Thursday, December 6, 2007 A United States Senate committee has passed landmark legislation aimed at combating global warming by limiting carbon dioxide emissions. The vote was timed to coincide with the U.N. conference on climate change taking place in Bali, Indonesia. The bill would set caps on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from electric utility, transportation […]
Read MoreKineo, An Educational Technology
Read An Opinion On: Design School Sydney Bachelor Of Visual Communication Submitted by: Hugh Tanner At the Florida Educational Technology Conference a new educational device was showcased, the Kineo. This device s main objective is for school use. It is run off the operating system, Android, which was created by Google. A lot of their […]
Read MoreUS and Mexico to revise counter-drug strategy
Friday, March 26, 2010 On Tuesday the United States and Mexico announced a new strategy to combat increasingly violent drug movements across the border between the two countries. According to American officials, the new plan would place more emphasis on local law enforcement, as well as providing aid to cities affected by the drug trade. […]
Read MoreOil leaking container ship might cause environmental catastrophe
Sunday, January 21, 2007 In the United Kingdom, an anti-pollution operation is under way after the stricken ship MSC Napoli started to leak dangerous heavy fuel oil. The heavy fuel oil that is leaking from the beached Italian ship is extremely dangerous for the environment. Fear of pollution increased after the ship was further damaged […]
Read MoreCanada’s Don Valley East (Ward 33) city council candidates speak
This exclusive interview features first-hand journalism by a Wikinews reporter. See the collaboration page for more details. Saturday, November 4, 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 East (Ward 33). One candidates responded to Wikinews’ requests […]
Read MoreCanada women’s national wheelchair basketball team gets its first win of London Paralympics
Sunday, September 2, 2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 London, England — Yesterday at London’s Basketball Arena, the Canada women’s national wheelchair basketball team earned their first victory of the London Paralympics when they defeated the Australia women’s national wheelchair basketball team 57–50. Canada took a one point lead into the […]
Read MoreAustralian PM announces nuclear taskforce
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 Wikinews Australia has in-depth coverage of this issue: Australian nuclear debate As expected by media sources, Australian Prime Minister, John Howard announced on Tuesday that he would be setting up a “Prime Ministerial taskforce” to investigate uranium mining, processing and nuclear energy in Australia.
Read MoreOthers named in lawsuit against Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal
Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “120 year-old documents threaten development on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews, […]
Read MoreImages show new dimension to Saturn’s rings
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 NASA’s Cassini orbiter has sent back remarkable images from Saturn, revealing that the planet’s famous rings are far more bumpy than expected. Astronomers previously thought that the rings were almost completely flat, with changes in height of only a few metres. However analysis of the new images show ridges up to […]
Read MoreBarbara Bush, former U.S. First Lady, dies at 92
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