TGV makes 574.8 km/h on rails
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 A French Train à Grande Vitesse (High-Speed Train or TGV) has smashed the world record for a train on conventional rails by a big margin, reaching 574.8km/h (356mph) The TGV travelled over 59.8 km/h (36 mph) faster than its previous record of 515 km/h (320 mph)Continue Reading
Sales Of Luxury Cars Are On The Rise
Here’s An Opinion On: 2020 Corolla Submitted by: Al Wannestadt Like most industries, the car business has suffered over the last few years due to the economic crisis. However, recent reports show that the industry has picked up again within the last year, which is great news for auto manufacturersContinue Reading
Thousands of Indonesians protest against corruption
Thursday, December 10, 2009 Several thousand people marched earlier today in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, to protest corruption in the country. Most of them were students protesting the latest corruption scandal in the country. It involves allegations that a US$600 million government bailout was given to Century Bank onContinue Reading
Open source game developer Perttu Ahola talks about Minetest with Wikinews
Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Recently, Finnish open-source video game developer Perttu Ahola discussed Minetest, his “longest ever project”, with Wikinews. Started in October 2010, Minetest was an attempt by Ahola to create a sandbox game similar to Minecraft. Minecraft is a multi-platform commercial game, which was in alpha version whenContinue Reading
NYSE to merge with Archipelago; NASDAQ to buy Instinet
Sunday, April 24, 2005 New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) announced last Wednesday that it has agreed definitively to merge with Chicago-based Archipelago Exchange (ArcaEx) and form a new publicly traded, for-profit company known as NYSE Group. This announcement was followed two days later by NASDAQ®, which independently announced a definitiveContinue Reading
Safety Is The Best Policy While Buying Boat Trailers.
Here’s An Opinion On: Buy Off Road Camper Safety Is The Best Policy while buying Boat trailers. by SamSmith Buying a boat is making a commitment. You have to invest significant amount of time, money and energy in your hobby. If you do it half heartedly, you could lose aContinue Reading
Category:Science and technology
This is the category for science and technology. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 31 July 2020: “Avast ye scurvy file sharers!”: Interview with Swedish Pirate Party leader Rickard Falkvinge 7 July 2020: Astronomer Anthony Boccaletti discusses observation of birth of potential exoplanet with Wikinews 28 June 2020:Continue Reading
Sub-prime lenders send jitters through global markets
Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Just two weeks after China sent global markets into a tumble, growing worries about sub-prime mortgage lenders in the United States are sending jitters through stock exchanges around the globe. The three major US stock market indices each fell two percent from Monday’s closing price, markingContinue Reading
China overtakes Germany as world’s biggest exporter
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Chinese officials have said that their country’s exports surged last December to edge out Germany as the world’s biggest exporter. The official Xinhua news agency reported today that figures from the General Administration for Customs showed that exports jumped 17.7% in December from a year earlier.Continue Reading
Charm Gems And Jewelry
Here’s An Opinion On: Buy Jewelry Gift Boxes Online Submitted by: Jason Littleton Are you fond of collecting different types of jewelry? Did you know that gems found in jewelry have different meanings associated with it? To know more about them, read this article. For centuries, jewelry are not onlyContinue Reading