Dubai World refused permission to use QE2 as floating hotel in Cape Town

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (the QE2) will not be sailing to Cape Town, South Africa. Cape Town has refused the vessel permission to berth for use by owner Dubai World as a floating hotel. The Transnet National Ports Authority said that the famed vessel is much too large for Cape Town […]

Difference Between Types Of Garage Doors Residential Vs Commercial}

Here’s An Opinion On: Adelaide Passive Home Design Adelaide Solar Passivhaus Design DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TYPES OF GARAGE DOORS- RESIDENTIAL VS COMMERCIAL by Action Over Head Door Of SavannahIn past garages used to be the dark spaces full of cobwebs, junk and several kinds of smells. The place which used to be the store for ladders […]

KKE: Interview with the Greek Communist Party

Thursday, May 13, 2010 Wikinews reporter Iain Macdonald has performed an interview with Dr Isabella Margara, a London-based member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE). In the interview Margara sets out the communist response to current events in Greece as well as discussing the viability of a communist economy for the nation. She also […]

On the campaign trail in the USA, July 2016

Tuesday, August 23, 2016 The following is the third edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month’s biggest stories. In this month’s edition on the campaign trail: two individuals previously interviewed by Wikinews announce their candidacies for […]

The New Low Carbon Energy Efficient Coating Product

Here’s An Opinion On: Solar Batteries Buy Solar Batteries By Frbiz Tian April 2010, the Environmental Protection Department spokesman Tao Detian to inform the media in 2010, “6 5” World Environment Day theme of China: “low-carbon emissions Green Life”, called on the public energy saving from ourselves, practice green living, for the construction of ecological […]

Google mistakenly collects private data from Wi-Fi networks

Saturday, May 15, 2010 Google revealed late yesterday that it had mistakenly collected information about Internet sites people had visited on public Wi-Fi networks. The admission came from Google engineering head Alan Eustace in the form of a blog post on Friday afternoon. In the statement, Google said that it had been unknowingly gathering the […]

China loans Ethiopia US$349 million for construction of expressway

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 China has loaned Ethiopia US$349 million worth of funds for the construction of the the country’s first modern expressway, making Ethiopia among the first beneficiaries of the recently implemented China-Africa development funding plan. The road is to be close to 80 kilometres long, and will connect Nazaret (also called Adama), the […]

Chili Finger Incident

 Correction — October 10, 2019 The day of the alleged incident, March 22, 2005, was a Tuesday, not a Thursday.  Friday, May 6, 2005 On Thursday the 22nd of March, 2005, Anna Ayala, a woman from Las Vegas, claimed to have found a human finger in her bowl of chili at a Wendy’s restaurant located at […]

Don’t Neglect The Value Of Pr In Marketing Your Accounting Service

Here’s An Opinion On: Behaviour Change Strategy Sydney Behaviour Change Campaign Don’t Neglect The Value of PR in Marketing Your Accounting Service by Brian OConnell I’m just going to step out of my comfort zone again for this post. There’s considerably more to marketing than accounting website design. Today I’d like to chat with you […]

Several groups seek to purchase Saturn auto brand

Thursday, May 7, 2009 Penske Automotive Group, Inc., an Ohio-based investment group and Telesto Ventures have indicated separately that they are interested in purchasing the Saturn auto brand from General Motors (GM). According to The Wall Street Journal, Nissan-Renault is interested in purchasing Saturn. Bloomberg, however, indicated that Nissan-Renault may be a partner of Penske’s […]