U.S. Secret Service conducts drone exercise
Thursday, March 12, 2015 The Associated Press (AP) reported on Tuesday the U.S. Secret Service is conducting drone exercises over Washington, D.C. to defend against unmanned aerial vehicles being flown over the area. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the Secret Service to conduct these flying exercises. The exercises areContinue Reading
Wikinews interviews Jonathan Stanley, Scottish Unionist candidate for 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election in Scotland
Monday, May 10, 2021 Voters in the Scottish constituency of Airdrie and Shotts are to go to the polls on May 13 to elect a replacement member of parliament (MP) to the United Kingdom House of Commons. The outgoing MP for the seat is Neil Gray — a representative ofContinue Reading
Kitchen Renovation 101 Finding The Right Source For Your Materials
Here’s An Opinion On: Flat Pack Wardrobes Kitchen Renovation 101- Finding the Right Source for your Materials by Gary Nealon When you get ready to renovate the kitchen in your rental property or home, you always want to get the best deal available. While searching for that deal you willContinue Reading
New Jersey officials: Stimulus bill hurting Atlantic City casinos
Sunday, March 29, 2009 A New Jersey congressman says restrictions on federal stimulus money are hurting gaming destinations like Atlantic City, and he is seeking to repeal a provision banning the use of funds for casinos or other gaming establishments. HAVE YOUR SAY Is Ken Calemmo right to suggest thatContinue Reading
Runaway train causes chaos on London Underground
Monday, August 16, 2010 A London Underground engineering train ran away and travelled four miles on the Underground’s Northern Line early on Friday morning, resulting in part of the Northern Line, which carries 500,000 passengers daily, being closed for much of the day. The runaway train apparently had an engineeringContinue Reading
Irish Finance Minister Donohoe criticises OECD’s global minimum corporate tax rate
Friday, April 23, 2021 On Tuesday, Finance Minister of Ireland Paschal Donohoe criticised talks co-ordinated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for a global minimum corporate tax rate, arguing smaller countries like Ireland “need to be able to use tax policy as a legitimate lever to compensateContinue Reading
Seedless Grape Breeding In China Have Developed New Technologies
Here’s An Opinion On: Dijgtal Marketing By Lanbo Jiang Commitment from the Northwest University and chair of the National 948 Project “embryo rescue technology system and disease resistance of grape to establish new lines incubation” of research results, April 4 at the Ministry of Agriculture adopted by Shaanxi Yangling, ShaanxiContinue Reading
Passenger plane crashes in Nepal killing 18
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 A passenger plane carrying tourists, has crash-landed at an airport near Mount Everest killing 18 of the 19 people on board. Of those killed were 12 German, two Australian and two Nepalese tourists. The remaining three were the plane’s crew who were of Nepalese decent. TheContinue Reading
No hotel previously on site of proposed Buffalo, N.Y. hotel location
Buffalo, N.Y. Hotel Proposal Controversy Recent Developments “Old deeds threaten Buffalo, NY hotel development” — Wikinews, November 21, 2006 “Proposal for Buffalo, N.Y. hotel reportedly dead: parcels for sale “by owner”” — Wikinews, November 16, 2006 “Contract to buy properties on site of Buffalo, N.Y. hotel proposal extended” — Wikinews,Continue Reading
News briefs:May 10, 2010
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