Wednesday, February 22, 2006 This article mentions the Wikimedia Foundation, one of its projects, or people related to it. Wikinews is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. Just five years ago, when Jimbo Wales founded Wikipedia, the project’s goal of 100,000 articles [1] seemed ambitious. Yet today, the project, now one of the top 25 […]
Report reveals Top 10 most-confusing tech buzzwords
Sunday, March 27, 2005 Danville, California – The California-based Engligh language tracker, Global Language Monitor, released its 2005 list of most confusing – yet frequently cited – high tech buzzwords to be “HTTP,” “Voice Over IP” (VoIP), and “Megapixel.” Closely following were “Plasma,” “Robust,” “WORM” and “Emoticon.” In early March, the group used a predictive […]
Police kill gunman in London, England
Thursday, May 8, 2008 On Tuesday, armed police with Scotland Yard killed an armed man in a gunfight on Kings Road in London, England. Police arrived at the scene at about 4:50 p.m. local time, after receiving reports of gun shots into a child’s bedroom in the area in Chelsea in the west of the […]
Global markets plunge
Friday, October 10, 2008 Stock markets across the world have fallen sharply with several seeing the biggest drop in their history. Asian markets saw the biggest sell-off. The Nikkei dropped 9.62% to reach a 20 year low. Japan also saw a collapse of a mid-size insurance company, Yamato Life Insurance Company, which declared bankruptcy. The […]
China’s consumer prices rise to a three-year high in June as food prices soar 14.4 percent
Monday, July 11, 2011 China’s National Bureau of Statistics released data Saturday showing that the consumer price index (CPI) for June climbed 6.4% from a year ago. That compares with a 5.5% rise in May, which was the largest since a 6.3% increase in July 2008. The major factor contributing to this figure was the […]
Wikinews Shorts: December 9, 2008
A compilation of brief news reports for Tuesday, December 9, 2008. Contents 1 US media group Tribune files for bankruptcy protection 2 Quebec votes in general election 3 Bailout for US automakers nears agreement Contribute to Wikinews by expanding these briefs or add a new one. The United States media group Tribune Company has filed for […]
One killed, one injured as vehicle crashes into tree in Worcestershire, England
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 One person has been killed and another person has been seriously injured as the result of a road traffic accident in Worcestershire, England. The vehicle, a Vauxhall Astra, had two occupents. One of them was a man who was believed to have been aged around 20. The other occupant of the […]
Wikinews 2014: An ‘Original reporting’ year in review
Wednesday, December 24, 2014With the English-language Wikinews continuing to increase the amount of original content published, we take a look back at some of the eighty-plus original reports from our contributors during 2014.
Fire kills three and closes main transport route into Western Australia
Tuesday, January 1, 2008 A fire in the Borrabbin National Park between Southern Cross and Coolgardie Western Australia, has so far burnt out 29,000 hectares and killed three truck drivers when the convoy they were travelling in was engulfed by the flames. Great Eastern Highway the primary road for all traffic from Perth heading to […]
Musharraf quits as chief of army staff in Pakistan
Thursday, November 29, 2007 President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan gave up his uniform in a ceremony yesterday in Rawalpindi. He handed power over to General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at the headquarters of the Pakistani Army, after being the leader of the army for nine years. In his final address as leader of the army, he […]