Thursday, August 25, 2011 Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, has chosen to step down from his post as CEO of the company. The former Chief Operating Officer, Tim Cook will be succeeding Jobs as CEO. Jobs resigned in a letter to Apple’s board of directors stating, “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s C.E.O., I would be the first toContinue reading
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 With the United States Australian rules football National Championship this weekend, Wikinews interviewed United States Australian Football League (USFooty) president Rich Mann, and Media Relations representative Kevin Smith. The USAFL Nationals will feature teams from the United States and Canada. A 50/50 rule is being implemented for the tournament. This means that an American team can have no more than nine players who aren’t Americans and a Canadian team no moreContinue reading
Here’s An Opinion On: Mining Truck Australia Australia Mining Truck Should Men Pay On Every Date? by Leon Casey Hey should men pay on every date? You actually can use this as a conversation starter by asking women their opinion on this very topic. What are the common answers we generally get by asking this question? Some people would say that men should not act stingy. We also have people like David Deangelo or SwinggcatContinue reading
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.
Thursday, April 23, 2009 The United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, yesterday announced the 2009 budget. The budget is an annual audit of the nation’s finances, and decides what should be done with taxpayers’ money. The chancellor fell under scorn for his GDP growth forecasts, which are considered to be too optimistic in predicting that Britain will bounce back from its weakest economic performance since the end of the second world war. DarlingContinue reading
Here’s An Opinion On: Electric Guitars byalex Atlanta happens to be the most populated city in Georgia, USA. It is the hotbed of entertainment. If you happen to be a party animal, then hop into a club in Atlanta and sample the rich menu on offer. Most of the top notch clubs are located in the midtown area. So popular is the city that it has been nicknamed the “Mecca” of nightlife. You will notContinue reading
Thursday, October 18, 2007 It can be difficult to be John Reed. Christopher Hitchens called him a “Bin Ladenist” and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he “blames the victims of terrorism” when he puts out a novel like Snowball’s Chance, a biting send-up of George Orwell‘s Animal Farm which he was inspired to write after the terrorist attacks on September 11. “The clear references to 9/11 in the apocalyptic ending can onlyContinue reading
NASA has cancelled today’s planned landing of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Officials initially delayed the landing, but finally cancelled any attempts for today citing the reason as being “unstable, unacceptable cloud cover [with the] potential for showers in vicinity of landing site.” There will be two more opportunities tomorrow morning.
Saturday, December 24, 2011 On Wednesday the Lansing, Michigan Capital Region International Airport and surrounding land was designated as an “aerotropolis” by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Strategic Fund board. The Next Michigan Development program allows the airport to offer tax incentives in order to attract manufacturing, distribution, and technology businesses to the surrounding area. Incentives can include property tax abatements or the elimination of most state and local taxes for a specified period ofContinue reading
Here’s An Opinion On: Simple Loan Agreement Sydney Credi By James Fu Nowadays, with the ongoing recession, people are facing a lot of financial issues. For such people getting a home equity loan might be really helpful. A common man does not have an idea as to how home equity loan works. In order to make it simple, we can easily call it a mortgage. Your reason could be any for getting a home equityContinue reading