Wikinews Shorts: August 8, 2009
A compilation of brief news reports for Saturday, August 8, 2009. Contents 1 Leader of Pakistan Taliban may have been killed in drone attack
2 HilRead More…
Employees killed in Foxconn manufacturing factory
Thursday, May 26, 2011
On Friday evening, an explosion in Chengdu, China caused partial shutdown of a facility operated by Foxconn, one of the world’Read More…
New edition of Canada’s Food Guide released
Thursday, February 8, 2007
A new version of Canada’s Food Guide was announced by Canadian Health Minister Tony Clement on Feb. 5, 2007. The guide hasRead More…
Wikinews interviews Aurélien Miralles about Sirenoscincus mobydick species discovery
Thursday, January 24, 2013 1 2 3 4 A group of researchers published a paper about their discovery of a new species of Madagascar mermaid Read More…
Germans and Arabs establish a search engine that competes with Google
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
In the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Seekport, a German and Saudi founded technological company, began to start on a web-seRead More…
Wikinews interviews Joe Schriner, Independent U.S. presidential candidate
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Journalist, counselor, painter, and US 2012 Presidential candidate Joe Schriner of Cleveland, Ohio took some time to discussRead More…
FOX to produce new ‘Futurama’ episodes
Friday, June 23, 2006 20th Century Fox will produce at least 13 new episodes of the animated series Futurama, scheduled to air on Comedy Central inRead More…
Wikinews interviews John Wolfe, Democratic Party presidential challenger to Barack Obama
Sunday, May 20, 2012
U.S. Democratic Party presidential candidate John Wolfe, Jr. of Tennessee took some time to answer a few questions from WikinewsRead More…
UK retailers MFI and Woolworths collapse
Friday, November 28, 2008
Two major retail chains in the United Kingdom — general retailer Woolworths Group and furniture vendor MFI Group — haveRead More…
Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Freedom Party candidate Wayne Simmons, Don Valley East
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Wayne Simmons is running for the Freedom Party in the Ontario provincial election, in the Don Valley East riding. WikinewsRead More…