Here’s An Opinion On: Rockhampton Industrial Titan Shed Prices By Seomul Evans Sometimes we take the simple act of breathing for granted. We don’t have to worry about it or think about it, it happens automatically. What happens, though, when what you once thought was a natural function of air into and out of your lungs becomes difficult? Asthma, the common cold virus, dust, mites, pollen, pet dander and the like can all make itContinue reading
Friday, April 15, 2005 The last British-owned volume car manufacturer, MG Rover, has closed down, with the loss of 5,000 jobs. International accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCooper was brought in last week to put the company into administration. Today PwC announced that MG Rover’s only hope, the Chinese car company SAIC, had no interest in buying the ailing firm. With no further source of revenue, PwC has closed the company’s factory in Longbridge, Birmingham and has laidContinue reading
Thursday, June 25, 2015 Live music venues in Edinburgh, Scotland are awaiting a review later this year on the 2005 licensing policy, which places limitations on the volume of amplified music in the city. Investigating into how the policy is affecting the Edinburgh music scene, a group of Wikinews writers interviewed venue owners, academics, the City of Edinburgh Council, and local band The Mean Reds to get different perspectives on the issue. Since the clauseContinue reading
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Local municipal and provincial volunteers in Manitoba, Canada are exhausted in their efforts to divert the rising waters of the Red River of the North. It has been hard work with little sleep for the residents who live on the shores of the Red River to shore up their defences with sandbags, build dikes, clear frozen culverts and break ice jams Volunteers to spell relief for local volunteers and food areContinue reading
Here’s An Opinion On: Forklifts Hire Melbourne Forklift attachments by shruti Mehrotra There are several types and varieties of forklift attachments which are utilized popularly for different uses. Many of the popular forklift attachments involve tipping skip , tipping bins, towable salt spreaders, wheelie bin lifters, drum handlers, forklift snow ploughs, and forklift sweepers, etc. If you wish to get forklift attachments , there are several components that you simply need to bear in mindContinue reading
Monday, August 8, 2005 Maj.-Gen. Andrew Leslie, one of Canada’s top generals says Canadians should prepare for a long mission to Afghanistan in order to help it break out of “a cycle of warlords and tribalism.” Leslie told the audience attending the 74th Annual Couchiching Summer Conference in Orillia, Ontario, Canada on The Use of Force Within and Between Nations that Canada’s troops will have casualties. As many as 1,250 Canadian soldiers will be servingContinue reading
This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 21 April 2021: Wikinews discusses DRM and DMCA with Richard Stallman after GitHub re-enables public access to youtube-dl 7 April 2021: NASA’s helicopter Ingenuity survives its first night at Mars 25 December 2020: ‘Earth-based life can survive in hydrogen-rich atmospheres’: MIT professor Dr Seager tells Wikinews about her research on organisms thriving in oxygen-less environment 18 December 2020: GregoryContinue reading
Here’s An Opinion On: How To Do A Social Media Background Check On Yourself By Felix Chesterfield Getting into medical school is a very difficult endeavor. In fact, as applications flood in at an increasing rate for limited seats, it’s never been harder. New medical schools are being build all over the country, but they will never be able to keep up with the rate of applications. The blunt result is that qualified students willContinue reading
Friday, January 12, 2007 The iPhone only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused. The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was presented on Wednesday for the first time) — Apple Inc. — and a leader in network and communication systems, based in San Jose — Cisco. The company claims to possess the trademark for iPhone, and moreover, that it sells devices under the sameContinue reading
Sunday, February 7, 2021 The New Zealand Government on Thursday announced the creation of a new public holiday, Matariki. Matariki marks the beginning of the M?ori New Year, which coincides with the rising of the star cluster Pleiades, known as Matariki in the M?ori language. At Waitangi, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said “This will be a day to acknowledge our nation’s unique, shared identity, and the importance of tikanga M?ori. It’s going toContinue reading