Russian commander: Tu-160s penetrate US airspace undetected
Tuesday, April 25, 2006File:Tu 16019.jpg The Tupolev Tu-160 is a supersonic stategic bomber(Image missing from Commons: image; log) A senior Russian air force commander has claimed that new, upgraded Tu-160 bomber aircraft were unchallenged by US air defense systems when they penetrated a radar zone near the Canadian coast inContinue Reading
Burris sworn in as US Senator for Illinois
Friday, January 16, 2009 American politician Roland Burris of the United States Democratic Party was sworn in Thursday as US president-elect Barack Obama’s replacement in the United States Senate. Roland Burris.Image: Josh S. Jackson. Burris was initially not admitted into the Senate, even though Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich appointedContinue Reading
U.S. warns of al Qaeda threat to stock trading and banking websites
Friday, December 1, 2006 The U.S. government warned private financial services that al Qaeda is planning a cyber attack on the U.S. stock and bank accounts, officials said on Thursday. Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke says: “There is no information to corroborate this aspirational threat. As a routine matter andContinue Reading
Daegan Smith\’S Maximum Leverage Is It A Rip Off?
Click Here To Know More About: Virtual Cfo Rutherford Daegan Smith\’s Maximum Leverage – Is it a Rip Off? by Edmond Roman It\’s prided itself concerning under promising as well as over delivering plus they have definitely measured close to that philosophy. More information on how it is possible toContinue Reading
Wikinews interviews Ruth Bryant White, independent candidate for US President
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 While nearly all coverage 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
Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum arrested for corruption
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Michael Applebaum, the current interim mayor of Montreal, Québec, Canada, was arrested at about 6am local time (1000 UTC) yesterday morning by the Unité permanente anticorruption ((en))French language: ?Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit on fourteen charges including corruption, fraud, breach of trust, and conspiracy, including reportedly a C$50,000Continue Reading
Internet group Anonymous hacks No Cussing Club’s website, owner’s e-mail account
Friday, January 23, 2009 The No Cussing Club’s website at 9:26 a.m. on January 21. (EST). Image: Internet group Anonymous via nocussing.com. Wikinews has learned that the internet group known only as “Anonymous” has hacked the website of the No Cussing Club (NCC), nocussing.com, for at least two days inContinue Reading
Canada’s Don Valley West (Ward 25) city council candidates speak
Friday, November 3, 2006 On November 13, Torontonians will be heading to the polls to vote for their ward’s councillor and for mayor. Among Toronto’s ridings is Don Valley West (Ward 25). Three candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests for an interview. This ward’s candidates include John Blair, Robertson Boyle, TonyContinue Reading
Half a million z?oty vanish from the bank account of Lech Wa??sa
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Lech Wa??sa According to Polish radio station, RMF FM, almost half a million Polish z?oty (almost US$ 235,000) vanished from the bank account of Lech Wa??sa, a former President of Poland and the original leader of Solidarno?? (Solidarity). The case is already under investigation by theContinue Reading
Republican leaders in US want more tax relief in economic stimulus
Monday, January 26, 2009 Republican Senator John McCain says he will not vote for the economic recovery bill in its current form. As the newly inaugurated Barack Obama administration continues to push for a US$825 billion stimulus package to aid the struggling United States economy, some Republican legislators say theyContinue Reading