Tuesday, January 24, 2006 January’s second Interview of the Month was with Danny O’Brien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on 23 January in IRC. The EFF is coming off a series of high-profile successes in their campaigns to educate the public, press, and policy makers regarding online rights in a digital world, and defending […]
US lawmakers to question Pentagon officials about war costs
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 In appearances before Congress on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and a top military official are expected to underscore decreased violence in Iraq. But they are likely to face strong questioning from lawmakers about ongoing war costs. When President George W. Bush‘s budget for the 2009 fiscal year was sent to […]
‘Cartoons country’ festival in Moscow: in pictures
Thursday, May 30, 2013 This past weekend, a “Cartoons country” festival started in Moscow in Polyot ((en))Russian language: ?flight cinema. The program included free access to cartoons in governmental cinemas network during the next week. The opening ceremony involved watching cartoons, a fair, and a chocolate fountain. The festival is run by “Kinoobedinenie for children […]
GNOME to be Ubuntu’s default desktop environment, Canonical to stop investing in Ubuntu Phone
Saturday, April 8, 2017 On Wednesday, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu operating system, announced the open source OS will end its ties with the Unity8 desktop environment and that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Long Term Service) will be shipped with the GNOME desktop environment by default. Unity has been Ubuntu’s default desktop environment since it […]
Honda Civic tops Canada’s list of most stolen cars
Wednesday, November 22, 2006 The 1999 and 2000 year model Honda Civic SiR tops the list of Canada’s most stolen cars. Consumer popularity also assures the cars will be popular with thieves. Its the second year in a row the Honda SiR has topped the list. Rick Dubin Vice President of Investigations for the Insurance […]
UK chancellor raises national insurance payments for self employed in new budget
Friday, March 10, 2017 UK chancellor Philip Hammond announced his 2017 budget on Wednesday, which included a £2 billion pledge to social care and a tax hike on the self-employed. It was accused of breaking Conservative Party manifesto promises. It was announced there will be a 2% increase in national insurance contributions for the self-employed, […]
India doubles Commonwealth Games budget
Thursday, November 5, 2009 The Indian government has raised the budget of the 2010 New Delhi Commonwealth Games from Rs. 767 crore ($163 million) to Rs. 1,620 crore ($344 million). The decision was made at a meeting of the cabinet led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. Ambika Soni, the Information and Broadcasting […]
France votes no in EU referendum
Sunday, May 29, 2005 In a result predicted by polls, a 54.87% majority of French voters voted non in Sunday’s European Constitution referendum. Of France’s 42 million eligible voters, over 70% turned out at the 55 thousand polling stations across the country, which were open from 8:00 to 20:00 on Sunday (except in Paris and […]
News briefs:June 2, 2006
The time is 18:00 (UTC) on June 2nd, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 Consensus reached on incentive package for Iran 1.2 Two Iraqi women, one pregnant, killed by US soldiers 1.3 90 days of hard labor for Abu Ghraib dog handler 1.4 World conference of expatriate Greeks to […]
Norway and Denmark conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia
Tuesday, June 28, 2005File:LocationBelarusRussia.png In accordance with the Treaty on Open Skies, Norway and Denmark started conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia yesterday. These flights are expected to last until July 1, with seven Belarusian and two Russian inspectors monitoring foreign planes. The treaty establishes a program of unarmed aerial surveillance flights over the […]