Wikinews interviews candidate for Cleveland mayor Arthur Kostendt

Monday, June 14, 2021 Arthur Oliver Kostendt, a candidate running in the mayoral election of the US city of Cleveland, Ohio set to take place November 2, discussed his campaign and policies with Wikinews this spring. According to Cleveland Scene, 29-year-old Kostendt is a member of the Cuyahoga County, Ohio Republican Party but has referred to his campaign as “casual”. According to his web site’s personal biography, he was a cadet for the Army ReserveContinue reading

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Hydrogen fuel cell cars promoted in various states, but U.S. federal funding cut

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 American Secretary of Energy Steven Chu is cutting US$100 million dollars from hydrogen fuel cell vehicle research and diverting the remaining $69 million to hydrogen fuel cell research for household current. Former president George W. Bush advocated the zero-emission vehicles and launched $1.2 billion for hydrogen fuel cell research over a number of years. President Barack Obama is proposing a “corporate average fuel economy,” or CAFÉ, placing standards for gas mileageContinue reading

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Nanotechnology In Agriculture And Food Production

Here’s An Opinion On: Sheep Loading Ramps ABSTRACT Agriculture provides food for humans, directly and indirectly. Given the increasing world population, it is necessary to use the modern technologies such as bio and nanotechnologies in agricultural sciences. Nanotechnology has been defined as relating to materials, systems and processes which operate at a scale of 100 nanometers (nm) or less Nanotechnology has many applications in all stages of production, processing, storing, packaging and transport of agriculturalContinue reading

Crosswords/2005/September/5

Monday, September 5, 2005 Feel free to use the Wikimedia sites to solve our Wikinews crossword. Please do not fill it out online as it would spoil it for other people; print it out and fill it in at your own leisure! < Previous crossword. Contents 1 Quick crossword 2 Across 3 Down 4 Previous solution Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Crosswords/2005/September/5&oldid=527553”

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Mumbai Police investigations indicate Pakistani role in 11/7 serial blasts

Sunday, October 1, 2006 Mumbai Police Commissioner A N Roy confirmed today that investigations had revealed the involvement of the militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba and the (banned) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in the 11 July 2006 bombing of the city’s commuter rail network. He also stated that the attacks had been masterminded by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and carried out by Pakistani and Indian nationals. Fifteen people, twelve of whom were directly involved inContinue reading

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Dashboards Drive Home Business Intelligence Software

Here’s An Opinion On: Quad Bikes For Sale Submitted by: Dharmesh Talaviya Let’s say, you’re driving down a road and you come across a speed-limit sign of 20 miles per hour. How will you know if you’re driving safely within speed limits and avoid the consequences of speeding? You’ll look at the speedometer on your dashboard, which will give you the current speed of your car. If it is over the 20 mile per hourContinue reading

Prisons in New Zealand to introduce mobile phone jamming technology

Wednesday, August 22, 2007 A successful 12-month trial of mobile phone blocking technology in New Zealand prisons has just been completed, according to the Minister of Corrections, Vodafone and Telecom. Corrections Minister, Damien O’Conner, described this technology as a world first and a significant milestone for the Department of Corrections. The mobile phone blocking technology is being implemented to help prevent the growing problem of inmates using mobile phones which they are currently prohibited from.Continue reading

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Wikinews Shorts: June 15, 2008

A compilation of brief news reports for Sunday, June 15, 2008. Morgan Tsvangirai has been arrested again according to his party, the Movement for Democratic Change.. The police detention of Tsvangirai and 11 co-workers occurred in Shurugwi, but all were released after three hours. In the past week, the MDC leader was arrested four times as Zimbabwe approaches the June 27 secondary elections to determine if he, or incumbent President Robert Mugabe will receive a clearContinue reading

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Nauru raises media visa application fee from AU$200 to $8,000

Saturday, January 11, 2014 The cabinet of the island nation of Nauru endorsed rise of the cost of an application for single-entry three-month media visa from AU$200 to $8,000 last Thursday. The rise followed a scandal last weekend involving 60 Lebanese asylum seekers voluntarily deciding to return home from the Nauru offshore processing facility, an Australian immigration detention facility, after facing harsh physical conditions and disorientation. Nauru’s Government Information Office Director Joanna Olsson appeared toContinue reading

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Health &Amp; Wealth Both Ensured By Air Conditioning Installation London

Here’s An Opinion On: Air Conditioner Maintenance In Maitland Health & Wealth Both Ensured By Air Conditioning Installation London by Kevin Richardson The rising temperature of the surface of the earth makes it difficult for the residents around the globe to live comfortably during the summer season. The summers are too hot, bearing the effects of which seem tough. Air conditioning Oxford offers proper facilities with the help of which the common people can getContinue reading