Wikinews interviews World Wide Web co-inventor Robert Cailliau

Thursday, August 16, 2007 Robert Cailliau in 1995.Image: CERN. The name Robert Cailliau may not ring a bell to the general public, but his invention is the reason why you are reading this: Dr. Cailliau together with his colleague Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, making the internet accessible so it could grow […]

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David S. Touretzky discusses Scientology, Anonymous and Tom Cruise

Wednesday, February 6, 2008 David S. Touretzky, prominent free speech activist and critic of Scientology, discussed his opinions on the recent Internet backlash against the Church of Scientology in an interview with former Scientologist and Wikinews reporter Nicholas Turnbull. The recent conflict on the Internet between critics of Scientology and the Church has been spurred […]

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Wikinews interviews Rich Mann and Kevin Smith of the United States Australian Football League about the upcoming National Championship

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 […]

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Mascots for Vancouver 2010 Olympics based on native mythology

Tuesday, November 27, 2007 The three main mascot characters. The 2010 Olympic logo. The mascots of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia were just announced. Based on mythological characters, they are Miga, Quatchi and Sumi. Miga, a sea bear who lives in the ocean with her family pod near Tofino, and Quatchi, a […]

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Ukraine hurt by Russian gas deal

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 The flag of Ukraine The Ukrainian Parliament voted to oust the Prime Minister and his cabinet Tuesday after the handling of the countries gas crisis with Russia last week. Viktor Yushchenko called the vote “incomprehensible, illogical, and wrong”. Although Russia and Ukraine have solved the crisis, for the time being, when […]

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Florida frog skull survey shows spikes, say scientists

Thursday, March 26, 2020 In a new study released by the Florida Museum of Natural History on Monday, scientists report spiky skulls evolved at least 25 separate times in different kinds of frogs. The survey was reportedly to be published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Anotheca spinosa, one of the species studied, […]

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Simon’s Rock College tests Alan Turing theories with ‘Imitation Game’ experiment

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 “Confederates chat with judges via AIM” “Experiment organizers supervise as confederates chat on AIM” On Saturday April 16, students at Simon’s Rock College in Great Barrington, Massachusetts and Dr. Richard Wallace of the A.L.I.C.E. AI Foundation for their first time tested Alan Turing’s thought-experiment. The Imitation Game, based on the original […]

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Wikinews interviews candidate for Cleveland mayor Arthur Kostendt

Monday, June 14, 2021 Arthur O’Kostendt. Image: Arthur O’Kostendt . Incumbent Mayor Frank G. Jackson at the Cleveland March for Our Lives demonstration on March 28, 2018. Image: Erik Drost. 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 […]

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Indian banks propose to use gold deposits as CRR/SLR

Monday, June 30, 2014 State Bank of India (SBI) and Bank of Baroda (BoB), two of the largest public sector banks of India, proposed on Saturday their gold deposits should be allowed to count toward their state-mandated cash reserve ratio (CRR) or statutory liquidity ratio (SLR). Arundhati Bhattacharya, the chairperson of SBI, made the proposal […]

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Vestas protesters sacked with immediate effect

Thursday, July 30, 2009 A Vestas worker stays in touch with the outside world via his mobile telephone. Eleven of the 25 workers at the Vestas factory in Newport, Isle of Wight, England who have been carrying out a sit-in since Monday July 20 have been sacked with immediate effect. According to one of the […]

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