammates David Villa and Ronaldinho, formerContinue Reading
Pope John Paul II dies
Saturday, April 2, 2005 John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojty?a) 1920-2005 After months of failing health, His Holiness Pope John Paul II passed away today, April 2, at 9:37 p.m. local time (19:37 UTC). He was 84 years old. An email message to journalists from the spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls fromContinue Reading
Wikinews interviews Richard H. Clark, independent candidate for US President
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 While nearly all cover of the 2008 Presidential election has focused on the Democratic and Republican candidates, the race for the White House also includes independents and third party candidates. These parties represent a variety of views that may not be acknowledged by the major partyContinue Reading
Concepts And Elements To Consider When Landscaping Property
Click Here To Know More About: Pressure Pumps For Sale Pressure Pumps Concepts and Elements to Consider when Landscaping Property by katyeagles If your gardens need a \”makeover\” to make it look wider and clearer yet more colorful, you need landscaping services to help you get exactly what you need.Continue Reading
Controversial Berlin opera features interactive drug usage
Friday, August 26, 2005 Berlin’s Neukoellner Opera House is causing a stir with its new production, The Yellow Princess. The story presented in the French opera, by Camille Saint-Saens, is of an artist “whose life is dictated by a love for drugs and Japan.” As a result, the performers smokeContinue Reading
Oldbury nuclear power station suffers fire
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 Oldbury nuclear power station in South Gloucestershire, England caught fire today after overheating. No-one was injured in the blaze which is believed to have been an accident and was extuinguished within minutes by an automatic sprinkler system. The fire took place on the non-nuclear side ofContinue Reading
Peggy Whitson, record-breaking ‘American space ninja’, returns to Earth
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 Just after sunrise on Sunday (1:21 UTC), NASA astronaut and biochemist Peggy Whitson, 57, returned to Earth in Kazakhstan, in a Soyuz capsule, after a 288-day mission in the International Space Station (ISS), bringing her lifetime total days in space to 665, the most for anyContinue Reading
Teenage boys rape 13-year-old in Zurich, film act on cellphone
Friday, November 17, 2006 A group of 13 teenage boys raped a 13-year old school girl in Zurich last weekend, reports the website of the German language newspaper 20 Minuten. The report says that the girl was raped repeatedly and the act was filmed on mobile phones. Six of theContinue Reading
U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance Randall L. Tobias resigns
Saturday, April 28, 2007 Randall L. Tobias, the United States Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator, has resigned after he admitted to ABC News to being a customer of Pamela Martin and Associates, a call girl company. A woman by the name of Jeane Palfrey, who worked for PamelaContinue Reading
Obituaries: January 21-27, 2008
Wikipedia has more about this subject: Deaths in 2008 Sunday, January 27, 2008 The following deaths were reported over the past week: Richard Darman, who was the trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Non-Executive Chairman of the AES corporation, as well as being the aide to five presidents diedContinue Reading